Dirty Pair (TV)
Alternative title:
Dan et Danny (French)
Kate e Julie (Italian)
ダーティペア (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
The semi-coherent story of a pair of teenage intergalactic private eyes, Kei and Yuri. Their code name is "Lovely Angels", but they're better known—universe-wide, in fact—as the "Dirty Pair". Their arrival at the scene of a mystery is always a source of hope and dread, since: 1) they always solve the case, 2) wherever they go, something gets horribly wrecked, up to and including entire planets. Lucky for them—but not-so-lucky for the rest of the universe—there are always some sort of extenuating circumstances that support their most often-used phrase, "It's not our fault".
User Ratings:
310 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
1985-07-15 to 1985-12-26
1989-01-08 (France)
Release dates: We have 16
Opening Theme:
"Dan et Danny" by Marie Mercier and Sandrine Bonnet (French dub: eps 1-26)
"Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian Roulette" (ロ・ロ・ロ・ロシアンルーレット) by Meiko Nakahara
Ending Theme:
"Uchū Ren'ai (Space Fantasy)" (宇宙恋愛[スペースファンタジー]) by Meiko Nakahara
Official website:
Bandai Channel's Dirty Pair site (Japanese)
Sunrise's Dirty Pair TV page (Japanese)
Sunrise's Dirty Pair site (Japanese)
VAP's Dirty Pair box set site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 6
Comment:
Based on the novels by Haruka Takachiho, the Dirty Pair TV series was originally planned to be 26 episodes long but was canceled early after only 24 episodes. The last two were released as the Dirty Pair: From Lovely Angels with Love OAVs.
The original stories have won two Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent to the Hugo Award).
Prior to this TV series, Kei and Yuri were first animated for a cameo in the Crusher Joe: The Movie.
Reviews:
Dirty Pair Sub.DVD (Sep 18, 2013)
Dirty Pair Sub.DVD Part 2 (May 27, 2011)
Dirty Pair Sub.DVD Boxset 1 (Dec 3, 2010)
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Dirty Pair [Complete Series] [Kickstarter Exclusive] (Blu-ray) 2025-09-12 |
| Dirty Pair [Kickstarter Exclusive] (Blu-ray) 2025-09-12 |
| Dirty Pair [w/ Artbox] [Kickstarter Exclusive] (Blu-ray) 2025-09-12 |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Dirty Pair - Collection 1 (Sub.DVD) 2010-11-02 (from $208.24) |
| Dirty Pair - Collection 2 (Sub.DVD) 2011-02-08 |
| Dirty Pair - Part One [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-06-04 (from $82.99) |
| Dirty Pair - Part Two [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-08-06 |
Script: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (ep 2) Kazunori Itō (eps 1, 3, 13) Kenji Terada Michiru Shimada (4 episodes eps 5, 11, 17, 23 )Tomoko Konparu (eps 10, 15-16) Toshiki Inoue (4 episodes eps 4, 7, 19, 24 )Toshimichi Ōkawa (4 episodes eps 8, 18, 21-22 )Yasushi Hirano (eps 9, 12, 14) Yumiko Tsukamoto (ep 6) Storyboard: Hatsuki Tsuji (ep 19) Kazuhito Kikuchi (6 episodes eps 11, 13, 16, 18, 21-22 )Mamoru Hamatsu (eps 4, 7, 12) Masahisa Ishida (ep 9) Mitsuko Kase (ep 5) Norio Kashima (eps 3, 20) Takashi Sogabe (ep 15) Takashi Tanazawa (ep 14) Takaya Mizutani (eps 17, 24) Tetsuro Amino (eps 2, 6, 8, 23) Toshifumi Takizawa (ep 1) Episode Director: Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 11) Mamoru Hamatsu (eps 4, 7, 12) Masahisa Ishida (eps 2, 9) Mitsuko Kase (eps 1, 5) Norio Kashima (eps 3, 20) Takashi Tanazawa (eps 14, 18) Takaya Mizutani (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Tsuneo Tominaga (ep 21) Yoshihide Kuriyama (ep 22) Yukihiro Shino (5 episodes eps 6, 8, 13, 16, 23 )Music: Toshiyuki Kimori Original creator: Haruka Takachiho Animation Director: Hatsuki Tsuji (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Kenichi Ōnuki (4 episodes eps 4, 7, 16, 20 )Masami Shimoda (ep 18) Nobukazu Sakuma (eps 6, 22) Norihiro Matsubara (eps 19, 24) Tsukasa Dokite (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 12, 23 )Yūzō Satō (eps 15, 24) Mechanical design: Yasushi Ishizu Sound Director: Kōichi Chiba Director of Photography: Hiroaki Edamitsu Background Art: Chiyoe Misawa (8 episodes eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24 )Fumie Nuibe (ep 19) Hideto Nakahara (ep 17) Hirohisa Nakatsuka (ep 12) Hiroko Murai (4 episodes eps 6, 13, 15, 22 )Hiroshi Washizaki (eps 3, 7) Hitoshi Nagao (ep 17) Kaoru Chiba (4 episodes eps 6, 11, 13, 22 )Kazuhiro Kinoshita (ep 10) Kazuko Katsui (8 episodes eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24 )Kenji Kato (ep 19) Kimiko Shimono (ep 2) Kyoko Minowa (eps 3, 7) Masahiro Satō (eps 1-2, 10, 22) Masaki Yoshizaki (eps 1-2, 10-11) Masanori Kitta (4 episodes eps 8, 12, 16, 23 )Masumi Nishikawa (8 episodes eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24 )Michiyo Satō (ep 17) Mie Kamo (4 episodes eps 8, 11, 16, 23 )Miyoshi Takanami (eps 6, 13, 15) Noriko Takaya (eps 2, 15) Ryuichi Onuma (eps 2, 6, 15) Sadahiko Tanaka (ep 19) Satoshi Miura (ep 1) Shinji Kimura (ep 19) Shunichi Yoshida (eps 3, 7) Tadashi Katayama (ep 19) Terunobu Satô (eps 1, 15) Tokue Maruyama (eps 6, 13, 15) Tomoaki Okada (eps 1-2, 10, 22) Toshiyuki Yoshimura (8 episodes eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24 )Yasuyuki Inaba (eps 3, 7) Yūko Sugiyama (4 episodes eps 1, 6, 10, 13 )Yuriko Kitamura (ep 17) Booklet Interview: Haruka Takachiho (1993; LD Box) Color design: Emi Yoshida Finish Animation: Kōji Murase (ep 1) Makoto Miura (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Mayumi Tanaka (AIC; ep 23) Mihoko Eda (ep 2) Miyoko Kobayashi (ep 4) Noriko Munekata (ep 24) Shizue Tanimichi (eps 5, 20-21) Yōko Hatta (eps 3, 22) Yoriko Noda (ep 2) In-Between Animation: Akira Tsukada (4 episodes eps 5, 11-12, 21 )Ayumi Koike (4 episodes eps 1, 11-12, 21 )Chieko Kudō (eps 4, 7) Chizuko Fukumoto (eps 5, 11-12) Emiko Iwayanagi (5 episodes eps 1, 8, 20, 22-23 )Eriko Yabumoto (ep 16) Etsuko Ishiwari (eps 2, 9, 14) Etsuko Matsuno (5 episodes eps 5, 11-12, 21, 24 )Etsuko Ogawa (eps 3, 6, 11-13) Etsushi Mori (eps 8, 22, 24) Fujika Enomoto (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Hideki Harada (eps 2, 9, 14) Hiroe Hirase (5 episodes eps 2, 9, 14, 20, 23 )Hiromi Kosuda (eps 4, 7) Kazuko Ueda (eps 2, 9, 14) Kazuyo Kuwasawa (5 episodes eps 6, 8, 20, 22-23 )Kazuyo Yoshida (eps 16, 21) Kenichirō Nakamura (ep 21) Kōichi Iwanaga (ep 1) Kumiko Kasuga (eps 3, 6, 13) Kumiko Ōtani (5 episodes eps 2, 9, 14, 20, 23 )Kumiko Yoshihama (ep 1) Kunitoshi Ishii (ep 18) Machiko Shin'ya (eps 10, 15, 19) Masahiro Hasegawa (eps 10, 19) Mikako Kobayashi (eps 8, 22) Mitsue Fukue (ep 16) Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 21) Miyuki Sakai (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Osamu Kamijō (ep 16) Reiko Sato (eps 4, 7) Satoshi Isono (eps 4, 7, 11-12) Setsuko Takenouchi (ep 1) Takanobu Katada (ep 17) Takayo Mizutani (ep 18) Toshihiro Kawamoto Yasuhiro Ōshima (ep 16) Yayoi Matsushita (ep 18) Yoshimi Kanbara (ep 18) Yoshiyuki Takahashi (6 episodes eps 1, 8, 20, 22-24 )Yoshiyuki Tokinaga (ep 15) Yūji Takahashi (ep 18) Yumiko Kitano (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Yuriko Ikehara (eps 3, 6, 13) Yuriko Sakakura (eps 2, 9, 14) In-Between Check: Etsuko Matsuno (eps 1, 6-7, 9) Key Animation: Akihiro Enomoto (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 12, 21 )Akiko Nakano (ep 23) Akiyuki Simbo (ep 18) Asami Endō (ep 12) Atsushi Tsukamoto (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )Hatsuki Tsuji Hiroaki Gōda (ep 4) Hiromi Muranaka (ep 16) Hiroshi Koizumi (eps 8, 25) Hirotoshi Sano (ep 4) Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 18) Hitoshi Inaba (ep 20) Ichizō Kobayashi (eps 10, 17) Izumi Shimura (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 18) Katsuma Kanazawa (ep 4) Kazuchika Kise (eps 13, 16, 25) Kenichi Maejima (ep 9) Kenichi Ōnuki (eps 2, 4, 7) Kinji Yoshimoto (ep 7) Kumiko Takahashi (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 12, 21 )Masanori Fujioka (ep 21) Mayumi Ogura (ep 9) Naoko Ozawa (eps 6, 11) Nobukazu Sakuma (ep 6) Nobuteru Yūki (ep 11) Nobuyoshi Nishimura (ep 8) Norihiro Matsubara (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Osamu Tsuruyama (eps 3, 20) Osamu Yamasaki (eps 2-3, 7) Saburō Sakamoto (7 episodes eps 3, 5-6, 13, 20-21, 23 )Sadami Morikawa (ep 6) Satoshi Ichishimo (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Satoshi Jingu (eps 11-13) Sawako Yamamoto (eps 13, 16) Shinichi Suzuki (ep 9) Shōichi Masuo (eps 2, 4, 7) Tadashi Tsubokawa (ep 18) Tōru Misaka (ep 6) Yasuhiro Ōshima (Studio Mu; ep 25) Yoshihiro Matsushita (ep 9) Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 13, 16) Yoshinori Takahashi (ep 12) Yūzō Satō (5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Photography: Hiroaki Edamitsu (eps 1-24) Hiroshi Tamura (eps 1-24) Hisao Kazamura (eps 1-24) Katsuya Kozutsumi (eps 1-24) Shōji Aoyagi (eps 1-24) Yasunori Hayama (eps 1-24) Production Desk: Tamiyuki Tomita Recording Adjustment: Akiyoshi Yoda Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Satō Sound Production: Keiko Senda Special Effects: Kō Yamamoto Theme Song Arrangement: Jun Satō (OP & ED) Theme Song Composition: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED) Theme Song Lyrics: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED) Theme Song Performance: Meiko Nakahara (OP & ED) | Kyōko Tongū as Saeko Shimazu as Ikuya Sawaki as Shingo Hiromori as Banjō Ginga as Bin Shimada as Daisuke Gōri as Eiji Kanie as Fubito Yamano as Fumio Matsuoka as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroshi Ito as Hiroshi Masuoka as Hiroshi Takemura as Ichirō Nagai as Jun Hazumi as Kachiko Hino as Kaneto Shiozawa as Katsuji Mori as Keaton Yamada as Keiko Toda as Kenichi Ogata as Kimie Sawaki as Kiyonobu Suzuki as Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Kobuhei Hayashiya as Kōzō Shioya as Makoto Ataka as Masako Katsuki as Masami Kikuchi as Masaru Ikeda as Masato Tachizawa as Masaya Taki as Masayuki Katō as Mayumi Tanaka as Mika Ishizawa as Mitsuko Ishida as Mitsuo Senda as Mitsuru Katō as Miyoko Aoba as Naoki Makishima as Naoki Tatsuta as Nobuko Miyama as Nobuo Tobita as Nobutaka Masutomi as Noriko Uemura as Reizō Nomoto as Ritsuo Sawa as Ryūsuke Ōbayashi as Ryuuji Yamamoto as Sayuri Ikemoto as Seiko Ishii as Shō Saitō as Shōji Ōki as Shunsuke Takamiya as Sumi Shimamoto as Takaya Hashi as Takkō Ishimori as Tamaki Sakai as Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Tesshō Genda as Toshiya Ueda as Yasuko Hanai as Yasuo Muramatsu as Yō Inoue as Yoku Shioya as Yoshiko Sakakibara as Yoshino Takamori as Yoshito Yasuhara as Yōsuke Akimoto as Yukimasa Natori as Yūko Mizutani as | |||
Backgrounds: Artland (8 episodes eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 20-21, 24 )Atelier 11 (ep 17) Design Office MECAMAN (8 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 10-11, 13, 15, 22 )Kobayashi Production (ep 19) Studio Loft (eps 3, 7) Studio WHO (4 episodes eps 8, 11, 16, 23 )Editing: Inoue Editing Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory Finish Animation: AD Cosmo AIC E&G World Kyoto Animation Studio 2001 Studio Bogey Studio Fantasia Studio G7 Studio Hibari Studio Kuma Studio Runrun Taka Productions In-Between Animation: AD Cosmo (ep 6) Dōga Kōbō (eps 3, 13, 17) Gallop (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19 )GNC (ep 24) Group Donguri (ep 5) Studio Booby (ep 24) Studio Hibari (eps 4, 7) Studio Lions (ep 5) Studio Max (eps 3, 13) Usagi-ya (ep 24) Key Animation: Anime R (ep 16) Anime Roman (ep 22) Artland (eps 6-7, 11) Dōga Kōbō (ep 18) Gallop (uncredited; 5 episodes eps 10, 15, 17, 19, 24 )Last House (eps 2, 4) Minamimachi Bugyōsho (uncredited; eps 2-3, 7) Studio Dub (eps 5, 8-9, 12) Studio Graviton (uncredited; eps 2, 4, 7) Studio Mu (uncredited; eps 13, 16) Mechanical Design: Studio Nue Photography: Gallop Recording: Tokyo TV Center Titles: Maki Production | ||||
Director: Joe Digiorgi Translation: Mayumi Kobayashi Adaptation: Joe Digiorgi Assistant producer: Judy DeFrieze Audio Technical Assistance: Mike Kittler Booklet Interview: Haruka Takachiho (2011; Part Two DVD, 2025; Kickstarter Blu-ray) Rick Sternbach (Kickstarter Blu-ray) Tsukasa Dokite (Kickstarter Blu-ray) Commentary: Jessica Calvello (Blu-ray; ep 1) Joe Digiorgi (Blu-ray; eps 1, 19) Nicholas Corda (Blu-ray; ep 19) Mixing: Joe Digiorgi (Stereo English and 5.1 Surround) Packaging Design: Phillip Grothus Remote Recording Advisor: Matt Shipman Special Thanks To: Akane Hagino (Sunrise) Brittany Lauda (Blu-ray) Marissa Lenti (Blu-ray) Matt Shipman (Blu-ray) Rusty Rabinowitz (Blu-ray) Subtitling: David Olsen (Blu-ray) Tape Archive Transfer: Brian Kehew | Jessica Calvello as Pamela Lauer as Jason Douglas as Wayne Grayson as Abdulla Ahmed Alzaabi as Brett Weaver as Calixto Mesterhazy as Dan Green as Erica Schroeder as Joanne Lediger as Joe Digiorgi as Megan Hollingshead as Nina Sumter as Noah Greenspan as Olivia Lionetti as Rob Sammon as Salonia Lulie as Schroeder Schroeder as Stephen Masucci as Steve Esposito as Tara Tisch-Wallace as Ted Lewis as | |||
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios | ||||
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Dorothée Jemma as Stéphanie Murat as Michel Bedetti as Vincent Ropion as Claude Dasset as Dorothée Jemma as Michel Vocoret as Pierre Trabaud as Stéphanie Murat as | ||||
Dubbing Director: Mario Brusa Theme Song Lyrics: Massimo Dorati Theme Song Performance: Massimo Dorati | ||||
Distributor: Deltafilm Dubbing: Videodelta | ||||
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