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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".