Dirty Pair Flash

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Dirty Pair Flash
ダーティペア Flash
(Dirty Pair Flash)
Genre Adventure
Comedy
Police
Science Fiction
OVA: Dirty Pair Flash: Mission I
Directed by Takahito Kimura
Studio Sunrise
VAP
Studio NUE
No. of episodes 6
Released 2/1/94 - 7/1/94
Runtime
OVA: Dirty Pair Flash: Mission II
Directed by Takahiro Kimura
Studio Sunrise
VAP
Studio NUE
No. of episodes 5
Released 6/1/95 - 10/1/95
Runtime
OVA: Dirty Pair Flash: Mission III
Directed by Takahito Kimura
Studio Sunrise
VAP
Studio NUE
No. of episodes 5
Released 12/21/95 - 4/25/96
Runtime

Dirty Pair Flash (ダーティペア Flash?) is a humorous science fiction anime and manga franchise based on the light novel series by Haruka Takachiho.

Although it is often said that these are younger versions of the original Lovely Angels Kei and Yuri, in truth this series is an alternate universe telling of Dirty Pair, set in the years 2248-49. When Sunrise originally began the project, their idea was to make sequel to the original Dirty Pair series, but Kyooko Miyagi, the original voice actress for Kei, had long retired and moved to North America, and Saeko Shimazu, the voice of Yuri, refused to work with anyone but her original partner, forcing the project to be remake of the original series instead.

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[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Kei and Yuri were originally junior auxiliary agents in the Worlds Works and Welfare Agency (W.W.W.A. or 3WA for short) when the two were paired together under the codename "Lovely Angels". Kei was coming off her second probation for something she done, and Yuri's dating exploits were common knowledge, no to mention the two had an instant dislike for each other when they met.

Now Kei and Yuri were not the first to receive the codename Lovely Angels. Years before, during the Gamorian Riots, two other women, Iris and Molly were also named the Lovely Angels. Molly, sadly, was killed on duty, and her partner Iris, who had lost her right arm trying to save Molly, became bitter about the lack of response from the 3WA and when on to become the assassin Lady Flair.

At first, Kei and Yuri absolutely refused to work with each other, and there was a time when Kei resigned from the 3WA. However, when a crisis erupted, Kei came back... and it was a good thing too! Yuri's new partner had quit abruptly just as the response started, and Kei's return came just in time.

Since then, the two continued to work together, although they earned the nickname, "the Dirty Pair" because of all the collateral damage the two (unintentionally) cause in the completion of their cases.

In addition to the sixteen anime episodes, there have been three novels (1994, 1997, 1999) and four "Stereo Dramas" (one in 1994, the others in 1996) written by Takachiho, as well as two sanctioned manga series (1995-96) published by Dengeki Comics.

[edit] Major characters

Kei
Born 1 January 2231 on the colony planet Workoh, Kei could be described as a tomboy. Born a redhead (with bleached blond bangs), Kei is hot-headed, impulsive, and rude, and because of this is often mistaken for a man. Of course, anyone who would not see her figure are often... and painfully reminded that she is a woman. Her usual response to a crisis is "shoot first and ask questions later". She usually gets into a lot of arguments with Yuri over Yuri's "girlie" attitude, but is usually the first-in-line to back her up with her blaster when trouble happens.
Unlike Yuri, Kei has a love for cheap thrills... jetcoasters, fast-food restaurants, drinking beer, and big-game fishing.
Basically, Kei is afraid of nothing... unless you happen to include ghosts, zombies and vampires, in which case she is absolutely terrified of them. She also doesn't like to show her softer side, which showed when she had to protect a young baby being chased by assassins. In fact, during a crisis, she had allowed the baby to suckle her (even though she wasn't lactating) in order to keep him quiet when they were close.
Voiced by: Rika Matsumoto (Japanese), Sue Ulu (English)
Yuri
Born 3 March 2231 on the colony world Shack-G, Yuri acts more stereotypically female than Kei. The problem is that she is more concerned with getting dates than doing her job, and she gets more than her share of complaints from Kei because of this. However, if anyone ever harms her partner, you can bet that she will cut the offender to pieces with her lightsaber.
Yuri, unlike Kei, is the more romantic of the two. She likes romantic dinners, moonlight walks, and very wealthy men. But for the most part, she usually finds men who care more about what their fathers think about what happens to their very expensive items than to her. Or sometimes the break their dates altogether, then she gets very upset... and one time she thought that she was going to get married. It turned out her prospective groom had found a new love... and she took her frustration out on her and Kei's next mission!
Voiced by: Mariko Kōda (Japanese), Kim Sevier (English)

[edit] Minor characters

Chief Garner
Garner was a section chief in the 3WA at the beginning of the series. A veteran of the Gamorian Riots, he was instrumental in helping to rebuild the 3WA in the aftermath. Now approaching retirement, he has the unenviable task of molding two bickering junior auxiliary agents - Kei and Yuri - into first-class trouble consultants.
Garner was also a good friend of the original Lovely Angels, Iris and Molly, and it troubles him that Kei and Yuri were given the 'Lovely Angels' codename by the 3WA's central mainframe. He knew of the trouble the two got in previously and fears that they would bring shame to that honored name.
Voiced by: Hazime Koseki (Japanese), Rick Peeples (English)
Chief Poporo
Chief Poporo became section chief supervising the Lovely Angels after Garner's retirement. He was once a trouble consultant himself, requiring a cybernetic arm after participating in the arrest of renegade weapons designer Berringer.
While he realizes Kei and Yuri's usefulness, he is irritated by all the damage they cause. If the 3WA's central mainframe would allow him to post them to permanent desk jobs, he would. He often gets calls from his wife back home, asking him to go grocery shopping after work.
Voiced by: Shigezou Sasaoka (Japanese), Don'l Johnson (English)
Lady Flair
Originally, she was known as Iris, one of the original Lovely Angels. She, along with her partner Molly, were the finest trouble consultant team in the history of the 3WA. However, during the Gamorian Riots, the two were faced with a huge crisis which Molly's live was on the line. Iris tried to call for help but was denied backup. In a rage, Iris broke her communicator, which prevented her from hearing that their friend Garner had heard and was on the way. Quickly, Iris tried to reach over the ledge Molly was hanging on, but Molly had lost her grip and fell to her death. At the same time, Iris had lost her right arm.
Now known as Lady Flair, Iris led the life of an assassin-for-hire. She had briefly aided Waldess as he tried to take control of the galaxy, but was crossed by him. She also looks down at the newest team who were given the codename "Lovely Angels"... Kei and Yuri.
During the Siren crisis, Flair was reunited with her old friend Garner, who revealed what had happened when Molly was killed. Guilt-stricken, Flair... who renounced her past and once again became the trouble consultant Iris, confronted the cause of the crisis, Waldess, and tried to arrest him. Waldess, who was insane with power, killed Iris, but was in turn killed by Kei. After the crisis was over, Iris' record as Lady Flair was expunged and Iris was posthumously awarded the 3WA's highest honors.
Voiced by: Yumi Touma (Japanese), Laura Chapman (English)


Touma
Touma was a character in the second series (a.k.a. Mission Two). He is a trouble consultant just like Kei and Yuri, but his specially is computers and computer programs. He even looked like your average computer geek... he wore eyeglasses, and had a tall but wiry body. In the course of thinking, Touma also gets distracted by the smallest of details - which often gets him beat up by Kei and Yuri. He was also inexperienced with dating, which led to one of the most hilarious moments in the series.
Basically, Touma's knowledge in computers was almost unmatched. As a college student, he was the one who had wrote the code to Silica 2000, Worlds World's chief mainframe... and got an "A" for his efforts. Now that Silica 2000 was compromised by a computer virus, Touma was call upon to eradicate it. However, since Touma was also a target by the creator of the virus, Kei and Yuri went with him as well, and stayed on the planet when Touma began to isolate the computer from the creator... a Joined Artificial Intelligence Criminal, or J.A.I.C..
Voiced by: Kenichi Ono (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)
Leena
A florist on Worlds World, Leena had caught the eye of Touma when he and Yuri were caught on one of the planet's planned rainy days. From the time he set eyes on her, Touma was smitten with this beauty. However, with all the planning he made to woo her, there was one fact he didn't calculate on... Leena was a lesbian and had her eyes on Yuri.
Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese), Kimberly Yates (English)
Gazelle
An arrogant, almost sadistic individual, Gazelle was enlisted by the 3WA to teach Kei and Yuri beach volleyball so that they could accomplish their latest mission... capture a corrupt president of a galactic company. In order to do this, Gazelle harshly drove Kei and Yuri to the point of total breakdown... and beyond that as well. He will do anything to whip the girls into shape... including outright lying!
Voiced by: Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Japanese), Rob Mungle (English)
Monica De Noir
Coming from a long and honored (?) line of assassins, Monica De Noir, a.k.a. the Sweet Fairy, has the job of killing Kei and Yuri to celebrate her 15th birthday. She is not exactly your run-of-the-mill assassin, her weapons usually include explosive candy, killer teddy bears and other cute and deadly items. When in a real jam, she also has at her disposal a battle mecha in the form of a teddy bear.
Voiced by: Mika Kanai (Japanese), Junie Hoang (English)
Julian
The grandson of the 3WA's biggest contributors, Julian is a brilliant but lonely boy who happens to be obsessed with Yuri... so much so that he used his genius to gather as much information about her, including her likes and dislikes, and constructed an android double of the trouble consultant so that he can be with her without being placed in the sort of dangerous situations Yuri usually gets into.
However, when Kei stupidly breaks the Yuri android, thinking she was the real Yuri, the real Yuri then steps in place until Julian can repair the android. She then lived in what was a life-sized dollhouse, which included an extensive wardrobe (one of the outfits in that wardrobe was the gold and red uniform that Yuri of the original Dirty Pair wore). However, Yuri had to somehow let the boy know that what he was in love with was a doll and not a real person... which ultimately proved to be her undoing at the end of the story, for Julian fell in love with a girl who had been trying to contact him but he was too obsessed with the android Yuri at the time.
Voiced by: Hekiru Shiina (Japanese), David Bell (English)

[edit] Trivia

If one looks closely at Molly and Iris during the flashbacks in Episodes 3 and 6 of the first OVA, it can be seen that they closely resemble the character designs of the Lovely Angels from the 1980s. (The design is a blend of their designs from the 1985 TV series and the later productions of 1987-90.)

[edit] External links

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