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Tetsuro Amino,
Tetsuro Amino
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: Image Entertainment, U.S. Manga Corps/Central Park Media
: Anime, Science Fiction Anime
: English, Japanese
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Iria: Zeiram the Animation (Bonus Disc) (1994)
Zeiran is the most deadly life form ever discovered, and when a defense contractor decides to use it as the basis for a biological weapon, disaster is waiting to happen. When it does, Iria, a beautiful but brutally effective bounty hunter, has to find out how Zeiran got loose and who was responsible before the entire world is destroyed in this powerful animated thriller from Japan. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Iria: Zeiram the Animation (Disc 1 of 2) (1993)
Iria and her brother Gren, a pair of young bounty hunters, were dispatched on a rescue mission, but what they found was more terrifying than their worst nightmare. A bizarre alien was secretly imported for clandestine uses, and now it is loose and wreaking havoc on the populace. How can novice bounty hunters defeat an unstoppable beast like Zeiram?
Iria: Zeiram the Animation (Disc 2 of 2) (1994)
Zeiran is the most deadly life form ever discovered, and when a defense contractor decides to use it as the basis for a biological weapon, disaster is waiting to happen. When it does, Iria, a beautiful but brutally effective bounty hunter, has to find out how Zeiran got loose and who was responsible before the entire world is destroyed in this powerful animated thriller from Japan. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Disc One contains episodes 1-3:
- Nubutang 'Pitch Black'
- Akashi 'Rampage'
- Omukage 'Vestige'
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| El-Hazard meets The Thing
by roadwarrior
November 18, 2004 - 4:44 PM PST
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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This review is for the two-disc series.
This anime boasts lush, detailed artwork which evokes memories of El-Hazard, and the primary antagonist is as powerful and evasive as the creature from The Thing, or even Alien.
I wanted to give this a 6.5 rating because it's better than a 6, but not quite a 7. Being only 2 discs long, the pacing is fairly even untiil the end, where I found myself wanting more.
Iria is a newly licensed bounty huntress who is VERY mature for her age. I lost count of how many weapons she's expert at. After losing someone very close during a job, she tries to continue her life as a professional, only to meet up once again with Zeiram, the very thing that caused her loss.
The supporting cast is a bit cliche, but they are lively, and the voice actors do a good job conveying the emotional intensity required for the very well done battle sequences. There is comedy, and quite a bit of tragedy among the many surprises and plot twists. Made in 1994, this anime holds up surprisingly well.
Note to fanboys: Although there is very little fan-service, and her character design is a decade old, Iria remains one of the more attractive female lead characters I have ever seen in an anime, right down to the Cindy Crawford-like mole on her face. We get variations of her gorgeous facial profile every few minutes or so, almost as if she's "VOGUE"ing for the camera.
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