Comments: Animated, Box set

Summary: Iria is one of those anime that made its way over to American early and was able to have an effect on people. I saw a piece of this anime on the Sci-Fi Channel a long time ago, and since then I've always wanted the entire collection. Though the dubbed voice-acting is dated, and the animation a little washed, it matches up well with other action-oriented sci-fi anime of its time (the animation style somewhat matches the anime series DNA2). Plus, it has a solid story, if a bit used, that carries the OVA from episode to episode.

Iria, an assistant bounty hunter to her brother Gren, was dispatched along with Gren and another bounty hunter named Bob on a rescue mission in deep space. Yet upon arriving, they realize something isn't right. The ship in which they were sent is piled high with bodies, and all of them were killed at the hands of a fearsome and indestructible artificial alien named Zeiram. In an attempt to escape the ship with her life, Iria is separated from her friends. But Zeiram haunts her, both physically and mentally, and her battle to uncover the creature's weak-point, as well as her search to find her friends and family, comprises the next five episodes (the synopsis above is of the first episode). Along the way Iria meets a few new friends who aid her in her fight against Zeiram, including a sheep-in-wolf's clothing named Key, who's a young orphan and expert thief that idolizes Iria.