Dirty Pair OVA

They call themselfs kei and Yuri or ´Lovely angels´, criminals call them´Dirty Pair `One of the best and funniest ova´s from the 80´s, a time that gave the birth of OVA´S. Seeing it for the 1st time back in 1998 i had nice time watching this on vhs, and those 2 ladies.... big guns and EVERYTHING ends with destruction, no matter how easy an job it is and the department they work for just keeping the bills pilled up at the desk.
one of my favorite episode´s was episode 2, the Halloween robbery wich had some good parody´s with some popculture from its ... time and earlier. Artwise it is alright to watch, some bad animation but it was a diffrent time so deal with it, but good detailed background animation and not such a stiff movements at the least.The soundtracks ( opening ,ending) really gave a feel that it would be an entertaining anime serie, 1987 , cant go wrong there even during an episode its enjoyable! as for the charachters, because it was the late 80´s u still can see lots of stereotyping throughout the serie´s that can be excpected, even for the main charachters i was sometime´s fed up with some personalitys and stuff you know, the japanese SCHOOLGIRLTYPE screaming .... ugh too much there man... overall i had quite some fun watching it and the music made me finish the whole thing, and the some over the top comedy- action monents

Enjoyment: For me this was an ok series about 2 female agents and it was just ok nothing much to hang out or much over the top. But all in all i think it is up to each viewer and what he or she likes (that is most likely in all series i guess so).

Art: The art was typical 80' - 90's art style if you looking for fine arts it is not for you but if you like some old school action with a little poor but ok arts i think you would like it.

Characters: The 2 female agents the series are ... based on you can like them pretty well but you don't get much back story around them so you got to like them for what they do in each episode i guess. For me they was ok and good enough.

Story: As for the story it's not bad but not that good either couse what i mentioned earlyeryou don't get to much story it is episodes with a new adventure each time and that is ok with me. You get a good load of action each time so. And we can say that this is i think for the younger audience, not any blood or bad language. I saw it was some longer series about Dirty Pair so maybe you get some more story there i don't know.

So all in all you get the action you maybe want to see, not very adult content so very good for the children. I think that most children would love it.

I’ve only got to watch Dirty Pair quite recently (so no nostalgia factor) and having now watched both the original show from 1985 and this entry that is basically a "season 2" made two years later, I thought it was fair to share some of my thoughts comparing the two.

As you know, Dirty Pair is a old-school sci fi comedy about 2 female agents that are hired to solve all types of world issues, small or big. They always get the job done although also always breaking a lot of stuff in the process. Add to that a bit of sexiness to the formula and ... you have Dirty Pair. Once again, the episodes are all stand alone, with no continuity between them.

Now, is this one worth watching? Well, compared to the first original "season", I would say: No.

- The art level got a downgrade and the animation also got worse;
- Yuri and Key’s individual personalities are less pronounced;
- The surrounding world and characters are less developed, making them all feel quite generic;
- Despite its setting, the show also lost a bit of its sci fi elements;
- The writing is really inconsistent. Some episodes are borderline childish and goofy while others (like ep.9) are quite violent and without anything comedic;
- The whole "sexiness" of the original show is also lost in favor of just some tired old man jokes - that often feel out of place - and some even more revealing outfits;
- The overall product felt a bit "less adult" than its predecessor for most of the time.

As I see it, most these issues boil down to bad writing, and you can notice that even further in the amount of predictable clichés and lack of emotional attachment throughout the show. There are even some continuity issues: where did that bazooka come from? why did the car color and model change out of nowhere? since when is Yuri good at neuroengineering?

This altogether ended up leaving me disappointed. I know that this is a show that is not supposed to be taken seriously, but the original one actually got some laughs out of me and made me at least care. It managed to find a way to mix in the comedy and absurdity of the shows' premise with some degree of seriousness and interesting elements. This one though, felt just kind of dumb, unfun and all over the place. You can see that the original foundation is there, but the execution is really lacking.

To be fair, I wouldn't say that either this or the original are a "must watch" since both of them I thought about dropping at some point. The difference, though, was that the original one kept me going, while this current entry I only finished "to get it done with".