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REVIEW: Dirty Pair OVA Series Collection

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Technically speaking, Nozomi's release is the one that fans have been waiting for. ADV Films released these OVAs a couple of times back in the early 00s, and their discs had the worst "ghosting" problem - afterimages created by poor video mastering- that I'd ever seen in a commercial home video release.

I hope when stand-alone OVAs are reviewed, they're all separate, with Flight 005 Conspiracy being my favorite Dirty Pair property, followed by Project EDEN.

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I had fallen in love back in 2003 when I got the ADV thin box. I'm so glad they put the effort into remastering the show and making it a proper release, unlike FUNi with Slayers and Trigun. Same issues with these releases as well and this really makes the show hard to watch at times.

I remember seeing these when they were broadcast on Showtime Beyond. A shame that the tv series wasn't dubbed into English. That would have been great.

I think my favorite episodes in that series are the religious cult with some serious funding, the asteroid railgun casino, and the red eyes. The trucker episode is pretty damn cool as well, and likely an influence on that episode from Cowboy Bebop. I hope when stand-alone OVAs are reviewed, they're all separate, with Flight 005 Conspiracy being my favorite Dirty Pair property, followed by Project EDEN.

Dirty Pair has always had its finger on the pulse of sci-fi, and the drop scene in episode one feels exactly the same as the one from Aliens, even thought it's likely molded on Starship Troopers.

I'm wondering why it's being reviewed again. I was under the impression that there was a review of the DVD's when they firs t came out. Did this change to bluray or something?

I do wish Nozomi could've at least tried to dub it (yes, there is some stuff in their sub-only catalog that is famous enough to make a profit despite large dubbing costs, and Dirty Pair is certainly one of them). I think if they played their cards right, Dirty Pair could've been a big hit. I would LOVE to watch the TV series in English.

Just in case there is some confusion, the Dirty Pair OVA series is dubbed. Whether or not it is a Nozomi dub, or an older one; I cannot say. But it is dubbed.

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I do wish Nozomi could've at least tried to dub it (yes, there is some stuff in their sub-only catalog that is famous enough to make a profit despite large dubbing costs, and Dirty Pair is certainly one of them). I think if they played their cards right, Dirty Pair could've been a big hit. I would LOVE to watch the TV series in English.

That would be a problem because it's pretty well known that the original Music & Effects tracks are no longer available due to being lost in a studio fire back in the 90s. This is why ADV had to produce their own for the OVA dub and why for anime with similar problems (like The Five Star Stories), they didn't bother dubbing at all.