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Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television
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Planetes
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These anime both depict characters with relatively mundane lives in extraordinary settings, and provide a counterpoint to other shows within their specific subgenres. Patlabor is to mecha as Planetes is to hard sci-fi. As a contrast to most other shows of these types which involve constant strife and warfare, these shows depict how humanity can live peacefully with advanced technology and noticeably put emphasis on human drama instead of epic battles, although both do eventually take more dramatic twists.
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Both shows deals with the human factor in a society that is becoming highly technological, and somehow cold towards us. Both shows star an energetic and unexperienced herione, joining new unit, and slowly and steadily, getting into grips with her surroundings. Also the whole futuristic premise in both shows is tackled as realistically as possible.