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Iria - Zeiram the Animation (OAV)

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©1994 CROWD / BANDAI VISUAL / MITSUBISHI CORPORATION / BANPRESTO


[ adapted from Zeiram (live-action movie) ]

Alternative title:
لريا (Arabic)
イ・リ・ア ゼイラム the Animation (Japanese)
伊莉亞 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: bounty hunters
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Iria is the story of a girl and the Alien being she loves to hate. The series begins with her brother, Gren, taking a job. He is a bounty hunter, and one well known for his incredible skill. Iria, being a skilled apprentice bounty hunter herself, tags along. What is the job, one might ask. It is to find out what has happened to the crew and cargo of a Space Station. Needless to say, nothing is as it seems, and the war between Iria and Zeiram begins in earnest.
Video:
User Ratings: 494 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (dub:8, sub:6, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 62 votes (dub:36, sub:23, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 153 votes (sub:80, dub:64, ?:2, Fre.dub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 129 votes (sub:76, dub:44, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:44, dub:24, Fre.sub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:21, dub:11, Fre.dub:1)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Weak: 10 votes (dub:5, sub:4, Ita.dub:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:5, Ger.dub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 972 users, rank: #659
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.146 (Good+.14), std. dev.: 1.5413, rank: #1480
Weighted mean: 7.105 (Good+.10), rank: #1408 (seen all: 7.23 / seen some: 5.86 / won't finish: 3.87)
Bayesian estimate: 7.113 (Good+.11), rank: #1183
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
1994-06-23
2008 (Middle East - Spacepower Broadcast)
Releases: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"Tokete Iku Yume no Hate ni" by Yayoi Goto
Ending Theme:
"Although the Dream is Far" by Mitsuko Shiramine
Comment:
Originally Licensed & Released by Central Park Media.
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DVD
    Iria - Zeiram the Animation Collection (DVD) 2004-03-30 (from $26.99)
    Iria - DVD Economy Collection (DVD) 2007-06-26 (from $17.24)
    Iria - The Complete Series (R4 DVD) 2009-05-28
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Tetsuro Amino
Script:
Hajime Matsumoto (eps 4-5)
Naruhisa Arakawa (ep 2)
Tetsuro Amino (eps 1, 3)
Yoshihisa Arakawa (ep 6)
Storyboard:
Gen Dojaga (eps 2, 4-5)
Naohito Takahashi (ep 3)
Tetsuro Amino (ep 1)
Original Concept: Keita Amemiya
Original Character Design: Masakazu Katsura
Character Design: Ryunosuke Otonashi
Art Director: Yoshimi Umino
Chief Animation Director: Ryunosuke Otonashi
Director of Photography: Kazunori Hashimoto
Executive producer: Masaru Umehara
Recording Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Theme Song Arrangement: Yoichiro Yoshikawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Yoichiro Yoshikawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Mitsuko Shiramine (END)
Theme Song Performance: Yayoi Gotou (OP)
Visual Setting: Keita Amemiya
 
Aya Hisakawa as Iria

Chika Sakamoto as Komimasa
Mika Kanai as Kei
Shigeru Chiba as Fujikuro
Wataru Takagi as Zeiram

Akemi Shinohara as Child B (ep 2)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Jambal (eps 5-6)
Hiroshi Naka as Dounham (eps 5-6)
Hiroyuki Oshida as
Passenger (ep 1)
Soldier (ep 6)
Junichi Sugawara as Soldier A (ep 5)
Junko Sakuma as
Announcer (ep 6)
Receptionist (ep 3)
Katsumi Toriumi as Staff B (ep 3)
Ken Narita as Bandit A (ep 3)
Kyousei Tsukui as Soldier (ep 6)
Masaki Aizawa as Soldier C (ep 5)
Megumi Tano as Child A (ep 2)
Michiko Neya as Communicator (ep 5)
Momoko Ishi as Passenger (ep 1)
Mugihito as Puttubayh
Rie Iwatsubo as Child C (ep 2)
Sayuri Ikemoto as Announcer (ep 1)
Shinichiro Miki as Guard B (ep 5)
Shinichirou Ohta as Soldier B (eps 5-6)
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Staff A (ep 3)
Wataru Takagi as Nanpuu
Yuuichi Nagashima as
Guard A (ep 5)
Soldier (ep 6)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Dr. Touka
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: Ashi Productions
Co-Planning: Studio Hard
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Planning: Crowd
Production: d-rights

English cast 
English staff 
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
John Sirabella
ADR Supervisor: Dave Siegel
Dubbing Manager: Peter Bavaro
Dubbing Supervision: Anthony Salerno
Editing Assistant: Jason Daily
Online Editor: Robert O'Malley
Production Coordination: Edward S. Whang
Recording engineer: Francis Fletcher
Teleplay Adaptation: Michael Alben

Andrew Thorson as Fujikuro
Chris Yates as Gren
Dave Siegel as Zeiram
Gary Suson as Bob (eps 1-3, 6)
Jason Harris as Komimasa

Al Muscari as Puttubayh
Pete Zarustica as Dr. Touka
English companies 

Audio Services: National Sound
Broadcaster: Sci Fi Channel
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Siren Visual Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Recording Studio: National Sound
Video Services: National Video Center
French staff 
Dubbing Director: Michel Tureau
French cast 

Michel Vigné as Fujikuro
Serge Blumenthal as Puttubayh
French companies 
Broadcaster:
Canal +
Mangas
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing: Libra Films
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: LAPTV (Cityvibe)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina
 
Stefano Albertini as Fujikuro

Augusto Di Bono as Puttbayar
Davide Garbolino as Kominasa
Enrico Maggi as Dr. Tooka
Italian companies 
Distributor: Yamato Video

German staff 
(none)
German companies 
Distributor: Anime-Virtual
German cast 
(none)
Arabic staff 
Arabic companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: space power
Arabic cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: Hyper
Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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