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Headgear is the collective name given to Patlabor's creators.
Usually a series will be credited to a single person. In Patlabor's case it was
credited to a creative team. The main reason was to own the rights to the work
and not have the rights to be taken away by an animation studio or producers. But to do this
they needed to sell it as a whole production team. This caused
problems in itself, as to be taken seriously and to be able to sell it as a
package they also needed to have a director. At that point Mamoru Oshii was
recruited. Once the
main members came together, Patlabor became a team effort rather than just an
anime based upon Masami Yuuki's manga. Another major reason to form Headgear was
publicity. According to an interview with Masami Yuuki, anime magazines in Japan would only set aside two pages
for an anime based on another persons work such as a manga. If the manga version was published first
under Yuuki's name, there would be
less pages in anime magazines for Patlabor, hence the reason why Patlabor is
credited to Headgear, not just Masami Yuuki. Patlabor was Headgear's only
output. No other anime or manga was released under the group's title, though
some members of the group worked together on other projects after Patlabor. Below are profiles of the main members of Headgear.
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Mamoru Oshii
served as director on the original OVA series, as well the first two films. He
has also provided the screenplays for several TV episodes, several episodes of
the New OVA series, and Minipato.
Masami Yuuki conceived the story of Patlabor in the early 1980's. Yuuki wrote
the manga version of Patlabor, which commenced shortly after the first video
release in April 1988. The manga eventually ended in 1994, and totalled 22 volumes. Yuuki's manga story "Waste Product 13" became the basis for the film "WXIII
Patlabor the movie 3".
Kazunori Ito wrote the screenplays for the original OVA series, the first two films, and several episodes of the TV series and
New OVA series.
Yutaka Izubuchi developed most of the mechanical items in the series including
the Ingram AV-98, possibility one of the best robot designs ever conceived for
an anime. He also provided screenplays for a number of the TV and New OVA
Series episodes, and was the supervisor for "WXIII Patlabor the movie 3".
Akemi Takada provided the excellent character designs for all of the Patlabor
anime except "Patlabor WXIII the movie 3" and "Minipato".
Kenji Kawai wrote the music for all the Patlabor anime. Kawai
was born 23 April 1957 in Tokyo. A very talented composer, his credits
include "Ranma
Naoyuki
Yoshinaga directed the seventh OVA of the Patalbor Original OVA Series, the TV
series and New Series OVA.
Yoshinaga has also directed "Parasite Dolls", "Cleopatra DC" and episodes of
"Maison Ikkoku" and the "Kimagure Orange Road" OVA series.
Takayama Fumihiko directed "WXIII Patalabor the movie 3". A character based on
him appears twice in Patlabor anime; in the TV episode "The Underground Mystery
Tour" and in the New Series OVA episode "The Dungeon - Again". Fumihiko also wrote and directed the OVA series "Orguss 2" and directed "Gundam
0080: War in the Pocket".
Kenji
Kamiyama directed "Minipato". He was born on 20 March 1966 in Iturup.
Kamiyama has worked on numerous Production I.G. productions but is most
famous for his work on the "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex"
series. He directed both the first TV series, the second TV series "2nd
Gig" and the TV special "Solid State Society". He also worked on the
scripts and storyboards for some sections of the series. Kamiyama also
worked on the screenplay for "Blood: The Last Vampire" and was the
director for the "Guardian of the Sacred Spirit" and "Moribito"
anime TV series. His latest work is "009 Re: Cyborg", a big
budget cinema retelling of Ishinomori Shotaro's ("Kamen
Rider") "Cyborg 009".
Tori-Miki wrote the screenplay for "WXIII Patlabor the movie 3".
He was born 23 February 1958 in Hitoyoshi city. Tori-Miki works primarily as a novelest and manga artist. He has written Tohku E
Ikitai (Escaping), which won the 41st Bunshun Comic Award, and Dai-Honya (the
Big Book Store), for which he won the Seiun Award. Other works include "Sound of
the Mountain", "Terrible Boys Club" and "Tori Miki's Peace of Mind".