The 24-hour Japanese-language channel FAMILY GEKIJO U.S. began airing the Space Battleship Yamato III (Uchusenkan Yamato 3 or Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars) anime and the The Next Generation -Patlabor- live-action movie series this January.
FAMILY GEKIJO U.S. already aired Uchusenkan Yamato (Star Blazers) and Uchusenkan Yamato 2 (Star Blazers: The Comet Empire).
The Next Generation -Patlabor- project is not a remake of the earlier Patlabor anime stories, but a completely new work.
The Next Generation -Patlabor- is airing Monday to Friday at 3:00 a.m. EST.