BEEZ license Patlabor 2 for October UK DVD release

UK anime DVD publisher BEEZ have let us know that they have licensed classic mecha movie Patlabor 2 (directed by Mamoru Oshii of Ghost in the Shell fame). Their release will see both regular and special editions and is slated to hit UK stores on the 30th of October.

• “Beez Entertainment is proud to announce the forthcoming release of Patlabor 2, both in normal edition and a special Collectors Edition release limited to a mere 1000 individually numbered units in the UK.”

  “The collectors edition sports a new cover designed by Yukata Izubuchi, a bonus DVD with “The Making of Patlabor 2 the Movie”, a 300 page storyboard book from Mamoru Oshii translated into English and a 144 page book Archive of the movie, containing interviews, insights and more about the movie!”