Dirty Pair Flash

Dirty Pair Flash (ダーティペア) is a Japanese original video animation series produced by Sunrise, based on the light novel series Dirty Pair by Haruka Takachiho.

When Sunrise originally began the project, their idea was to make a sequel to the original Dirty Pair series, but Kyōko Tongū, 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 a remake of the original series instead.

Dirty Pair Flash was first aired in North America on PBS San Jose station Superstation KTEH as the English-subtitled version and also on Showtime’s SHO Beyond channel as the English-dubbed version. The English version of Dirty Pair Flash was licensed by ADV Films.

Plot summary

Compared to the wealthy and affluent world of the original Dirty Pair, Flash takes place in a universal human civilization where mankind is recovering from a major galactic economic crash which then spurred an intense decade of wars and conflicts before the setting's current era of stable if rather uneasy peace. In a somewhat more down to earth if cynical backdrop, mankind continues on its leaps and bounds of technological and scientific progress despite economic struggles and recoveries throughout the galaxy.

Characters

Kei

Born: January 1, 2231, Age 17 on the colony planet Workoh, Kei is hot-headed, impulsive, and rude; often called a tomboy. Her usual response to a crisis is "shoot first and ask questions later.", but she can show insight into situations when properly motivated. She usually gets into a lot of arguments with Yuri over her "girly" attitude, but is usually the first in line to back her up when trouble happens. Kei is also very Proficient with a Blaster and uses one as her primary weapon.

Kei has a love for jet coasters, fast-food restaurants, drinking beer, sushi, and big-game fishing. She is afraid of nothing with the exception of ghosts, zombies, and vampires. Kei has a softer side, but dislikes showing it.

Yuri

Born: March 3, 2231, Age 17 on the colony world Shack-G, Yuri acts more stereotypically feminine than Kei. She is more concerned with getting dates and marrying a rich, handsome man 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, it's unlikely that the offender will live to tell about it. Yuri is adept at using a plasma sword and carries one as her primary weapon.

Yuri is the more romantic of the two. She likes romantic dinners, moonlit walks, and very wealthy men. However, she has poor luck with men, as she usually finds men who care more about what their fathers think about what happens to their prized possessions than to her.

Secondary 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 knows of the trouble the two got into previously, and fears that they will bring shame to that honored name.

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. He seems to be quite the henpecked husband; he often gets calls from his wife back home, asking him to go grocery shopping after work.

native name	ダーティペア
based on	Dirty Pair by Haruka Takachiho
writer	Hisashi Tokimura (season 1) Fuyunori Gobu (seasons 2–3)
director	Tsukasa Sunaga (season 1) Tomomi Mochizuki (seasons 2–3)
producer	Eiji Sashida Hiroshi Hirayama Masato Terada (season 1) Toru Hasegawa (seasons 2–3)
music	Kei Wakakusa Hajime Mizoguchi Jun'ichi Kanezaki Junko Miyagi
company	Sunrise VAP Bandai Visual
country	Japan
language	Japanese
first aired	January 21, 1994
last aired	April 25, 1996
num seasons	3
num episodes	16

Plot summary

Characters

Kei

Yuri

Secondary characters

Episode list

Dirty Pair Flash (1994)

Dirty Pair Flash 2 (1995)

Dirty Pair Flash 3 (1995–96)

Reception

Further reading

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