There's movies, there are OVAs, there are ONAs, there are two anime seasons.
Where to start? Which ones I should avoid?

release order, like always
you gotta some sorta stupid to ask a question like this

>>279588728
Chances are most of it isn't worth watching so I'd rather ask

>>279588702 (OP)
>Where to start?
Release order.
>Which ones I should avoid?
Nothing.
Stop being a zoomer. Stop treating cartoons like homework.

>>279588787
The TV series and the second movie are not worth it

>>279588950
Mean, but deserved.

>>279588702 (OP)
original OVA, then TV, then the second OVA
avoid the movies unless you like pseudshit

>>279588950
>>279588992
Really? I thought the second movie was nice

>>279589037
It was. By "deserved", I meant OP deserved to miss out.

literally the ovas are called "early days"

>>279589086
Even so, I wasn't expecting a high school prequel.

>>279588702 (OP)
I don't remember anything about the tv shot but the ova and the movies are my favourite animes ever

Why is it so hard for people to grasp that release order is the only order?

>>279589122
>highschool prequel

what are you smokin

>>279589162
I understand if you're watching the monogatari series for the 20th time but yeah pretty dumb

>>279589162
Well you see anon, this thread is disengenous because, much like on reddit, on 4channel being a newfag is in vogue. Guaranteed responses.

Release order, but the movies are really their own thing.
Patlabor is basically a live action police procedural but with a robots. It's not critical you watch that genre in order, it's episodic to its core. But still, release order.
>>279589023
>like pseudshit
Or you just like one of the most lavish productions the 90's has to offer.

Can I watch this anime with my mother? Does it have sex scenes?

>>279588702 (OP)
Broadcast order, watch them all.

>>279589283
yes. yes.

>>279589283
dude is police academy with mechas

There's roughly three or so continuities.
OVA series 1 -> Movies
TV series-> OVA series 2
Manga
And somewhere after the end of one of them comes the live action series but who fucking knows which.

Youre under arrest has better individual episodes than Patlabor

>>279588702 (OP)
God you and your generation are stupid. Why is this so hard for you retards? Why are you so unable to figure out basic shit? Why do you spoiled little dullards think the world owes you a bespoke curated watch list.

>>279589358
>>279589365
In which order should I watch You're under arrest?

>>279589365
Imagine being the retarded redditor that made this image

>>279589392
im sorry for your mom to gave birth to someone that retarded

>>279589221
Proper shit. Imagine not having a dealer in the year of our Amaterasu Pre-2000+26 (that's Reiwa 7 for you plebs).

>>279589392
I hate you.

>>279589357
What is this, Tenchi Muyo?

Reminder that people will watch the patlabor 2 speech then cry about jews online and pretend to be redpilled because they didn't understand any of it

My Patlabor confession is that I watched movie 2 before New Files, and that this was not a mistake because I was suicidal at the time, so the end of the whole thing being the end of the New Files hit me pretty hard.
>>279589542
I have never seen anyone do this. Not "just watch that scene and pretend to understand Patlabor while not getting it", though, plenty of people do that.

>>279589430
Imagine being the retarded redditors who actually NEED this image and still keep asking anyways.

>>279588702 (OP)
>Which ones I should avoid?
I think that butthurt anon seething about "the correct order" skipped this part

>>279589542
The political period in which Patlabor 2 was made in will eventually lose all relevance, but its commentary on the relationship between humans and technology is much more timeless and universal and what the movie (and the Patlabor franchise, obviously) is actually about. You could consider GITS a thematic sequel to P2 or P2 a thematic prequel to GITS, either way Ito likes writing about technology.

>>279589162
There are different continuities in Patlabor to be fair. But people generally want to be told they can completely skip things rather than any actual order.

>>279589859
Everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING is written to make sense to its target audience at the time: people who are watching it in release order.

>>279589791
There are some really meh Patlabor TV episodes that I would consider "filler" even though it's an episodic series, but that's about it.

>>279589365
Some of us don't want to watch everything and only want to watch the cream of the crop, especially when there are 80+ installments total and continuity isn't a thing.

>>279589856
>what the movie (and the Patlabor franchise, obviously) is actually about
Uh no, it's definitely about the relationship between the US and Japan. The unjust peace is Japan's security through US military dominance versus international cooperation.

>>279589961
And that's why you're a casual retard

>>279589961
How you feel about something can differ from how others feel about something. If you just stick to being spoonfed you're going to always be a mindless pleb.

>>279589983
oh no, anyways

>>279589983
>>279590055
No I value my time instead of wasting a month watching 100 episodes of Zeta/ZZ when I don't know if I'll even like the latter.

>>279589961
If you can't handle 80+ episodes of robots and cute girls with occasional commentary on Japanese culture, you don't like anime.

>>279589961
Go fuck yourself

General rule: OVA's are usually good, TV adaptations of OVAs are trash, movies are self-contained and have nothing to do with anything but are better than OVA's.

>>279590081
the obvious solution is to watch things that are good (Patlabor) instead of those that are bad (Gundam)

>>279589970
If the military dependency was the point it would factor into the film's climax but it doesn't, if anything it's completely absent in that moment.

>>279590159
General rule (Pre-2000s): OVA's usually have good animation, TV adaptations of OVAs usually expand on the premise and characters, and movies are usually their own continuity but have better animation and direction than both.

General rule (Post-2000s): TV adaptations are usually the intended version of the story. If there's a movie, it's probably meant as a sequel. OVAs are unimportant bonus episodes.

>>279590081
It's better to try to watch them and figure that out for yourself instead of wasting /a/'s time so you can scratch your confirmation bias that they aren't worth watching.
Miss me with that gay fomo crap. I'd rather you go out and watch a dozen episodes and then make a thread about how you hated it. At least you'd be bringing some experience to the discussion instead of making a thread that's pretty much just /r/-shit.

>>279590081
Nothing says valuing your time like asking /a/ how to watch things, before proceeding to "watch" it at 2x speed dubbed on another screen while multitasking. You seem like the type.

>>279590365
I reported this post for murder.

>>279590365
>before proceeding to "watch" it at 2x speed dubbed on another screen while multitasking
Maybe stop projecting

>>279590221
>If the military dependency was the point it would factor into the film's climax
It does, the entire reason everything goes down is because Japan is a vector for American aggression and must achieve independence, and this becomes a battle of fear and paranoia pitted against civilian authority. A wider interpretation of its themes is moving on and growing up, which is reflected in its cast, which obviously ties into Japan itself.

>>279590365
If I did that then it wouldn't be a problem, but I'm watching everything properly and not skipping OPs either. That's why it's so time/attention consuming dipshit.

>>279590324
>I'd rather you go out and watch a dozen episodes and then make a thread about how you hated it.
I do this and anons thank me for finally reviving discussion about their favorite decades-old shows.

>>279590406
You're not even dedicated enough to own a projector? Sad.

>>279590411
Cirnoposters are the strongest race.

Funny timing, I just finished watching the OVAs for Patlabor. I liked it but not enough to watch a whole 50 episode anime, so I'll just watch the movies and stop.

>>279590543
That's okay, you clearly aren't able to post anything of value, so it's of little consequence what you do or don't watch. I'd argue the less you watch the better.

>>279590543
You got filtered out of having long fun but tricked into having short fun.
But look on the bright side: at least you weren't filtered out of having fun at all.

>>279589358
pffff fuck no

>>279590600
Holy butthurt

>>279590626
There was no filtering done, it was enjoyable but not enjoyable enough for a long ride. Some stuff is better short than long.

>>279590683
>Holy butthurt
Huh? No, I'd really prefer if you didn't watch anime or post any more. That was genuine.

>>279590411
The climax of the film is the SV2 team using Tsuge's own tactics against him in the undersea tunnel, by jamming the sentries and cutting them off from Tsuge's team the same way Tsuge jammed Tokyo's communications and destroyed bridges and underground cables. Tsuge wanted to show people how blind they've made themselves by relying on information filtered through technology, and the SV2 team have to rely on naked eyesight to pilot their ingrams while they're jamming the sentries. Nagumo repeats the scene from the beginning of the film where Tsuge emerged from his broken labor and took off his helmet, even in defeat Tsuge won which is why he says he hasn't completely given up.

>>279590683
>it was enjoyable but not enjoyable enough for a long ride.
The filter is working.

>>279590543
The first movie is really good but it feels like the generic mecha stuff holds it back being a cool detective trhiller
The second one does go in a different direction but doesn't capture the athmosphere of the best scenes in the first

>>279590705
The technology is an analogy for Japan being comfortably passive on the international stage. He's not telling you to install a Linux distro.

>>279590790
Maybe Japan wouldn't be so passive if they installed Gentoo. Just saiyan.

>>279590683
>Some stuff is better short than long.
that's not what your girl told me last night ayy

>>279588950
This 100%. The third movie and reboot? Kino incarnate.

>>279589023
This. Oshii turns one of the best character's (Goto) into a boring ass mouth piece whilst removing everything that makes the rest of the series fun and charming.

>>279590852
You can't just murder zoomers like that. They're pretty sensitive about that whole linguistic violence thing.

>>279590790
You don't need a convoluted analogy to tell that story, and if that was the point it would be more effective to make the antagonist a foreign actor.

>>279590910
Oshii did not write the movies.

>>279590705
Yeah I think it's pretty clear if you look at Ito's body of work he's more about the (sometimes speculative) relationship between humans and technology.

>>279589916
newfags don't know this because one of the only five shows they've watched is Haruhi and so naturally 1/5th of the sample size to them means that there's a lot of shows like that.
They're also retarded and zoomers so they don't have the reasoning to think that this dumb.

>>279590984
>You don't need a convoluted analogy to tell that story
It's not convoluted at all.
>it would be more effective to make the antagonist a foreign actor
No, what makes Tsuge such a great villain is that he's not foreign, but in fact deeply related to the protagonists, and the final resolution is ultimately murky and unclear. Disaster has merely been staved off for the time being and cast is left with an uncomfortable reality.

>>279589392
All zoomies and newfags must die!

>>279590658
i watched both franchises, the patlabor look amazing both ovas, tv series and the movies but theres alot of vastly forgettable episodes in the tv series.
Youre under arrest looks amazing in the ovas, the tv series looks fine like the rest of anime of the time, the movie is the peak of the franchise; Going back to the tv series it has better individual episodes and more exciting mini sagas, however theres a long running character that appears in the series atleast 4 times that turn instantly every episode into a shitty one. Rest that aside, YUA is more fun and has better coninuity than patlabor

>>279591143
It still falls flat because time has shown us that everyone is equally susceptible to information warfare and disruptions in civilian and military infrastructure/logistics making P2 quite prophetic. That's what I meant by timeless and universal. Japan's complacency political or otherwise wasn't unique and reducing the movie to just that devalues it.

>>279588702 (OP)
Release order
Watch everything, avoid nothing
>>279588950
Second movie is the best piece of animated media ever though

>>279591247
I was under the impression that the tv anime for You're Under Arrest was kinda ass.

>>279591269
>That's what I meant by timeless and universal. Japan's complacency political or otherwise wasn't unique and reducing the movie to just that devalues it.
You seem to be struggling with applying historical problems to the present day for some reason. It's like trying to reason with a child or something.

I hated how the genki girl turns into a depressed downer in the second movie

>>279589357
>And somewhere after the end of one of them comes the live action series but who fucking knows which.
It's the ova and movie continuity. It's actually pretty interesting attempt of sorts to write a canon end to the continuity, and there's some off screen ends to some of the characters, like Noa and Shinohara getting together and Gotou and some other goons starting their own pmc outfit lmao
By the end it even expands Patlabor 2 and the political outlines there, but overall it's pretty dumb. Has the best bath scene I've ever seen in anime(liveaction) though. It's worth the watch if you really like the franchise

>>279591286
>Watch everything, avoid nothing
This is the most erotic phrase in all of anime and therefore likely to get you banned on 9 out of 10 platforms because it promotes the dangerous idea of enjoying things as they are.

>>279591316
Patlabor tv series is both retelling and sequel of the ovas, the tv series of YUA is straight a sequel of the ovas so its must watch. They have an entire episode dedicated to rob a bank and has alot of motorcycle races, i like it alot.

My favorite episode is Seven Days of Fire.

>>279589856
>either way Ito likes writing about technology.
This is Oshii's movie. If it was just Ito this would suck ass like .hack and just meander on nothing for 30 episodes starring depressed teens

>>279591383
Sadly, that's a realistic character arc. The more genki they start out, the more life fucks them in the ass. You can't relate unless you've been there.

>>279590543
The movies are the best. If you don't like Patlabor 2 enough to continue with the TV then you do you.

>>279591460
>the tv series of YUA is straight a sequel of the ovas so its must watch.
Does that mean the animation quality drops a lo-
>They have an entire episode dedicated to rob a bank and has alot of motorcycle races
PICKED THE FUCK UP.

>>279591460
Unfortunately it also has Strikeman and dogshit animation, so it's an obligatory skip.

>>279591197
Anon, you are the newfag.

>>279591269
I just want to pitch in to say your commentary is extremely toothless, and you ignore rather obvious political points the movie demonstrably has, just because you've come up with this imaginary litmus test the movie has to pass in order to get your approval themewise. That on top you thinking that a movie can't communicate two things at once, for some reason. Overall it wasn't really worth it to read through your squabble, you seem really dumb.

>>279591543
B-But he posted a crop of an anime he never watched!
That's like, two steps ahead of most newfags.
Please praise...

>>279591460
strikeman episdes were garbage lol, the animation looks fine like any other anime from the time, hell, Ranma 1/2 looks the same (Both were made by Deen) the movies looks amazin but unlike patlabor you can jump from the ovas to the movies, the tv series is obligatory in YUA

>>279588702 (OP)
start with the ova's, then the tv series, then the movies
or just skip the ova's and start with the tv

>>279591638
Anyone who is obsessed with retro is always an enormous newfag. There are ZERO exceptions. Reminder that Grumpy Jiisan was on his death bed at age 89 happily watching seasonal anime.

>>279591527
nta but I like Strikeman and the the art quality didn't bother me, though I also watched it at the pace of an episode per week (which is how I watch everything save for cramming Evangelion into the beginning of June to the anniversary of EoE). It's definitely enjoyable and I'd reccomend it. I'm also still pissed that it becoming a meme recently did not make any impact on the lack of (good) hentai of Natsumi.
Should look to see if I can find subtitles for the puppet show that was a special for the PS2 game I think.

>>279591724
>Anyone who is obsessed with retro is always an enormous newfag
This
Though I do have a soft spot for 90's shows but that's probably just because I'm a huge Oshiifag

>>279591638
don't talk to me unless you have made at least 20 "old good new bad" threads this year

>>279591724
Watching anime seasonally outside Japan proliferated thanks to companies like CR and Funi licensing out literally everything for simulcast combined with Youtube/Twitter algorithms. Digging into FOTM dogshit to keep up with trends is the ultimate proof of newfaggotry. Now what's the latest thing you would call retro?

>>279591724
>Reminder that Grumpy Jiisan was on his death bed at age 89 happily watching seasonal anime.
I hope I can become like Grumpy Jiisan one day. If life is kind to me, that day may come before my death bed.

>>279592109
>Now what's the latest thing you would call retro?
Ushio to Tora

>>279592109
>Now what's the latest thing you would call retro?
There's no need for the distinction here, there isn't an /ar/, nor is there a need for one.

>>279592223
Which one?

>>279592285
Whether or not there's a need is itself irrelevant, it's a term in active use but with controversial meaning.

>>279591383
I think that's only in the 2nd movie, in the Tv and Manga (Which used to be on Mangadex, but now it's gone), she ends up fine (The Manga struck a sort of balance between the Tv series and the movies, which was nice. The only complaint of it I have is that the ending was a little rushed, since Masami Yuuki probably had a deadline)

>>279591467
You're confusing directing with writing.
>>279592109
At a high level I really agree. The 00's seasonalfag is a fundamentally different selection of individual than the 10's seasonalfag.
The lowest common denominator in the 00's was the guy on toonami with a few funi dvds. By the 10's, it's the dude watching CR.

>>279592489
>it's a term in active use but with controversial meaning
So a meaningless term. Got it.
You're free to draw your line in the sands of time

>>279592827
>The lowest common denominator in the 00's was the guy on toonami with a few funi dvds. By the 10's, it's the dude watching CR.
Which one do you feel is worse? Because I pretty strongly feel it's the former.

>>279589961
you "people" don't deserve anything

>>279593093
Let's players didn't advertise toonami or dvds so the former is better by default.

>>279592827
>>279593093
What even was the cream of the crop anime in the 2010s, that the people with good taste were watching?

>>279592903
If people use a term with intent, it has meaning. That's inherent to the thought it comes from, whether or not it's communicated properly is a separate issue and the reason questions must be asked. I haven't drawn anything and I don't need to.

>>279593093
The former because less exposure to shows. Even if the CRfag is only really watching the shows over fomo/social media shit they are watching more shows.
But the upside of the former is you hardly ever saw them show face on /a/. Can't say the same about the latter.

>>279593277
The shows I was watching, of course

>>279593277
The second half of Oreimo,
Gamergate,
Violet Evergarden.

>>279593277
Sword art online

>>279591724
89 years old?

>>279588702 (OP)
Watch the TV series. Avoid the rest. They are a different canon anyway, and not as good.

>>279591460
It took a while for a helpful anon to appear. Thanks.
I suppose OP's question is at fault, it's more useful to know about the continuities/chronology of the STORYLINES between everything, than hearing people's opinions on whether those things are worth watching at all.
Because if you don't like the first few episodes of something and it bears no relation to the rest of the franchise or it's non-canon, then it's easier to drop it. Whereas you'd push on (invest time) in watching those bad parts if they're part of the main story and you don't want to miss any details.

>>279594098
only dweebs care about canon. if it's enjoyable it's worth watching

>>279594098
The manga is the best part of the franchise. It's the best middle ground between the TV series and the movies.

>>279595372
It's funny to me that both of the main Patlabor artists were shippers.

>>279595372
>weiner
That anything like wiener?

Heres the deepest lore about the actual true enlightened watch order, but who cares just watch them, like people have mentioned in release order. It isnt that deep.

Patlabor for some reason was the second anime I ever watched, bar azumanga rips on youtube. It's my favorite show/series/everything. Only thing that come close is planetes. TV series is good, but there are some episodes that I'll admit are truly filler crap. End of the TV series is fantastic in my mind though.

Also, check out this cool website https://web.archive.org/web/20200126152444/http://www.patlabor.info/index.htm

wont lie, the TV series has some wacky episodes.

>>279589358
>used goods hags
No thanks. I'll stick with Noa.

>>279596791
this watch order sucks, WXIII is best enjoyed as intended: as a light mystery adventure with trippy Kawai music you can relax to after P2.

>>279591084
>newfags
>Haruhi
Wakeup gramps, you've been suspended in shit for 15 years

>>279588702 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgdJjqFfjg

>>279597662
>15 years
well you're not entirely wrong, my response was going to be that it's only been nine

>>279595032
Why would someone make a post like this? Man it really is summer.

>>279590081
>No I value my time
>He said on 4chan
>Asking people to tell him what to think

>>279590081
Zeta is your problem. ZZ is campy kino.

>>279600899
For the first 14 episodes, then it turns into a worse retread of 0079 for awhile and then into a really bad rework of CCA's plot.

>>279588702 (OP)
https://patlabor.tokyo/about/
>The Patlabor franchise is set in a multiverse with four major timelines.
My personal favorites are:
- manga version
- the first OVA series and the first movie
- TV series plus the Griffon arc of the second OVA series
I'm not sure about the novelized versions.

>>279596925
Indisputably some of the most insufferable faggots in anime history.

>>279588702 (OP)
OVA
Movie 1
TV Series
Movie 2

>>279588702 (OP)
7 OVAs
1st Movie (sequel to OVAs)
____________________________
TV Series (alternative version, optional)
16 OVAs (sequel to TV)
____________________________
2nd Movie (sequel to 1st Movie)


So watch the og Ovas and the first movie. If you really dig it, watch the TV and sequel Ovas. Otherwise go straight to the second movie.

The Sega Genesis game just got translated

Gee guys, relax a little, OP wants to enter the police anime reaim, If anything we need more people to watch, and appreciate the classics.
The anime (also referred in here as "tv series") can have some weird episodes, specially as the series advance, but my advice is endure it. The patlabor anime as a whole is way better than 95+% of seasonal anime.
>>279588950
>TV series not worth it
All of my NANI. The anime is good, funny, comfy. But for what I remember it gets kinda weird as you advance, like it lost its way and dunno what to be anymore.
I mean, its like the authors ran out of ideas at some point and started throwing things to see what sticks.
some would argue that this thing also happens in You Are Under Arrest.

>>279589961
I dont know where the
>hey is X or Y is good?
derives into
>HURR DURR you must be stoopid
>ZOOM ZOOM
I as an oldfag, dont have the luxury of infinite time anymore, my time for entertainment is limited and want to make better use of it.
Some anons in here seem to have loads of free time available to them, Good! enjoy it while it lasts and cherish that time! Life eventually gets weird and complicated, and you just want to get home, disconnect, and relax with the things you like most, and maybe you, as some oldfags, dont want to endure the: "It gets gud by episode 30, or 130"

>>279588787
So why even feign interest?
>oh yeah most of it probably isn't worth watching forget I asked anything
Fucking retard.

>>279588950
the TV series is the best part

>>279603633
Patlabor tv series has the weaknesses that is an anime original series, and the writers were experimenting with dozens of premises, The show can throw you something worthy of Police Academy with mechas in an episode, or try to defeat a kaijuu in the following week, both events were forgotten a week later. The chapters vary in quality depending on the writer on duty. YUA has the strength of coming from a manga and has better continuity in all the plots, but it still has some crappy chapters, but they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

>>279605201
>still shilling used goods hags
Fuck off cuck.

>>279589228
Ok you can go make honest discussion threads and enjoy that page 10.