Dirty Pair ( Japanese : ダーティペア , Hepburn : Dāti Pea ) is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up ) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume were first published on the S-F Magazine . The franchise has been published in multiple formats, and adapted into various other media, resulting in eight novels and several shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year.
39-586: The stories take place in the years 2138–2143, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called "trouble consultants". The series focuses on a team of trouble consultants in that section, named Kei and Yuri, who have
78-666: A 3-DVD boxset. They were later re-licensed by Nozomi Entertainment , who released them in a bilingual DVD set (with both Streamline and ADV dubs) with Project Eden on May 8, 2012. 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. Dirty Pair Flash were three OVAs series totaling 16 episodes, 1994–1996. The story premise and character designs are very different from any of
117-547: A FAQ page titled 'Lockdowns and collateral damage', and refers to this phrase several times. The term has also been borrowed by the computing community to refer to the refusal of service to legitimate users when administrators take blanket preventative measures against some individuals who are abusing systems. For example, Realtime Blackhole Lists used to combat email spam generally block ranges of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses rather than individual IPs associated with spam, which can deny legitimate users within those ranges
156-416: A reputation for leaving a trail of destruction behind them, for which they are known publicly as the "Dirty Pair", a nickname they hate. Kei and Yuri are the two members of Trouble Consultant team 234, code named "Lovely Angels". Almost every mission they are involved with ends up in disaster, though not failure: They typically capture their target fugitive, but end up destroying a city in the process, earning
195-626: A result of government policy such as lockdowns, and not directly by the virus itself. Significant debate on the pandemic strategy has ensued, with some advocating restrictions such as lockdowns to save lives, where others claim the 'collateral damage' caused by enforced lockdowns, masks and distancing may in fact cause more deaths over a longer term. An example is the Great Barrington Declaration , purportedly signed by 3500 medical and other professionals (and mentioned in UK parliament and media ) has
234-399: Is a Japanese voice actress from Okayama, Japan who retired for a time in 1992, when her husband was transferred to Milan, Italy. She returned to Japan and voice work there late in the same decade, now chiefly involved with dubbing of foreign movies and television programs. Her most recent anime work has been for Mermaid Forest and Star Fox: Assault . During her earlier career, she
273-576: Is also a play on the names of certain women's teams of the time, such as the Queen Angels. The light novels are written by Haruka Takachiho with illustrations by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko . Between 1980 and 2007, eight novels were published. The first four books were originally serialized in the Japanese publication S-F Magazine . The first two light novels have been released in English translation from DH Press :
312-456: Is known as "FAST-CD" or "Fast Assessment Strike Tool—Collateral Damage". While not actually invented by the military, its use in military context has been common. However, the term has since been widely adopted for non-military cases, and in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic . A large number of medical, government sources and media use this term widely in relation to deaths caused indirectly as
351-458: Is launched on a military objective in the knowledge that the incidental civilian injuries would be clearly excessive in relation to the anticipated military advantage (principle of proportionality) (Article 8(2)(b)(iv). Article 8(2)(b)(iv) criminalizes intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term, and severe damage to
390-411: Is now also used in non-military contexts to refer to any unwanted fallout from an action. Since the development of precision guided munitions in the 1970s, military forces often claim to have gone to great lengths to minimize collateral damage. Critics of use of the term "collateral damage" see it as a euphemism that dehumanizes non-combatants killed or injured during combat , used to reduce
429-470: Is often attributed to economist Thomas Schelling , who used it in his 1961 article Dispersal, Deterrence, and Damage published in Operations Research . In this article, Schelling discussed military strategies that inadvertently lead to the destruction of civilian areas, not directly targeted but affected by military actions intended to affect other strategic assets. The term came into usage during
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#1732852050750468-706: The Beauty Pair . Something that passed among the foursome during that match led Chandler to remark to Takachiho something to the effect that "the two women in the ring may be the Beauty Pair, but those two with you ought to be called 'the Dirty Pair'." This became the germ of an idea for a novella Takachiho decided to write, transplanting the rough-housing of pro-wrestling to the realm of space-opera mystery stories, with which he already had experience in his already successful Crusher Joe series. The team code-name "Lovely Angels"
507-603: The Rome Statute , the death of civilians during an armed conflict, no matter how grave and regrettable, does not in itself constitute a war crime. International humanitarian law and the Rome Statute permit belligerents to carry out proportionate attacks against military objectives, even when it is known that some civilian deaths or injuries will occur. A crime occurs if there is an intentional attack directed against civilians (principle of distinction) (Article 8(2)(b)(i)) or an attack
546-678: The legal use of force in an armed conflict . Offensives causing collateral damage are not automatically classed as a war crimes. They are war crimes when the objective is excessively or solely collateral damage. Luis Moreno-Ocampo , Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court , investigated allegations of war crimes during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and published an open letter containing his findings. A section titled "Allegations concerning War Crimes" elucidates this usage of military necessity , distinction , and proportionality : Under international humanitarian law and
585-553: The "DP Concept" made its debut on 1 October 2006 in a 26-week radio series on FM Osaka, entitled "Lovely Angel: Kei & Yuri". A streaming Internet broadcast of successive episodes became available beginning 15 October. The story involves a case in which the Lovely Angels assist the FBI on a case which takes them along the route of the old Route 66. The series features Horie Yui as Yuri and Minagawa Junko as Kei. While Takachiho participated in
624-541: The OVA series dub for the new dub of the original series. An update on October 13 revealed that Pamela Lauer, who last played Kei in the ADV dub of Project Eden in 2005, would be coming out of retirement to reprise her role. On October 30, after reaching $ 600,000, an update revealed that Jason Douglas would reprise his role as Gooley. The campaign closed on October 31, 2021, with a final pledge tally of $ 731,406. A 10-episode OVA series
663-410: The OVA series, and re-released it in a remastered bilingual DVD set on January 3, 2012. This series has been called Original Dirty Pair or Dirty Pair 2 in English. The series featured two stand-alone OVA hour-long features: Affair of Nolandia ( ノーランディアの謎 , Nōrandia no Nazo ) (1984) and Flight 005 Conspiracy ( 謀略の００５便 , Bōryaku no 005-bin ) (1990). The first revolves around a plot with
702-493: The Vietnam War and over several decades became entrenched in U.S. armed forces jargon. During the 1991 Gulf War , Coalition forces used the phrase to describe the killing of civilians in attacks on legitimate military targets . According to Scottish linguist Deborah Cameron , "the classic Orwellian arguments for finding this usage objectionable would be that In 1999, "collateral damage" ( German : Kollateralschaden )
741-502: The ability to send email to some domains. The related term collateral mortality has been presumed to derive from the term "collateral damage" and has been applied within military and non-military contexts. Fisheries are an example of this, where bycatch such as dolphins are called collateral mortality; they are species that die in the pursuit of the legal death of fishing targets, such as tuna . Kyouko Tonguu Kyōko Tongū ( 頓宮 恭子 , Tongū Kyōko , born October 11, 1956) ,
780-439: The circumstances ruling at the time", which also states that "[s]uch damage is not unlawful so long as it is not excessive in light of the overall military advantage anticipated from the attack". In U.S. military terminology , the unintentional destruction of allied or neutral targets is called "friendly fire". The U.S. military follows a technology-based process for estimating and mitigating collateral damage. The software used
819-681: The city's famous Damocles Tower. The chief of the 3WA in this version is Gooley Andrew Francess along with Calico who serves as second in command. The Lovely Angels also have two assistants, a genetically modified feline named Mughi, and a small robot known as Nanmo. The TV series (including the two extra OVA episodes) was licensed for a release by Nozomi Entertainment , who released it into two box sets on November 2, 2010, and February 8, 2011, respectively, each containing 13 episodes. These releases contain Japanese dialog with English subtitles. David Williams from Sentai Filmworks did confirm that he offered to produce an English dub with Seraphim Digital for
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#1732852050750858-562: The complete first book appeared in September 2007, and the second book appeared in April 2008. Previously, English translations existed for the first story (published as one of a series of short books for Japanese students of English) and the fifth book, which was originally released in Japanese and English translation on the Microsoft Network during 1997–99. An anime television series based on
897-593: The more feminine of the two, she is known to become very violent when crossed. She is the more bottom-heavy of the team and is also a coy flirt who prefers cultured, refined men. Her most recognized weapon is the Bloody Card, a technologically enhanced throwing card that can be used to take down several people at once. The inspiration for Dirty Pair novels was a 1978 visit to Japan by the British Australian science-fiction author A. Bertram Chandler . On his itinerary
936-536: The natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated. Article 8(2)(b)(iv) draws on the principles in Article 51(5)(b) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions , but restricts the criminal prohibition to cases that are " clearly " excessive. The application of Article 8(2)(b)(iv) requires, inter alia , an assessment of: The USAF Intelligence Targeting Guide defines
975-448: The nickname the "Dirty Pair", a moniker they openly hate being called. They are always cleared of any wrongdoing by the 3WA's Central Computer because the extreme collateral damage is never actually determined to be their fault, although their mere presence tends to worsen the situations for which they are hired. In some but not all continuities, they have joint extrasensory perception powers, usually limited to precognition . This talent
1014-576: The novels, simply titled Dirty Pair , ran for 24 episodes on Nippon Television affiliates from July to December 1985, winning the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year. Scripts had been written for two additional episodes, that were produced after the TV-series had aired, and released as an OVA in January 1987. In subsequent re-airings those two episodes were added to the original show making
1053-412: The other versions. The American comic company and manga translator Studio Proteus acquired rights to create comic versions of The Dirty Pair in 1989; the first two graphic novels were published by the since-defunct Eclipse Comics . Later the rights were transferred to Dark Horse Comics . The first three series were written by Toren Smith and Adam Warren and drawn by Warren—after that Smith left
1092-507: The pair tracking down a psychic girl, while the second concerns the pair investigating a mysterious spaceship explosion. Both OVA features were released onto English dubbed VHS on November 23, 1994, and February 21, 1995, respectively by Streamline Pictures and Orion Pictures . They were later re-licensed and re-dubbed by ADV Films and released to bilingual DVD on November 4 and December 2, 2003, respectively. ADV later re-released them to DVD, along with Project Eden , on November 8, 2005, in
1131-473: The perceived culpability of military leadership in failing to prevent non-combatant casualties . Collateral damage does not include civilian casualties caused by military operations that are intended to terrorize or kill enemy civilians (e.g., the bombing of Chongqing during World War II and Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure openly described as "retaliatory" and intended to "make towns uninhabitable"). The term "collateral damage"
1170-420: The period. Horie Yui and Minagawa Junko reprised their voice roles. Again, a streaming broadcast was available. This series was re-broadcast during March to April 2009. Collateral damage " Collateral damage " is a term for any incidental and undesired death, injury or other damage inflicted, especially on civilians , as the result of an activity. Originally coined to describe military operations, it
1209-541: The project and Warren took over writing completely. The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair ( ダーティペアの大冒険 , Dāti Pea no Daibōken ) is a 2010-2011 manga adaptation by Hisao Tamaki serialised by Tokuma Shoten in Monthly Comic Ryū , that is a retelling of the original Dirty Pair light novel of the same name, but with significant character redesigns. It was released in English by Seven Seas Entertainment in an omnibus volume on December 17, 2019. A fifth version of
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1248-610: The re-release, but was declined for unknown reasons. Dirty Pair was aired in North America on the Showtime Beyond channel. On October 1, 2021, Nozomi Entertainment launched a Kickstarter campaign to release the original television series on Blu-ray , along with the creation of a new English dub to be produced by Headline Studios. The following day, after raising 75% of their $ 275,000 goal, Nozomi announced in an update that Jessica Calvello would be reprising her role as Yuri from
1287-441: The selection of the voice artists, he was not involved in the writing for this series. Additional information on the series, in Japanese, can be found at Nihon Sunrise's site. A second radio series, "Daatipea91: Kunoichi" began on FM Osaka on 15 October 2007. This time written by Takachiho himself, it places eighteen-year-old Kei and Yuri in Japan in the year 1791 as student ninjas who find themselves embroiled in political affairs of
1326-532: The series 26 episodes long. The Dirty Pair anime has a closer setup to the original light novels by Haruka Takachiho more than any of the other incarnations. Unlike the light novels, the universe of the anime has a more comical atmosphere and presents the typical styles of a 1980s inspired future. The Lovely Angels and the WWWA reside in a location known as Eleanor City where Kei (voiced by Kyouko Tonguu ) and Yuri (voiced by Saeko Shimazu ) live in an apartment together in
1365-462: The term as the "unintentional damage or incidental damage affecting facilities, equipment, or personnel, occurring as a result of military actions directed against targeted enemy forces or facilities", stating that "[s]uch damage can occur to friendly, neutral, and even enemy forces". Another United States Department of Defense document uses "[u]nintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects that would not be lawful military targets in
1404-533: Was a stop at the young Studio Nue , which Takachiho co-founded. As something to entertain their guest, two of the staffers there, Yuri Tanaka and Keiko Otoguro, hit upon the idea with Takachiho of taking Chandler to a tournament of the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling organization, which was a member of the World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). The card included the highly-popular wrestling (and singing) team,
1443-574: Was named the German Un-Word of the Year by a jury of linguistic scholars. With this choice, it was criticized that the term had been used by NATO forces to describe civilian casualties during the Kosovo War , which the jury considered to be an inhuman euphemism. Military necessity , along with distinction and proportionality , are three important principles of international humanitarian law , governing
1482-418: Was released on December 21, 1987, through April 21, 1988. ADV released the OVA series on five English dubbed and subtitled VHS tapes from November 11, 1998, to January 25, 2000, each containing two episodes. The series was later released to bilingual DVD in two five-episode volumes on July 17 and October 23, 2001. A complete collection was released on December 27, 2005. Nozomi Entertainment later license-rescued
1521-445: Was the reason they were recruited in the first place. Kei is a hot-headed tomboy with red hair and tanned skin who wears a silver-white uniform. She favors large weaponry and prefers to "shoot first, ask questions later". The more aggressive of the two, she is attracted to manly, muscular men. Yuri is of Japanese ethnicity, and wears a golden-yellow uniform. She often uses non-gun weaponry such as energy whips or throwing cards. While
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