Dirty Pair: Project Eden

Dirty Pair: Project Eden
File:Projecteden.jpg North American poster art
Directed by	Kōichi Mashimo
Produced by	Hironori Nakagawa Masanori Ito Yoshihide Kondo
Written by	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Starring	Kyouko Tonguu Saeko Shimazu Katsuji Mori Naoki Makishima Chikao Ohtsuka Toku Nishio
Music by	Kenzou Shiguma Miki Matsubara
Production company	Sunrise
Distributed by	Shochiku Company ADV Films
Release dates	November 28, 1986 (1986-11-28)
Running time	85 minutes
Language	Japanese, English

Dirty Pair: Project Eden, known in Japan as Dirty Pair: The Movie (ダーティペア Daati Pea Gekijou-ban), is a feature-length anime film based on the Dirty Pair anime series originally released in Japan on November 28, 1986. The movie was originally licensed in North America in 1994 by Streamline Pictures but was later redubbed and released on DVD on November 9, 2003 by ADV Films. The Streamline version was directed by Carl Macek.

Plot

After stopping a group of Vizorium smugglers, the Lovely Angels (more commonly known as the Dirty Pair) are sent on a mission to Agerna, a planet rich with Vizorium, a mineral necessary to space travel. They are sent to stop the mysterious attacks on mining operations that have the governments of the world pointing fingers and blaming each other. While investigating they end up taking a break from their investigation and take bubble baths when Carson D. Carson, a former member of the group of smugglers they stopped on their last mission interrupts their bath time by falling through a vent. While the ladies get out of the bathtubs and question Carson they are attacked by strange alien monsters that force the Pair to flee leaving their equipment behind wearing nothing but towels. The Dirty Pair are forced to ally with Carson to stop Dr. Wattsman, a mad scientist bent on taking a long dormant alien race to its final evolutionary form? After being captured by Dr. Wattsman it is revealed that Carson was really after obtaining a rare World War II-vintage wine. Carson D. Carson is forced to take on Bruno, Dr. Wattmans servant. While badly wounded, Carson D. Carson does not die in the end (although Kei was afraid he had), and the movie ends on a happy note, with the Dirty Pair and Carson flying off with the doctor and servant in custody. Of course, this wouldn't be Dirty Pair without a major disaster. The doctor's equipment was activated and Sadingas all over the planet were awakened, wreaking havoc.

Voice cast

Character Name	Japanese	English (Streamline)	English (ADV)
Yuri	Saeko Shimazu	Wendee Lee	Allison Sumrall
Kei	Kyōko Tongū	Lara Cody	Pamela Lauer
Carson D. Carson	Katsuji Mori	Kerrigan Mahan	David Matranga
Dr. Wattsman	Chikao Ōtsuka	Steve Kramer	John Swasey
Chief Manager	Osamu Kobayashi	Eddie Frierson	George Manley
Supervisor	Mikio Terashima	Dan Woren	Jason Douglas
Bruno	Toku Nishio	Milton James	Brett Weaver
Crime Boss	Shōzō Iizuka	Kirk Thornton	Andy McAvin
Secretary	Kayoko Fujii	Juliana Donald	Monica Rial
Mughi	Naoki Makishima	Michael McConnohie	Brett Weaver
Goolley	Ikuya Sawaki
Rita / Sandra	Kazue Komiya

Reception

As of August 2011, the film has a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is commonly acknowledged to be better than the anime TV series, Mike Crandol of Anime News Network even states that "Dirty Pair: Project Eden is one of the few glorious exceptions...it's not just bigger and louder, it actually IS better. Rarely do all the elements come together so nicely, and even all these years later it's hard to think of any other anime that's simply as much fun as this movie". Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network mentions on her review of the Dirty Pair Features Collection that among the three films this one was the "campiest with the least urgent storyline". She also states that the "Animation has moments of beautiful fluidity, such as Yuri flopping in a tub of water, the dissolution of a floor beneath the characters' feet, or Yuri's impromptu dance number on a transport". Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies commented that this film can "stand the test of time" and that "this is a movie with lots to enjoy. Even the cheesy '80s pop soundtrack has its own guilty charm".

Music

• Opening Theme:
  • "Safari Eyes" by Miki Matsubara
• insert song (to the tune of the above)
  • "Over the Top" by Miki Matsubara
• Ending Theme:
  • "pas de deux" by Miki Matsubara

External links

• Dirty Pair: Project Eden (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia