Dirty Pair
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Search complete. 12 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Dirty Pair".
Sep 30, 2026
PaulaGUEST
Oh my God, yeah.
DawnHOST
Like, one of my favorites is the opening to the, um, Dirty Pair OVA.
DawnHOST
The bassline is the same bassline as Michael Jackson's Thriller.
PaulaGUEST
Thriller.Um, amazing.
Sean ChapmanHOST
"I'd begun the work of directing and animating the theatrical anime, Aurelion, released in March 1986, for which I'd, uh, drawn the original story.
Sean ChapmanHOST
I'd also been asked to handle the setting for the TV anime version of Dirty Pair, which was scheduled to air in the autumn of '85.
Sean ChapmanHOST
So I temporarily declined because I was physically unable to take it on.
Sean ChapmanHOST
But Mr. Masanori Itô, who was then the president of Sunrise, persuaded me that both Zeta Gundam and Aurelion were absolute priorities.
Sean ChapmanHOST
Mr. Sakase Dokite took over the character design for Dirty Pair, and I finally became involved with Zeta Gundam." And we know all about that in Dirty Pair, 'cause we already-
Jonathan LackHOST
Yes
Sean ChapmanHOST
... covered [laughs] all of it in, in a previous episode of Japanimation Station.
Jonathan LackHOST
Just again, it is a little brain-breaking and wonderful to remember that Sunrise was in simultaneous production on Dirty Pair and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, two shows that are fairly different-
JoeHOST
He's like the lion man.
JoeHOST
Uh, he also voices Algeron, the Rat King, in Dirty Pair, that one episode in Dirty Pair where they have super sci- super intelligent rats.
JoeHOST
It's a pretty good episode.
SarahHOST
Rats are smart, just period.
pmcTRILOGYHOST
are anime movies doing this and I'm just misidentifying it as a Bond thing? I'm just trying to establish this structure of film on a broader scope than guy who has seen every Bond film thinks, hmm, this sure seems like a Bond film.
ThaliarchusGUEST
No, I think, I think it is, um, in the closest analog I can think of in anime is, is the opening to Dirty Pair Project Eden, which is definitely doing a Bond thing.
ThaliarchusGUEST
So, so I think, I think you're right.
ThaliarchusGUEST
That is it.
LindsayHOST
They're like in charge of preventing aliens from attacking the Earth.
LindsayHOST
And they do so, but it's like Dirty Pair, but they're like kind of, you know, kerfluffle and zaniness does ensue while they try and save the Earth.
MackenzieHOST
Not even close.
LindsayHOST
Oh, wow.
ElenaHOST
I don't know what research this author did, but, but,
DanGUEST
um, actually I have thoughts about that because that is like, you said like 1981, right? So that is in the same year's range as the Dirty Pair manga and anime series, which had that one very famous episode where there was a literal trans woman who...
DanGUEST
They named her as a trans woman, and no one had anything wrong with it.
DanGUEST
And, like, even Kay and Yuri were like, yeah, no, this is like the 23rd century.
Michael FerraroPANELIST
So yeah, I can't take full credit for this, but...
Michael FerraroPANELIST
I was inspired by a scene from the dirty pair.
Michael FerraroPANELIST
I was watching it one night, one of the movies.
Michael FerraroPANELIST
Yeah.
Reverend Self-DestructHOST
might be fun.
Reverend Self-DestructHOST
I don't know, genuinely.
Dr. BenHOST
Do you get the Dirty Pair comics that Adam Warren did?
Michael FerraroPANELIST
Yeah.