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Dirty Pair (TV)

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[ adapted from Dirty Pair (light novel) ]

Related anime:
    (The) Dirty Pair: A Plague of Angels (U.S. manga) (spinoff)
    (The) Dirty Pair: Biohazards (U.S. manga) (spinoff)
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    (The) Dirty Pair: Fatal but not Serious (U.S. manga) (spinoff)
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    Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (OAV) (1990-01-25, sequel)
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Alternative title:
Dan et Danny (French)
Kate & July (Italian)
ダーティペア (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The semi-coherent story of a pair of teenage intergalactic private eyes, Kei and Yuri. Their code name is "Lovely Angels", but they're better known—universe-wide, in fact—as the "Dirty Pair". Their arrival at the scene of a mystery is always a source of hope and dread, since: 1) they always solve the case, 2) wherever they go, something gets horribly wrecked, up to and including entire planets. Lucky for them—but not-so-lucky for the rest of the universe—there are always some sort of extenuating circumstances that support their most often-used phrase, "It's not our fault".
User Ratings: 218 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (dub:5, sub:4, raw:1)
 Excellent: 23 votes (sub:19, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 52 votes (sub:42, dub:8, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 60 votes (sub:41, dub:16, raw:2, ?:1)
 Decent: 33 votes (sub:20, dub:7, raw:5, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:6, ?:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 686 users, rank: #1340 (of 5722)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.885 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7637, rank: #2543 (of 5714)
Weighted mean: 6.865 (Good), rank: #2437 (of 5714) (seen all: 7.27 / seen some: 6.42 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.898 (Good), rank: #2136 (of 4356)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 1985-07-15 to 1985-12-26
Release dates: We have 11
Opening Theme:
"Dan et Danny" by Marie Mercier and Sandrine Bonnet (French dub: eps 1-26)
"Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian Roulette" (ロ・ロ・ロ・ロシアンルーレット) by Meiko Nakahara
Ending Theme:
"Uchū Ren'ai (Space Fantasy)" (宇宙恋愛[スペースファンタジー]) by Meiko Nakahara
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
Based on the novels by Haruka Takachiho, the Dirty Pair TV series was originally planned to be 26 episodes long but was canceled early after only 24 episodes. The last two were released as the Dirty Pair: From Lovely Angels with Love OAVs.
The original stories have won two Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent to the Hugo Award).
Prior to this TV series, Kei and Yuri were first animated for a cameo in the Crusher Joe: The Movie.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Dirty Pair - Collection 1 (Sub.DVD) 2010-11-02 (from $30.13)
    Dirty Pair - Collection 2 (Sub.DVD) 2011-02-08 (from $30.69)
    Dirty Pair - Part One [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-06-04 (from $22.62)
    Dirty Pair - Part Two [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-08-06 (from $22.62)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director:
Norio Kashima (Series Director at times)
Toshifumi Takizawa (Main Series Director)
Script:
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (ep 2)
Kazunori Ito (eps 1, 3, 13)
Kenji Terada
Michiru Shimada (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Tomoko Konparu (eps 10, 15-16)
Toshiki Inoue (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 19, 24
)
Toshimichi Okawa (4 episodes
eps 8, 18, 21-22
)
Yasushi Hirano (eps 9, 12, 14)
Yumiko Tsukamoto (ep 6)
Storyboard:
Hatsuki Tsuji (ep 19)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (6 episodes
eps 11, 13, 16, 18, 21-22
)
Mamoru Hamatsu (eps 4, 7, 12)
Masahisa Ishida (ep 9)
Mitsuko Kase (ep 5)
Norio Kashima (eps 3, 20)
Takashi Sogabe (ep 15)
Takashi Tanazawa (ep 14)
Takaya Mizutani (eps 17, 24)
Tetsuro Amino (eps 2, 6, 8, 23)
Toshifumi Takizawa (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 11)
Mamoru Hamatsu (eps 4, 7, 12)
Masahisa Ishida (eps 2, 9)
Mitsuko Kase (eps 1, 5)
Norio Kashima (eps 3, 20)
Takashi Tanazawa (eps 14, 18)
Takaya Mizutani (5 episodes
eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24
)
Tsuneo Tominaga (ep 21)
Yoshihide Kuriyama (ep 22)
Yukihiro Shino (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 13, 16, 23
)
Music: Toshiyuki Kimori
Original creator: Haruka Takachiho
Character Design:
Fujihiko Hosono (Uniform Design)
Tsukasa Dokite
Art Director:
Mitsuki Nakamura
Satoshi Miura
Animation Director:
Hatsuki Tsuji (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 17, 19
)
Kenichi Ohnuki (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 16, 20
)
Masami Shimoda (ep 18)
Nobukazu Sakuma (eps 6, 22)
Tokuhiro Matsubara (eps 19, 24)
Tsukasa Dokite (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 12, 23
)
Yuzo Sato (eps 15, 24)
Mechanical design: Yasushi Ishizu
Art design:
Masahiro Sato
Tomoaki Okada
Sound Director: Koichi Chiba
Director of Photography: Hiroaki Edamitsu
Producer:
Eiji Sashida
Hiroshi Hirayama

In-Between Animation: Toshihiro Kawamoto
Key Animation: Kazuchika Kise (eps 13, 16, 25)
Theme Song Arrangement: Jun Sato (OP & ED)
Theme Song Composition: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED)
Theme Song Performance: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED)
Kyouko Tonguu as Kei
Saeko Shimazu as Yuri

Ikuya Sawaki as Goolley
Naoki Makishima as
Mughi
Nanmo
Shingo Hiromori as Calico

Asami Mukaidono as Clementine (ep 15)
Fumio Matsuoka as Jobs Garou (ep 25)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Marcus (ep 26)
Ichirô Nagai as Joe (ep 15)
Juurouta Kosugi as Darain
Kazue Komiya as
Rita
Sandra
Mitsuko Ishida as Maid (ep 5)
Rica Fukami as
Momoko (ep 14)
Secretary (ep 7)
Sayuri Ikemoto as Miraruda
Sho Saito as Mylene Garou (ep 25)
Shoko Hino as Shannon Ross (eps 21-22)
Shunsuke Shima as Dr. Bolkov
Takaya Hashi as Brian
Yoshino Takamori as Chairman Sakurako (ep 16)
Yumi Touma as Freya
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Artland (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24
)
Atelier 11 (ep 17)
Design office MECHAMAN (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10-11, 13, 15, 22
)
Studio Loft (eps 3, 7)
Studio WHO (4 episodes
eps 8, 11, 16, 23
)
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
NTV
Finish Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 6)
AIC (5 episodes
eps 11-13, 16, 23
)
Studio 2001 (ep 3)
studio bogey (9 episodes
eps 2-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21
)
Studio Fantasia (ep 8)
Studio G7 (ep 1)
Studio Run Run (ep 24)
Taka Productions (ep 4)
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 6)
GNC (ep 24)
Group Donguri (ep 5)
Studio Gallop (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 17, 19
)
Studio Lions (ep 5)
Studio Max (eps 3, 13)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 16)
Anime Roman (ep 22)
Artland (eps 6-7)
Last House (ep 4)
Studio Dub (eps 8-9)
Photography: Studio Gallop
Production:
Studio Nue
Sunrise
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English companies
(none)
English cast
(none)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Korean companies
(none)
French cast
French staff
Theme Song Performance:
Marie Mercier
Sandrine Bonnet
Albert Augier as Bidule
Dorothée Jemma as Kei
Michel Bedetti as
Chef Goury
Namo
Stéphanie Murat as Yuri
Vincent Ropion as
Calico
Carson D

Albert Augier
Claude Dasset
Francette Vernillat
Michel Bedetti
Michel Vocoret
Pierre Trabaud
Vincent Ropion
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1
FR3 (from January 1989)
France 3 (from 24 December 1999)
Mangas
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing Studio: SOFI
Italian staff
Italian companies
Theme Song Performance: Massimo Dorati
Broadcaster: Odeon TV (from August 1990)
Distributor: Deltafilm
Dubbing: Videodelta
Italian cast
Claudia Penoni as Julie (Yuri)
Sonia Mazza as Kate
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