Iria: Zeiram the Animation

 

Right, first off, Iria: Blah Blah Blah is based off of a Japanese movie that I think was made in the '80's called Zeram.  From what I remember, it was about six or seven years ago when I saw it (it was one of my dad's good movie rentals, like Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town or Big Bimbo Movie Bash or whatever it was called), the coolest part was the monster who just couldn't be killed, even though they thought they got rid of it about seven times.  The least cool part was the two electrician brothers (ala Super Mario Bros.), the older of whom trying constantly to get on the Iria type person.  But I remember that it was really cool.

          Many years later, I was about to leave the homestead to go and monkey around with my "doggs" when I glanced at the tube and saw this cartoon monster that looked pretty much the same as in that movie, I watched it for as long as I could before I was dragged away with tears in my eyes, just so I could go and get punched by one of my friends every time I killed him on 007.  Anyway, I later found out that someone had re-made that movie into an anime that was sorta based on the same thing.  I went crazy and bought it.

          Iria is about a girl who wants to get revenge on this invincible monster deal called a Zeiram, who constantly kicks all ass, for "killing" her brother.  That's pretty much the story.

 

Genre - action/sci-fi

Animation - The animation is nice and smooth with a good amount of detail thrown in.  Character designs are very good and the design of everything else is kinda cool too, with a Japanese/sci-fi thing goin' on.

Sub vs. Dub - the sub is better, by not by a whole lot

the Good - Hmmm... Zeiram, Fujikuro, lots of action and other stuff like that.  Oh yeah, good animation and only one booby scene (hardly anything compared with many other anime titles).

the Bad - The worst part was that Fujikuro didn't do any fighting that you were allowed to see, this sucks because he kicks so much ass!  Also, during one scene there is accidental breast grabbing, followed by,"It's pretty squishy, wouldn't you say?" in the dub and,"It's pretty soft." in the sub.  Now come on, that's just stupid.

Overall - Great action movie with cool characters.  Don't expect to get the meaning of life out of this one.  (6 episodes)