Dirty Pair

Dirty Pair
Cover of the novel showing the two protagonists Yuri (left) and Kei (right) and their Coeurl sidekick
ダーティペア
(Dāti Pea)
Genre
Novel series
Written byHaruka Takachiho
Illustrated byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published byHayakawa Publishing
English publisher
ImprintHayakawa Bunko JA
Original runMay 1980December 2018
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Toshifumi Takizawa
  • Norio Kashima (#15–24)
Produced by
  • Norio Hatsukawa
  • Takayuki Yoshii
Music byToshiyuki Kimori
StudioNippon Sunrise
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (NTV)
Original run July 15, 1985 December 26, 1985
Episodes24 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia
Directed byMasaharu Okuwaki
Written byKazunori Itō
Music byYoshihiro Kunimoto
StudioNippon Sunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
ReleasedDecember 20, 1985
Runtime55 minutes
Original video animation
Dirty Pair 2
Directed byKatsuyoshi Yatabe
Written byHiroyuki Hoshiyama
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
Released December 21, 1987 April 21, 1988
Episodes10 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy
Directed byToshifumi Takizawa
Written byYoshitake Suzuki
Music byTohru Okada (Moonriders)
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1990
Runtime60 minutes
Manga
The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair
Written byHaruka Takachiho
Illustrated byHisao Tamaki
Published byTokuma Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 2010July 2011
Volumes2
Anime series
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Dirty Pair (Japanese: ダーティペア, Hepburn: Dāti Pea) is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume were first published on the S-F Magazine. The franchise has been published in multiple formats, and adapted into various other media, resulting in eight novels and several shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year.

The stories take place in the years 2138–2143, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called "trouble consultants". The series focuses on a team of trouble consultants in that section, named Kei and Yuri, who have a reputation for leaving a trail of destruction behind them, for which they are known publicly as the "Dirty Pair", a nickname they hate.

  1. ^ Santos, Carlo (December 3, 2010). "Dirty Pair Sub.DVD Boxset 1 – Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 6, 2020. That's one of the retro sci-fi lessons to be learned from the Dirty Pair TV series, which offers a now-quaint view of the future to go with its feisty girls-with-guns escapades.
  2. ^ Moody, Allen. "Dirty Pair TV". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Yegulalp, Serdar. "Dirty Pair – The Original TV Series". About.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael (October 1, 2021). "RetroCrush, Crunchyroll Stream Dirty Pair TV Series (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Ashley, Mike (March 27, 2020). Science-Fiction Rebels: the Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990. Liverpool University Press. p. 250. Takachiho Haruka mercilessly spoofed the whole concept of pulp space opera in his humorous 'Dirty Pair' series