Original Dirty Pair Volume 2: Damsels in Destruction - Japan Hero
- Japan Hero
- Jeffrey Couto
- 10/13/01
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"ADV Films has done a good job of bringing the original ?Dirty Pair? to American audiences."
ADV Films has been on the forefront of bringing great Japanimation favorities to Western Audiences. Such is case with their recent offering ?Dirty Pair Vol. 2 ? Damsels In Destruction?.
Fans like myself, who were expecting to see episodes from the excellent original short-lived TV series that aired in 1984, might be surprised to find that this ?Original Dirty Pair? DVD gathers together not the TV episodes but rather the various OVA specials that came out a couple years after the ?Dirty Pair? TV series went off-air. According to Jonathan Clements? invaluable resource ?The Anime Encyclopedia?, these episodes were said to have been originally commissioned for distribution abroad (most notably to Italy). While the animation, stories, action and comedy are comparable to the TV series, there are some differences, which will surprise long time fans.
One difference is the costumes for the gals. Instead of the ?gold swimsuit? that Yuri is famous for, she is seen wearing a ?silver bikini suit? very much similar to Kei?s usual uniform (these uniforms look similar to the ones they wore in the movie ?Project Eden? -1987). This is certainly a minor nitpick but it does tend to make her indistinguishable from Kei (oddly enough in the original Crusher Joe series, this was indeed the very case).
Another fact that might surprise is that faithful robot Namo is nowhere to be found in any of the episodes. Namo played such an important part in the original TV series, that its non-presence here is certainly felt. It is also curious to note that another thing missing from the original series is their ultra chic pink battle cruiser ?Lovely Angel?. Why these particular elements were removed from these later episodes is anyone?s guess.
ADV Films has done a superb job in translating the episodes. I found most of the dialogue and Japanese Episode Titles to be translated accurately.
ADV Films has done a good job of bringing the original ?Dirty Pair? to American audiences. Now if only they could get the rights to release the actual TV series, that would be much appreciated.
Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2001 (Archive on Tuesday, November 13, 2001)