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“Apprentice bounty hunter Iria battles alien Zeiram after investigating a missing space-station crew with her brother.”
Iria: Zeiram The Animation
イ・リ・ア ゼイラム The Animation
7.2
4,047 rank · 31,967 viewers · 155 favorites
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Space
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Synopsis
Apprentice bounty hunter Iria battles alien Zeiram after investigating a missing space-station crew with her brother.
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.
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Community consensus
Derived from 18 sampled reviews
7.4
/10
What 18 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.64
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.64 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.61
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is among the best classic sci-fi anime, featuring a great story and excellent characters, especially the standout Zeiram, with solid animation for its era. The only drawback is the poor...”
- 10 “A gripping favorite that delivers a great storyline about a young female bounty hunter carving her place in a man’s world and chasing her brother’s legacy until tragedy leaves her alone to face...”
- 9 “Iria – Zeiram the Animation delivers a fantastic sci-fi plot, gorgeous retro artwork with perfectly chosen colors, and an exciting 80s/90s-flavored soundtrack that makes the fight scenes thrilling....”
Verbosity
Short · 17%
Medium · 50%
Long · 33%
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- Format 6 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1994 – Nov 1994
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0406 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor
- Central Park Media Licensor
- Discotek Media Licensor