Giant Patlabor robot stands tall in Tokyo even as film’s director calls it “useless” 【Photos】 soranews24.com

Patlabor began way back in 1988 as a comic set in the near-future where the police battle crime using giant robots.
Like their animated predecessors, the protagonists of the live-action Patlabor pilot the AV-98 Ingram (or just plain old “Ingram” to its friends).
“I was always working with the subtle theme that practical use of bipedal giant robots is impossible,” he says of his work on the Patlabor franchise.
“Those were components I didn’t the helm of….But from the very start, I felt that giant robots are pointless.
“The idea of a giant robot, walking along with its weapon in hand, is something all men like.”Silly daydream or not, mark us down as happy the life-size Ingram exists.