Rakuen Tsuiho and Patlabor EZY Share a Flight Visual
A collaboration between the anime films Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance and Mobile Police Patlabor EZY was announced on November 11, with a visual showing the Patlabor Ingram lifted by wires by the Rakuen Tsuiho machine Arhan above Shibuya.
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The pairing also brings a free 24-hour YouTube run of three Patlabor: The Early Days episodes in which the Ingram flies (?) from 21:00 on November 12 to 20:59 on November 13, putting the older series in front of viewers at the moment the sequel opens.
Key Facts
- The Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance and Mobile Police Patlabor EZY collaboration was announced on November 11, 2026.
- Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance opens in theaters nationwide in Japan on November 13, 2026.
- Three episodes of Patlabor: The Early Days stream free on YouTube from 21:00 on November 12 to 20:59 on November 13, 2026.
- Mobile Police Patlabor EZY File 3 is scheduled to open on March 5, 2027.
- Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance is directed by Seiji Mizushima with animation production by Toei Animation.
J.C.STAFF drew the Ingram and Toei Animation drew Arhan. The tie-in marks the November 13 theatrical opening of Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance, the sequel to the 2014 full 3DCG film Expelled from Paradise, with Seiji Mizushima directing, Gen Urobuchi on script, Masatsugu Saito on character design and NARASAKI on music, animated at Toei Animation. Patlabor EZY is a three-part theatrical series directed by Yutaka Izubuchi, written and composed by Kazunori Ito, with original character designs by Masami Yuuki and animation by J.C.STAFF. File 1 and File 2 are in theaters; File 3 is set for March 5, 2027.
The three Early Days episodes in the free YouTube run are Episode 2, "Long Shot," Episode 5, "The Longest Day of Division 2 (Part 1)" and Episode 6, "The Longest Day of Division 2 (Part 2)." They stream on the Bandai Namco Filmworks Channel at youtu.be/zL5QSSaOTNM.
The visuals themselves were split between studios: J.C.STAFF drew the Ingram and Toei Animation drew Arhan. The setting is the skies over Shibuya, which also appears in Patlabor EZY.
Patlabor EZY's released files carry episode titles. File 1 lists "The Trend Is #Second Platoon," "There Is Delusion in Leisure" and "The Real Thing Is the Best." File 2 lists "Wine and Bullets," "Seeing Pale Dreams" and "Love's Survival." File 3, due March 5, 2027, lists "Toy Country (Part 1)" and "Toy Country (Part 2)."
The Patlabor EZY cast includes Sumire Uesaka as Kuga Tokiwa, Kikunosuke Toya as Amatori Kikuhira and Megumi Hayashibara as Saeki Kimika. Kenji Kawai composes the music. Genco produces, with distribution by Bandai Namco Filmworks.
Rakuen Tsuiho's theme song is "Beyond the Night" by TeddyLoid feat. Ayane Sakura (as Gabriel) and Kazuya Inoue from Nogizaka46. The cast includes Ayane Sakura as Gabriel, Saori Hayami as Arma and Rie Kugimiya as Angela Balzac.
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