This fascinating softcover book offers plenty of interesting details on the popular "Patlabor" franchise's animated TV series, movies, OVAs, manga, and light novels. Includes a colorful illustration gallery featuring the work of Akemi Takada, Masami Yuuki, and Jun Suemi; a fun section counting the total number of times a particular action or type of scene occurred, profiles of main characters, detailed specs on each Labor machine, examples of real-world machines that are similar to Labors, interviews with Masami Yuuki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Kazunori Ito, Akemi Takada, and Mamoru Oshii, and more. All text is in Japanese. 144 pages (46 in color).