7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice series of flicks, April 26, 2002
For me a 3-star ratng is an honest rating and means it's a decent entertaining flick in a general way, not something everyone has to have and perhaps a good buy for fans of the Dirty Pair, but otherwise just a movie aimed at a broad audience who likes watching movies in general. I have the original Dirty Angels: Girls With Guns (old but watchable) and Dirty Pair Flash: Angels at Worlds End and these are all prime-time series anime specializing in a new-situation-each-episode themes. They aren't fabulous but not terrible either.
In Random Angels (for example) Kei rescues a rich hier-to-a-fortune baby in snowy mountain terrain (and being female has a natural pacifier when it's bottle runs dry), Yuri and Kei are targets of a teenage assassin who uses toys (Yuri's top is popped when Kei grabs her to keep her from falling in a swimming pool of acid - and their cutey-girl assassin transforms ala "Sailor Moon" into a cutey-vixen there is a hint of nipples), the girls show lots of slinky skin when they train for a beach ball competition to nab a criminal, a criminal bent on vengence wreaks havock with the 3WA building and they save their boss (robotic armor and chaos and dang-nab the paperwork), and the episode I haven't watched has Kei falling for a guy who actually obsessed with her to the point of making a robot of her. (Saving it for later.)
The girls sometimes cause more destruction than they avert; fans who have never tried Hyper Dolls should give that a whirl, too. Since mayhem flashes to being when the girls get going.
There is a slight amount of nudity (real R-rated nudity: you get glimpses of both girls nipples once each, but only once), there is profanity and there is violence: but overall, this is aimed at a more mature young-adult evening audience, with slight humor and tame theme mainly concentrating on suspenseful action. It isn't chocked full of sex, nudity, blood gushing violence (although there is real killing going on), etc., it's just another sci-fi anime of trouble-shooters for a quasi-police organization. For example, the assassin girl drives a mono-bike (a true monbike where the rider sits in the center and the wheel runs around them) and has robotic dive-bombing birds, and yet retreats to a castle to engage the girls. Old and new mix. I'd rate it PG-13 or such mainly because it is not a show for pre-schoolers. (Less your pre-schoolers are quiet mature).
Technically, while a casual fan I find the voices of the girls a little annoying; maybe the sound quality isn't that great, but they sound like they suffer a severe case of smokers-throat. And thus, I like the shows but I'm not blind to their faults. Overall, the art is pretty decent but not dazzling.
Extras include the general set of scene selection, character BIOs, trailers, and things I never bother with because in the end they just never add any value to the DVD for me. I watch movies for the movie, not extras (Oh wow, stills from the movie! Gee, what wonderful extras! Blah!).
When I am bored of cutey movies and too-solemn blood gushers and silly laugh-aholic flicks, I pop the girls in for a change of pace, having as I do a wide selection of DVDs of varying tastes for varying moods.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comedy Mixed With a Dash of Action, December 24, 2003
This review is from: Dirty Pair Flash: Perfect Collection (DVD)
I have recently seen every Flash episode on Showtime Beyond and to put it simply, most all of the episodes revolve around the same themes. Kei and Yuri find themselves in a pickle time after time again, whether it be in their search for the infamous Flair or Yuri's endless search for the right guy. For those who know nothing of this series yet are eyeballing it as a possible buy, I have but a few things to say. First and foremost the name Dirty Pair is not a pun for endless sex scenes. Though there is nudity in some of the episodes in shower scenes, there is no sex whatsoever in any of the episodes. Secondly, this series has a few flaws with the dubbing which make it annoying at times and hard to bear with, especially whenever something intense is happening. The anime mainly has a light-hearted tone and is not meant to be taken very seriously. Also, the animation is a bit aged and some of the effects (i.e. explosions, gunshots, etc.) aren't that admirable. But if you can look past that Dirty Pair will not leave you disappointed. For those looking for hentai with loads of eye candy, this isn't for you. However, if you're looking for a comedy with action and an interesting storyline, the endless antics and bloopers of Kei and Yuri will undoubtedly keep you interested from start to finish.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Um...This is NOT a movie, May 6, 2002
By A Customer
I have not seen the DVD version but I have seen these three EPISODES. I'd like to point out that it's not a movie. It is three different episodes from the series. (Isn't it obvious considering they have titles for each episode?)
Anyway, I think the first episode on that tape was heart warming. Especially when Kei started actually caring for the baby. (And believe you me, she's not the mother type.)
However the second episode was a bit strange. The third episode made up for that though. It's full of belly laughs. Though it is not the best anime I've seen, it certainly deserves to be watched.
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