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[JonCC]

Cinema Today: http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0056641
Eiga: http://eiga.com/news/20130925/8/
Infoseek Woman: http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entert ... on_2029014
Oricon Style: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2029014/full/

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And if I'm reading this right she'll perform at Idol Koushien at Akasaka BLITZ as a special guest on October 6: http://natalie.mu/music/news/99730

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Busy lady

[Celedam]

^ So yes, she's playing (an older, wiser?) Noa Izumi. And as far as I can tell, this movie continues the story of the original anime: after a few hard years, SV2 has been reorganized with "next generation" patrol labors (thus the movie's subtitle) to replace the buggy earlier models. Not technically a reboot of the franchise, but new enough that they're not weighed down by continuity.

[LarcKen]

Oh wow, 2 billion yen production cost for a midnight dorama is huge! congratulations Manochan, i'm excited!

[JonCC]

Announcing her role via her Twitter account: https://twitter.com/erina_mano/status/3 ... 5574923264


More coverage

Nikkan Sports: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainme ... 94906.html
Nari Nari: http://www.narinari.com/Nd/20130923092.html
Mantan Web: http://mantan-web.jp/2013/09/25/2013092 ... 8000c.html
Gigazine: http://gigazine.net/news/20130925-the-n ... -patlabor/
Cinra: http://www.cinra.net/news/2013/09/25/130755.php

[Celedam]

HUGE.

This new project will take the form of 12 episodes each with a runtime of approximately 48 minutes, set to hit theaters in 2014. There will also be an episode zero, though I'm not entirely sure what that entails. Furthermore, in 2015 there will be a followup film about 100 minutes long. While we don't have much in the way of story details, we now know that this won't be a remake or retelling of the anime, but rather a completely original story set in 2013. The budget is set at a whopping $26,000,000, give or take.

Mamoru Oshii himself will be behind the wheel as primary director.

http://www.japanator.com/new-live-action-patlabor-details-emerge-29709.phtml

[Nayoko-Kihara]

I'm confused as to where I put this project - under Films or under TV Drama.

Do we know if the 12 episodes/episode 0 will also air on TV as well as in theaters? Or is it just a short film series?

[JonCC]

Anime News Network chimes in: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... n-patlabor

"Former Idol Erina Mano Stars in Multi-Part Live-Action Patlabor"
Former Hello! Project singer and actress Erina Mano will star as pilot Akira Izumino (as opposed to the anime's heroine Noa Izumi). The cast also includes Seiji Fukushi as Yūma Shiobara, Rina Oota as Ekaterina Krachevna Kankaeva ("Kasha") from Russia, Shigeru Chiba reprising his anime role as maintenance squad chief Shigeo Shiba, and Toshio Kakei as Captain Keiji Gotōda (the successor to the anime's Captain Kiichi Gotō).

The project will begin with a seven-part series that distributor Shochiku will run in special theatrical engagements in Japan, starting next April. The seven parts are composed of an episode 0 (about 10 minutes long) and 12 full episodes (about 48 minutes long) helmed by the project's chief director Mamoru Oshii and other directors. Then, Oshii is directing and writing a feature-length film (about 100 minutes long) that will open in 2015. The title of the feature will be announced later.

The production is budgeted at 2 billion yen (US$20 million), and principal photography is running from June to the end of December. The two life-size Ingram robots were built at the cost of several tens of millions of yen (several hundred thousand US dollars).

Oshii commented that the seven-part series will have a "slapstick" ambience, while the feature film will be serious. Oshii and Kei Yamamura are writing the scripts for the series, and Kenji Kawai is returning to the franchise to compose the music for both the series and the feature film.

[Nono]

Awesome news!! Now...let her sing the theme for it

[Celedam]

I'm confused as to where I put this project - under Films or under TV Drama.

Do we know if the 12 episodes/episode 0 will also air on TV as well as in theaters? Or is it just a short film series?

Put it under Films. Things like this that I've seen in the past were released one episode per week in the theaters (like old-fashioned film serials but longer), and then collected together as a DVD box set. The episodes may show up on TV at some point, but that's not typical.

[otaku_blue]

omgggg wishing her all the best 4 for u mano