DIRTY PAIR: PROJECT EDEN
I don’t know exactly what sort of conversation was transpiring between Chandler, Takachiho, and the two female “assistants” (Tanaka Yuri and Otoguro Keiko) in attendance with them, but being a sci-fi nerd myself, I can hazard a guess. Whatever the case, at some point Chandler made the comment that, while the wrestlers in the ring might be known as the Beauty Pair, the two people with Takachiho (the assistants) should be known as the Dirty Pair. This comment inspired Takachiho to come up with the idea of grafting the theatrical mayhem and violence and pro wrestling onto the world of science fiction. Basing the friendship of his two main characters on the camaraderie (sometimes somewhat tense) of tag-team wrestling partners, not to mention the penchant of wrestlers for massive amounts of destruction, the sci-fi comic creator came up with his latest creation. Drawing upon the names of the assistance who had, through some mysterious way we may never fully know, inspired Chandler to call them the Dirty Pair, Takachiho named his new duo Kei and Yuri.
#1 by El Santo on June 16, 2009 - 3:49 pm
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Where I live, you couldn’t even get frigging fansubs back then. You wanted anime that hadn’t been officially released in the States? Then either you’d better have spoken Japanese, or you’d better not have minded having no clue whatsoever what anybody was saying. Which is kind of a roundabout way of saying thanks for enabling me at last to make some kind of sense out of The Eden Project— especially as regards that damned wine bottle!
#2 by KeithA on June 16, 2009 - 4:51 pm
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I can see where the wine bottle would be confusing without the benefit of translation.
#3 by ProfessorKettlewell on June 16, 2009 - 6:58 pm
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Bah! Where I grew up, you couldn’t play NTSC tapes…..
Whatever else I get nostalgic about (and I’m someone who makes mix tapes on cassette from 7″ singles), VHS is not one of ’em.
#4 by Onion on June 17, 2009 - 10:58 am
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Ahh, Project Eden. I’ve got some good memories of that goofy tape. Never expected to see a review of it here, so thanks. That made my morning.
Don’t worry about not liking Dirty Pair Flash–I’m of the school of thought that both the 80’s and 90’s animes released stateside were pretty fun, but Dirty Pair Flash is a pile of suck. Even taken on its own merits apart from the original series it has nothing worthwhile going for it. Inferior action, plots, comedy, everything you may want from an anime and more–you won’t be finding it in DP Flash.
The American comics, on the other hand, I remember being rather fun. I’m not a big fan of Adam Warren’s art but the stories were interesting and the action rather solid. The characters come off a bit differently than original Dirty Pair, as can be expected, but it’s still enjoyable, and lights years better than DP Flash.