Fans of Yuri and Kei; the Dirty Pair who hunt down criminals for the World Welfare Works Association will be glad to see them back in the feature length story, which was given a cinema release. The story opens with our protagonists attempting to arrest a group of thieves who have been smuggling 'Vizorium'; a rare material vital for spacecraft construction. One of the gang; Carsen D. Carson manages to escape but the girls haven't seen the last of him.
Soon they are on another job; this too involves Vizorium; this time strange monsters have been attacking a Vizorium refinery leading to the government accusing a rival of sabotage. The girls are called in to discover the truth and while investigating a lead they bump into Carson againÂ… when he literally drops in as they are taking a bath! They find themselves teaming up with him as there investigation takes them to the sinister Dr. Wattsman; a mad scientist who is trying to bring back a species of extinct monsters that will eradicate humanity!
This film has a better story than the 'Affair of Nolandia' OVA but suffered from the fact that the action scenes, which should have been exciting, were drowned out by loud music which obscured much of the noise of the action in an annoying way. The girls were as much fun as ever and Carson made a good addition to the team. Wattsman is a bit too cliché although he did have the occasional funny moment. The animation is pretty good as fans of the series will have come to expect and even though I usually prefer to watch anime in Japanese with English subtitles I thought the dub was pretty good. This was the ADV dub not the earlier Streamline dub. Overall I'd say this is worth watching if you are a fan of the Dirty Pair or '80s anime in general despite its flaws.
Soon they are on another job; this too involves Vizorium; this time strange monsters have been attacking a Vizorium refinery leading to the government accusing a rival of sabotage. The girls are called in to discover the truth and while investigating a lead they bump into Carson againÂ… when he literally drops in as they are taking a bath! They find themselves teaming up with him as there investigation takes them to the sinister Dr. Wattsman; a mad scientist who is trying to bring back a species of extinct monsters that will eradicate humanity!
This film has a better story than the 'Affair of Nolandia' OVA but suffered from the fact that the action scenes, which should have been exciting, were drowned out by loud music which obscured much of the noise of the action in an annoying way. The girls were as much fun as ever and Carson made a good addition to the team. Wattsman is a bit too cliché although he did have the occasional funny moment. The animation is pretty good as fans of the series will have come to expect and even though I usually prefer to watch anime in Japanese with English subtitles I thought the dub was pretty good. This was the ADV dub not the earlier Streamline dub. Overall I'd say this is worth watching if you are a fan of the Dirty Pair or '80s anime in general despite its flaws.