Iria: Zeiram the Animation

Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Cover art from the DVD release
イ・リ・ア ゼイラム ジ アニメーション (I.R.I.A. Zeiramu Ji Animēshon)
Genre	Action, science fiction
Original video animation
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Produced by	Masaru Umehara (Production Executive) Masato Terada Yasuhiro Hibi Hiroshi Katō
Written by	Tetsurō Amino (ep. 1, 3) Naruhisa Arakawa (ep. 2, 6) Hajime Matsumoto (ep. 4–5)
Music by	Yoichiro Yoshikawa
Studio	Ashi Productions
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual NA: Discotek Media UK: MVM Entertainment
Released	June 23, 1994 – November 21, 1994
Runtime	30 minutes (each)
Episodes	6
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Iria: Zeiram the Animation (イ・リ・ア ゼイラム ジ アニメーション, I.R.I.A. Zeiramu Ji Animēshon), stylized as I・Я・I・A ZЁIЯAM THE ANIMATION, is a six-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by Ashi Productions and directed by Tetsurō Amino. The series serves as a prequel to the original live-action film Zeiram, taking place several years earlier when the female bounty hunter protagonist Iria is still a rookie and detailing the events surrounding her first encounter with the unstoppable Zeiram. This does somewhat contradict the films, which imply that Iria's first encounter with Zeiram was in the first film.