Mini Pato
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Mini-Pato is a 13-minute three-part adjunct to the Patlabor anime series. Like Patlabor WXIII, it's the last hurrah of that universe. Mini-Pato was screened in Japanese cinemas before the start of Patlabor WXIII in such a way, that to see the complete series you had to see WXIII three times.
The animation style used is a combination paper puppet and CGI, with a claymation sequence in the first episode. It is a comedic look at Patlabor with intentional parodies of it and other mecha animes. Featured in each episode is a dog with a resemblance to Mamoru Oshii.
Mini-pato is available on DVD in regions 1,2 and 4 in the Limited Edition Patlabor WXII DVD packages.