The Dirty Pair are a classic part of anime history in various guises, and they're back in a new form in A.D.V.'s newest videotape series. The serial begins in "Runaway Angel," as a badly wounded man presents Yuri with a computer card and a frantic command to get it to the 3WA. He promptly drops dead. Before Yuri's even stopped sniveling, she's being attacked by his killers, who want the card back. As is typical, the Dirty Pair accidentally drag half the city into the subsequent massive chase and even more massive pitched battle for possession of the mysterious card.

With those issues in the way, why is PROJECT EDEN worth seeing? Simply, it's a great deal of fun. If you've never seen the original Dirty Pair at work, you deserve to watch at least a couple of their adventures. For better or for worse, the Dirty Pair are the epitome and finest example of the "girls with guns" genre. They have a habit of destroying everything that stands in their way, but in such a way that you can't help but laugh. And in PROJECT EDEN, the characters are given more room to breathe. There's not the urgency to wrap everything into a 20-minute package. And their trademark humor is still quite evident, even though it's not the focus that it became at times for the TV show. For a long time, this was the only Dirty Pair adventure available commercially in the US, and it was not a bad choice.

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