After originally being released many years ago by Central Park Media and then by Media Blasters a few years ago, Discotek Media has now picked up the rights to the OVA series Iria: Zeiram the Animation. The OVA was originally released in Japan throughout the summer and fall of 1994 and was directed by Tetsuro Amino who worked on the script with Naruhisa Arakawa, based on the original work by Keita Amamiya. It also features the character designs by Masakazu Katsura and stars Aya Hisakawa as Iria.
Discotek Media will be bringing this out with improved video quality over the previous releases and will have it include the English language dub as well as the original Japanese language with English subtitles. The dub stars Stacie Renna, Gary Suson, Elisabetta Spinelli, Andrew Thorson and Dave Siegel.
Plot concept: 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.
