Dirty Pair: Project P.O.D.

On this, the spookiest day of the year (it's gonna be 80 degrees here on October 31, that's the scariest thing going), we discuss the spookiest of topics: the true cost of Utopia OOOOOOH BOOOOOOOOO SCAAAAAAAAAARY! We also discuss the lesser known works of Shinchiro Watanabe, as well as everything else that comes up in this particularly stylish episode of Dirty Pair 2. It's full of twists (heads and limbs), turns (missed ones), and not to wrap back to the whole 80 degrees Fahrenheit at the end of October in the goddamn Northeast United States thing, climate disaster!

Our next episode will release, assuming that we don't experience a catastrophic collapse of infrastructure in the meantime, on November 14th. Before then, we'll have recorded a whole other batch of episodes for you all to enjoy in the coming months (again, assuming we survive The Election). Damn, shit's gotten kind of a bummer here at the end. We'll push through it though, and keep making this little podcast because we enjoy it and because we are too committed to the bit at this point to turn back now. See you then!

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It's a Halloween full of capers as Kei and Yuri, y'know, fight crime or whatever. I don't know if they even really mean to fight crime, they're too busy chasing a killer robot, but crime is fought nonetheless! We spend a lot of time talking about Kei and Yuri chasing a killer robot, and make sure to discuss the various threads that are teased from this episode as one would unravel a particularly garish sweater. Did you know there was a show called Bodacious Space Pirates or something like that? I didn't, and you can hear me learn about it in real time! Also something called Cute High Earth Defense Force Club, that's in here too. But it's mostly about Kei and Yuri and spreading their wings all the way on Halloween. What's that mean? I'll leave it to your interpretation.

There are a few moments here where the audio gets real crunchy, probably because the slapdash filter I run to get rid of the A/C noise that permeated this episode got a little carried away. I'm sorry about those crunchy parts, but I promise you it's probably better than hearing the drone of my A/C unit every time I talked. I'll see if I can dial it in a little better next time.

Next time? Oh you're damn right there's a next time! It's all the way on October 31st, and it's all spooky and shit! More podcasting synergy, courtesy of... fortuitous timing, really. Until then, you can follow us and message us on our Wretched Bluesky Account, or rate and review us on your podcasting apps, or what-have-you.

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Well, we've finally come to the end of the road for Kei and Yuri, or at least the Kei and Yuri who don't wear matching uniforms. Flight 005 Conspiracy marks the longest episode we've ever done as well as the final foray into the world of feature-length animations, assuming you only need to be an hour long to be counted as a 'feature.' It's some of the best writing to date and probably the worst ending we've ever seen (or will see with this Pair), and you can hear all about it here, right now, on this very podcast!

As a scheduling note, due to the fact that my work schedule is gonna prevent us from being able to record in time, our next episode which both marks the beginning of Dirty Pair 2 and me not breaking the Season field by putting 1.5 in there, will publish on October 3rd! We'll be going back to our every-other-week cadence as well, since we're leaving the longer features behind. Dirty Pair 2 runs for 10 episodes, and after that? After that? Well, I suppose Dirty Pair: Flash exists too.

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It's our lowest bitrate yet as we once again go long on Dirty Pair: The Movie or Dirty Pair: Project E.D.E.N as it was known in the United States (also where we got the name of our podcast from). It's also our most musical episode yet, because all of the music in this film is incredible and I just HAD to include it. So, y'know, this'll never get monetized but I will put the tracks I played most of below (also I guess the OST is on Spotify but the OST does not have the Wattsman song so... it'll be a mystery).

You'll notice that I've mostly talked about the music and haven't mentioned the plot, and that's because... there's not much of a plot. Sorry. There's some monsters, there's a mad scientist, and there's Yuri shamelessly flirting with Kei. There you go. Enjoy! This movie is gorgeous both visually and sonically and is an all around fun time.

We'll be back August 1st with our final Special Presentation, where we examine the Flight Five Conspiracy. See you then!

Ah, and here's the link to the Dirty Pair soundtrack, as promised.

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We'll get to the true second season of Dirty Pair eventually, but first we need to take a look at these OAVs and Feature Films, starting with 1985's Affair of Nolandia, an experiment in a harder science fiction and more adult content (not that kind of adult, for the most part. The mature kind). A brand-new Lovely Angel with brand-new character designs takes the stage! Artificial esper kids! Corporate conspiracy! Cyborgs! Tentacles! Some really odd musical choices! They're all here, in this podcast, and all will be discussed!

Also, we talk about Berserk and Mad Max and... honestly some other stuff, I dunno. It's two hours long, you gotta expect the occasional detour.

I boldly predict our next episode will hit on July 4th, wherein we will discuss the Dirty Pair movie, or Project EDEN. Only history can prove me a liar!

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We've done it, you've done it, everyone's done it. We made it to the end of the 1985 (plus two in 1987) classic sci-fi animated series Dirty Pair. We've done it with a special longer-than-usual episode for you since it's the last one we'll be doing for a little while. And what an episode it is! This one's got it all: big guns, cool fights, giant explosions, and above all, some real quality yearning. Ah yes, settle in friends. If a series has to end, this is the way to end it.

But of course, this isn't the end, there's a second series that releases as an OVA and there's a couple of hour long specials, as well as a feature film. We'll be tackling those all in some kind of order that we explain at the end of this podcast, but first we're going to take a break. I would like to take a break!

So while we take a break, and try to track down some information about the production of The Affair of Nolandia, feel free to just listen through the series again a few times. We won't keep you waiting long! Our next episode will deal with the first of two specials, The Affair of Nolandia, which takes the series in a different direction both tonally and artistically. Aren't you excited? Well, maintain that excitement until June 6th, which is when we're currently planning on releasing that episode.

Thank you to everyone for listening, this has been such a fun thing to do. See you next time!

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25 episodes into this podcast run and I discover that I can put custom thumbnails for each episode. Well, better late than never, I guess!

We careen towards the end of our time with the original run of Dirty Pair (plus two OVA episodes!) with this episode that maybe, y'know, has more subtext than previous episodes. Is it the freedom afforded by being an OVA episode? Is it us reading what we want to read into it? Either way, they have a beautiful friendship. Sure, Gooley, that's what it is. Also there's a Terminator, and a laser table, and a VOTOM. Who can ask for more?

Our next episode - indeed, the FINAL EPISODE before we take a little break and figure out our next move - will appear in your podcatchers as if by magic on April 18th.

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We come to you now with a bit of a long one but in fairness, in fairness, they're all long ones from here on out. But here on out isn't that far away, because this is the final episode of the Dirty Pair's 1985 televised run! Sure, sure, there's a couple of OVA episodes that get released in '87, and yeah, there's that Affair of Nolandia special and Dirty Pair: Project Eden, the movie from which this podcast took its own name, but this is the last televised episode! It's Big! It's Important! One might argue I went a little overboard when I edited it, but history will be the judge of me.

Also, this is the first episode we recorded since Akira Toriyama passed, so we spend a little time talking about that as well.

Anyway, it's a good episode of television, and I'd like to think we earn the longer run-time on this one as well. The next episode, which deals with the first of the two special episodes once included on From the Lovely Angels with Love, will drop on April 4th. You'll love it. I'll love it. Everyone will love it. It'll also be a bit of a long one.

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Welcome, everyone, to the second-ever podcast that I had to export at a lower bitrate in order to get the file size low enough to upload to this free tier of podcasting service! Pull up a chair and have a listen to an elegant assassination attempt, a long con, a romantic pursuit, and a dramatic comeuppance! It's no wonder we spent so long talking about it, this (the penultimate episode of Dirty Pair's original televised run) episode is packed with all kinds of cool stuff.

Give it a watch, then give this a listen, and then marvel at how much we talked about it. Took me ages to edit this one, goodness gracious.

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