A Robot from a Popular Anime Franchise is Ready for Fans to Operate; Tokyo-Based Startup Builds Real-Life Ingram from Patlabor

Boldly climb into a robot, skillfully maneuver it, and defeat a villain. Who didn’t dream of doing that as a kid? Now a startup based in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, might be about to make those dreams come true with a real-life version of one of the robots that appears in the popular anime franchise “Mobile Police Patlabor.” Tickets for a trial session to operate the robot will go on sale on Sunday. A representative of the company said, “We want you to experience what it’s like to be the protagonist of an anime.”