Just came here to tay that Patlabor is pretty far from "obscure" as an anime. In the late 90s/early 2000's it was pretty big, although anime wasn't big in the U

Just came here to tay that Patlabor is pretty far from "obscure" as an anime. In the late 90s/early 2000's it was pretty big, although anime wasn't big in the United States yet and that could explain the author's comment?