Patlabor: The New Files

Patlabor: The New Files
Cover of the first volume of the DVD release of Patlabor: The New Files
機動警察パトレイバー2 (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibaa 2)
Genre	Comedy, Mecha, Police
Original video animation
Directed by	Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Written by	Kazunori Itō
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Maiden Japan
Released	November 22, 1990 – April 23, 1992
Episodes	16 (List of episodes)

Patlabor: The New Files (機動警察パトレイバー2^?) is a Japanese original video animation series based on the Patlabor anime franchise. These episodes take place after the Patlabor TV series.

Four episodes of the New Files series are set in the Griffin arc of the television series and serve as the finale. The rest of the series mainly consists of side stories that take place during or after the TV show.

The episodes were released as OVAs alongside the TV series on Laserdisc and VHS from Bandai Visual from November 22, 1990 to June 6, 1992. They were later released on DVD on August 25, 2000, and on Blu-ray on September 24, 2010. Central Park Media licensed the New Files series and released them on subtitled VHS under the U.S. Manga Corps label. They later released one DVD volume with English audio before releasing a box set containing all 16 episodes. Only four episodes of the series were dubbed; the rest were subtitled only. Maiden Japan has relicensed the OVA series, and will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17, 2015.

The Griffin is ready to fight Division 2. Momoko Sakurayama races to the scene, but a traffic jam is holding them up. She decides she can wait no longer, and runs to the scene without her camera crew. Meanwhile, the Ingrams face off the Griffin across a bridge. In the ensuing battle, the Griffin escapes off the bridge into the water and Ota shoots a hole into the bridge with the shotgun in an attempt to hit it. But the Griffin pulls Ota's Labor down through the hole. Ota manages to escape, but his Labor is at the bottom of the bay.

Noa isn't moving, so Hiromi moves his carrier back, out of reach of the Griffin. Meanwhile Shinshi rams the Griffin with his carrier to enable Hiromi and Noa to escape. Noa's Labor is now totally out of power. She needs to recharge her batteries fast. Unfortunately, the Griffin has gotten past Shinshi, who tries to block it, but feels the Griffin's wrath for his trouble. The Griffin runs after the escaping carrier, but Kanuka arrives in the nick of time and starts fighting it. Sakaki has also arrived in machine 3's carrier with a new set of batteries for Noa. Kanuka needs to hold off the Griffin until Noa can change her batteries. Unfortunately, Kanuka is severely beaten and has her Labor's arm ripped off. While most of Tokyo celebrates the first moments of the new year, Noa goes back into battle, but Bud announces through the external speakers of the Griffin that he is finally going to fight his "big sister" (a term of affection – he's not really her brother). Noa is absolutely shocked. She realizes that the young boy she met at the arcade is actually piloting the Griffin. Kanuka tries to shoot the Griffin, but Noa tries to stop her and explain who is in the cockpit of the Griffin.