A monster hunter goes after a beast that could be her brother.A monster hunter goes after a beast that could be her brother.A monster hunter goes after a beast that could be her brother.
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- TriviaThe prequel to the Japanese live-action sci-fi thriller Zeiram (1991)
- Alternate versionsThe English dubbed version doesn't include the stronger language found in the Japanese version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Akira VHS the Best of Japanese Animation Series Commercial (1990)
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They absolutely do not make them like they used to. New anime is painfully predictable & oftentimes immature; capitalizing on some trivial gimmick or twist in traditional anime archetypes. For the few good OAVs out there--like cowboy bebop--, they owe much to films like IRIA. I first saw this on Sci-Fi's 'Saturday Anime' as a child, when Anime in the U.S. was still nascent at best, and Japan was producing provocative films and advancing the genre instead of the drivel large-scale studios produce for the popular market today.
For those of you who want to see where goldies like "Outlaw Star" and "Cowboy Bebop" came from, you must watch Iria. Do not heed the 'Iria is a trite and predictable anime' warning: Iria is only trite in retrospect if you're ignorant of the fact that it was cinema like Iria that made the myriad of contemporary imitations possible.
On another note, if you like Iria don't expect to like the live-action--you simply can't transfer the 'manga-feel' to physical actors & sets without a sizeable budget!
For those of you who want to see where goldies like "Outlaw Star" and "Cowboy Bebop" came from, you must watch Iria. Do not heed the 'Iria is a trite and predictable anime' warning: Iria is only trite in retrospect if you're ignorant of the fact that it was cinema like Iria that made the myriad of contemporary imitations possible.
On another note, if you like Iria don't expect to like the live-action--you simply can't transfer the 'manga-feel' to physical actors & sets without a sizeable budget!
- rockinapotamuskool
- Feb 14, 2007
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By what name was Iria: Zeiram the Animation (1994) officially released in India in English?
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