So the 1/1 Ingram is at Tokyo Race Course today Some fucking psycho old lady saw it and got offended that it had the police department markings on it alongside the live action movie's title shuto kessen (decisive battle in the capital) which she thought was some kind of extremist right wing thing and called the cops and war arguing loudly at the entrance about some crackpot shit about how the Ingram is a symbol of how the far right is trying to start world war 3to be fair that's pretty patlaborI don't expect this to be in the news, there's no races going on in Tokyo today (it's a Hanshin/Nakayama day) and this happened on the bridge near the 2nd floor entrance not in front of the Ingram itself so maybe only 10-20 people or so saw/heard the altercation
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The lady in the hat
>>23550036That's pretty funny
Children were very disappointed by the deck up "performance" (as usual)Also interestingly there was a relatively young (late 20s/early-mids 30s?) couple that I overheard talking about Patlabor and it was the girl who was nerding out and talking about Izubuchi while the guy was just kind of nodding along clearly clueless
If anyone here is in Tokyo you can still make it to the 3 PM deck up (the Twitter post saying 2 PM is wrong), entry is free today because there's no races on
Because of the location and lack of popularity (there couldn't have been more than 30-40 people there) you can get way closer to the thing than when they do it at events like Wonder Festival too
That's all from me, have a lot more photos but there's not much to look at since they're all pretty sameyNone of the anti-SV2 protest cosplayers were present when I was there, pity (would've been funny if the psycho old lady thought they were real and joined them or something)
That's hilarious OP, thanks for sharing.>to be fair that's pretty patlaborAbsolutely.
Oh this is new so might as well post itThere were JRA (Japan Racing Association) markings this time
>>23550036>>23550073LMAOSeems like it was a pretty comfy event other than that
But yeah basically nobody around so you can get real closeThe race course is only about 30-40 minutes from Shinjuku (Keio line express to Fuchu > local to Higashi Fuchu > direct line to race course) so again if anyone's in Tokyo right now you can still make the 3 PM deck up
And just for the hell of it here's a photo from the last time I saw it at Wonder Festival in 2023, gets pretty crowded when it's at that sort of event
>>23550047>Old woman yell at giant police robot statue
I've been taking photos of this thing since 2014
>>23550143This is from before the drama started
Aw looks like they put the revolver cannon on display after I lefthttps://x.com/croquettebread1/status/1972154415542161865
It seems that the cops are still at the race course and now I'm worried that they might have to cover up the police markings.https://x.com/n_oki/status/1972147204589777044They already have to cover up the 警視庁 markings while in transit because of traffic laws and this might result in them having to cover them up permanently if they take that one psycho bitch seriouslyfuck
umalabor?
>>23550073That woulda been hilarious, but even so, this is pretty neat. Thanks for the pictures anon!
>>23550036best thing is this has been travelling around japan for a decade+ now and still in pristine condition
>>23550311It actually fell into disrepair for a time because it was just left to rot in a parking lot exposed the elements for years and it was only in 2022 that they restored it with a crowfunding campaign and started parading it around againhttps://patlabor.tokyo/news/1493/
>>23550328who currently owns the ingram then?
>>23550331It's complex but the IP is owned by Headgear while this Ingram itself is currently owned by Genco which is the place working on Patlabor Ezy and also currently being entrusted with the rights to the IPThe other Ingram with the cockpit has the IP on license to a completely different, unrelated company
>>23550328Damn, the maintenance crew has been slacking off.
>>23550358i still can't believe this stupid show had an entire episode about tekken where harada showed up as a random scrub
>>23550036>>23550047>>23550328All these somehow fit with TNG's premise.
>>23550036even if the production is dragging ass the universe WILL have new wacky hijinks with SV2
>>23550036ROFL just like the series. Life imitates art
To be fair, Otha's antics would be enough to have head fall.Speaking of the the live TNG, I was very disappointed. Sure milked the "budget problem" to have as little mecha as possible, but the budget they had they only spent it rehashing Patlabor's episodes, badly.And it's unforgivable they had a whole medieval army of technician and they couldn't bother to redo THAT one episode episode.
>>23550260Yes
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>Tokyo Station was blocked off for traffic right in front of me, and the vehicle carrying His Majesty the Emperor passed by, so I ended up getting off my bike and taking off my helmet.>After that, I was surrounded by people in suits wearing badges who complimented me saying, "That's a perfect Char cosplay," but before I knew it, I was completely encircled—talk about impressive security, lol.>Sorry for being a suspicious Char japan is a wonderful place
>>23553913cool story casval
