为了备考，落榜生五代裕作（二又一成 配音）入住了名为“一刻馆”的集体公寓中，他即将在这里展开充满了曲折与汗水的新的奋斗旅程。除了裕作外，一刻馆中还住着各种各样稀奇古怪的人们——喜欢打听别人家长里短的太太一之濑花枝（青木和代 配音）、神出鬼没有偷窥癖好的四谷（千叶繁 配音）、个性直爽又认真的六本木朱美（三田友子 配音），在这些人的“陪伴”下，裕作觉得自己和理想之间的距离越来越遥远了。
音无响子（岛本须美 配音）是公寓的管理员，也是裕作心目中的女神，在他心情落入低谷只是，只要响子的一句话、一个笑容，裕太就能重新找回自信。横亘在裕太和响子之间的，除了高富帅三鹰瞬（神谷明 配音）外，还有响子死去的丈夫，无法放下对于丈夫的思念，使得响子常常陷入悲伤之中。裕作能够实现自己的理想吗？他和响子之间的恋情又是否可以开花结果呢？每一天，一刻馆中都在上演着有笑有泪的人生故事。

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

一次偶然的机会，年仅10岁的平凡女孩森泽优得到了神秘力量，可以变身成为16岁拥有甜美歌喉的美少女小甜甜。小甜甜一下子成为了众人的偶像，连优暗恋的青梅竹马的伙伴俊夫都对小甜甜很着迷。成为偶像的优即开心又苦恼，忙着掩饰自己的身份，不想这个秘密被揭晓，打破自己正常的生活；另一方面，却又很想告诉俊夫，那个他喜欢的小甜甜其实就是自己。
16岁外表的偶像歌手，内在却是10岁女孩的心。平凡的生活被这魔法所打乱，惹出不少爆笑的故事，而只有2人参与的三角恋情却给这欢乐的故事蒙上一层忧伤，跟随小甜甜的美妙歌声，故事渐渐展开。

二十一世纪初，人口不断增长，职位和房屋的需求成为了人们首要的问题。
原本的土地已经不足以满足社会的发展，于是日本政府将东京湾对出的海域进行一次大规模的填海造地工程，填平面积总共四十五万平方公尺，把木更津第一人工岛和川崎第二人工岛连接结合，长十五公里的大型防波堤就可以动工。这就不仅代表绕首都圈一周的大环状路完全通车，同时十多个水门亦可利用潮差去排水，最重要就是确保了未来十年东京有四万五千公顷的用地。
由于是以“永恒之都巴比伦”作为蓝本建设的国际大都会东京，于是这“巴比伦计划（Babylon Project）”称得上是本世纪最大海面工程计划。为了加快工作效率，建造更加庞大的建筑物及应付这庞大的工程，于是发展出专为工业使用的大型机械人，称之为Labor。
他们被广泛使用后，除增加了建筑的效率、解决了房屋问题外，亦增加了不少的就业机会；不过与此同时亦衍生出了一个新的问题，就是Labor犯罪案件的频发。这些可能只是醉酒驾驶，又可能只是驾驶者的意气用事，或者是不法份子把Labor改装为犯罪工具。不过这一切一切不仅使周遭的环境破坏,更使社会秩序混乱。
社会迈入了新时代，人类已经制造出可以操作的机械人来代替他们从事某些危险及繁重的工作，这些机械人常应用在工程建筑领域。但是正因为机械人的强大力量，使得犯罪分子也蠢蠢欲动。因此作为国家工具之一的警察部队自然也会有相对应的机构来应付机械人事件的发生。
在这个极其特殊时代的不安定状况下，日本警示厅警备部于是决定成立了一个全新部门――特车二课（Special Vehicles Section 2），以专门打击Labor相关的犯罪案件。而这种警队专用的Patrol-Labor（巡逻警用机械人）被称为Patlabor！

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

At the end of the 20th century a massive building program is started due to rising sea levels. As part of this building program labor construction robots are built. These robots are not only used for construction though, the new technology also brings forth a new type of crime - Labor Crime. To cope with this new type of crime the police set up a Pat[rol] Labor division: "Special Vehicles, Section 2".

What are the Members of the newly established Second Unit supposed to do? They've been ordered to apprehend a terrorist Labor -- and their new Labors are stuck in traffic en route from the factory!

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

21世纪，地球回复昔日的和平，但此时宇宙坠下一颗陨石，陨石有一个人工的时空囊。地球和平联盟TPC的GUTS小队通过时空囊了解到地球将有大灾难发生。而此时，时空囊预言的两大怪兽·“哥路渣”和“米路巴”先后出现，GUTS小队便根据预言寻找收藏在金字塔的三大巨人的身体。
几经寻找后GUTS队员们终于找到金字塔，但两大怪兽也到来了。虽GUTS拼死守护，但三个巨像已被破坏剩一个，队员·大伍的战机也被击中，且逃生装置失灵。在危急关头，大伍突然化成光，和最后一个的石像结合。光之巨人“迪加”因此而复活，并与两大怪兽展开了战斗……

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

2008 film by Mamoru Oshii