Dirty Pair OAV Series (1987)

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Dirty Pair, El Hazard, Gunsmith Cats, Record of Lodoss War

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

Following on from my earlier review of the Dirty Pair TV series, how did the later, flashier[1], OAV series stack up to my expectations?

And what were those expectations since, again, I don’t think I’d seen all of them before the Nozomi remastered release?

The Dirty Pair OAV Episode Title Polls

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Dirty Pair

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

As has been my wont with these Dirty Pair reviews, I’m going to put up a couple of polls for the best episode titles.

Not the best episodes, the best titles (which means you can cheerfully vote even if you’ve never seen the show).

Once there’s a certain level of voting on all 8 polls, I’ll construct a runoff poll.

So, on with the voting:

Dirty Pair (1987): No Need to Listen to the Bad Guys. We are Space Truckers!

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Dirty Pair

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

The Dirty Pair OAVs end with a pleasant enough episode in No Need to Listen to the Bad Guys. We are Space Truckers! but it isn’t anything spectacular.

A couple of drunk drivers, spacers, whatever, are on a trip whilst complaining about all the quitters leaving the space trucking industry. Shortly afterwards they find out why as they actually notice the incoming missiles on the radar before they hit. I’m surprised they were paying enough attention to notice to be honest.

Dirty Pair (1987): Red Eyes Are the Sign of Hell. Chase After the Killing Squad!

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Dirty Pair

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

Whilst a touch on the obvious side, Red Eyes Are the Sign of Hell. Chase After the Killing Squad! is a solid episode with some genuinely creepy body horror, and that also highlights how ruthless Kei and Yuri can be.

Red Eyes opens in the dead of night panning over a rebel camp. The rebels are quite relaxed however and are hoping that it will all be over soon. They even joke about being able to go home soon.

Robot Girls Z (2014)

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Dirty Pair, Go Nagai, Robot Girls Z

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/robot-girls-z

A friend recovering from a nasty flu like thing came over last night in a mood for cheesy anime with lots of destruction[1]. Robot Girls Z COME ON DOWN!

The premise[2] of Robot Girls Z is to take the classic Go Nagai giant robots – Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and Grendizer to begin with – of 1970s anime and apply the usual moe anthropomorphism to turn them into cute girls.