[EventReport] Dirty Pair Flash event 2/13
Hitoshi Doi
version 1.0 by Hitoshi Doi, 1994.02.14
The "Dirty Pair Flash" event was held in the Shinseidou record store
in Ogikubo on 1994.02.13. There were two events that day because there
were so many people who sent in postcards for it.
(I was number 136 for the morning event.)
The event itself was held in a small basement room. There were around
80 or so seats, and the rest of the people had to stand along the walls
or behind the seats. Since I was near the end, I had to stand in the
back. (;_;) But it was only around 10 meters, and at least I got into
the morning event.
The event started 15 minutes late at 10:45.
The emcee (Kuwajima-san of Bandai) came out and greeted us. He made
announcements to sell Dirty Pair Flash (of course that's what this
event is for in the first place ^_^). He said that the guests will
be Kouda Mariko (voice actress for Yuri) and Matsumoto Rika (voice
actress for Kei). Matsumoto Rika would only be there for the morning
event, as she had another event to go to in the afternoon. (busy ^_^)
Then they showed Dirty Pair Flash episode 1 "Runaway Angel".
After the video ended (around 11:20), the emcee and the two voice
actresses came out. Kouda Mariko was holding a stuffed animal monkey.
Then another special guest came. It was Takachiho-sensei, the author
of Dirty Pair. He brought bouquet of flowers for the two girls. After
giving the girls the flowers, he started to leave. But they stopped him.
Takachiho-sensei talked about Dirty Pair Flash. He said that the 6 part
series makes up one story. It is Dirty Pair Flash, and because of the
title change, it is at totally different story. Then he sat down in the
front row on the left side of the audience to enjoy the show.
The emcee and the two voice actresses talked about previous Dirty Pair
Flash events in Osaka, Nagoya, etc. (The Nagoya event was the previous
day, I think.)
On the way back from the Nagoya event, they got lost (separated) at the
bullet train station. Kouda Mariko and Kuwajima-san were running around
looking for Matsumoto Rika. They couldn't find her, so they got off of
the train at the last minute. But Matsumoto Rika was already in the
train when the doors closed. So she rode on the train and came back to
Tokyo by herself. Kouda Mariko had to take the next train.
Then they had a question and answer session.
Q: Why do the Dirty Pair have to transform?
Takachiho: They are just changing clothes.
M. Rika: It is fan service. (^_^;)
Q: What was difficult in doing the voices?
K. Mariko: It's always difficult. I was told to make it a character
that would be hated by girls.
M. Rika: I'm doing it as myself, so it's not too difficult. I just
have to keep talking like a "man".
They said that the voice recording for episode 4 was the next day.
(February 14)
Q: Where there any "happenings" during the recording?
A: No. But since we do it without pictures, it's difficult.
Also it's very early in the morning, 10 AM.
Q: What is your future dream?
K. Mariko: Conquest of space.
M. Rika: I don't know until is comes. I try not to dream much.
Right now I just want to make Dirty Pair Flash good.
At around 11:40, the emcee said that they were running out of time.
He asked the voice actresses for final words.
K. Mariko: GS Mikami will end soon. But Marmalade Boy will start.
I will also be in Tekkaman Blade 2, Twin Bee Paradise. The CD for
Dirty Pair Flash with drama and songs will go on sale 4/25. Each of
us will sing 2 solos and 2 duets.
[Twin Bee Paradise is a radio show.]
M. Rika: There will be more Dirty Pair Flash events. On 4/2, there will
be one for the CD at Yomiuri Hall. [some combination event, I think]
The recording for the CD will start next week. I'm also in Muka Muka
Paradise. Many people don't know it, but I'm doing the voice for the
cat and the old woman too.
Then the emcee started playing the music to their new song, and asked
them to sing. The voice actresses said that they didn't remember the
words, but they sang anyways. It was a nice lively song. Matsumoto Rika
sang the first verse, and Kouda Mariko sang the second. Then the mike
started having problems, so they sang the last chorus without it.
[This was great! ^_^]
After the song, the guests left. Then they showed Dirty Pair Flash
episode 2 "Dark Side Angel". This episode is not on sale yet.
After the video ended (around 12:20), the emcee and Kouda Mariko came
out for the present session. They were giving out 4 signature boards
(with one 35 mm film of the Dirty Pair Flash video), and a signed rental
video (containing Dirty Pair Flash episodes 1 and 2).
They called out my number, and I won one of the signature boards!!
I went up to the front and was handed the board by Kouda Mariko. (^_^)
The film I got was of the scene in episode 1 where the guy who had
the card died on the street in front of Yuri.
--
Hitoshi Doi, Toshi Nibunnoichi d...@jrd.dec.com
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel [from JUNET: d...@jrd.dec-j.co.jp]