History YMMV / Zeiram

* FanficFuel: Connections with The Literature/DirtyPair are common after [[spoiler:Kei's GenderReveal]] in ''The Animation''. The movie continuity, however, takes place in ThePresentDay, making this impossible there.

* FanficFuel: Connections with The LightNovel/DirtyPair are common after [[spoiler:Kei's GenderReveal]] in ''The Animation''. The movie continuity, however, takes place in ThePresentDay, making this impossible there.

* MorePopularSpinoff: More people have seen the ''Iria'' OAV then both movies, primarily because of the former airing often on the Creator/SciFiChannel in the late 90's.

* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: ''Every'' piece of Iria and Bob's equipment in the films looks like a cluttered, complex piece of UsedFuture, particularly Iria's suit and her various weapons. More notable, however, are the wonderful designs in the animation; a unique blend of ancient east and futuristic west with origami wing packs, bellows-powered hovertanks and pagoda-shaped escape pods and space-capable rickshaws alongside under-shoulder variable-barrel laser cannons with microscope-like lens assemblies and slug-throwers with tape-wrapped grips. It kind of looks like a cross between Franchise/StarWars and Anime/TenchiMuyo.

* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: ''Every'' piece of Iria and Bob's equipment in the films looks like a cluttered, complex piece of UsedFuture, particularly Iria's suit and her various weapons.
** More notable, however, are the wonderful designs in the animation; a unique blend of ancient east and futuristic west with origami wing packs, bellows-powered hovertanks and pagoda-shaped escape pods and space-capable rickshaws alongside under-shoulder variable-barrel laser cannons with microscope-like lens assemblies and slug-throwers with tape-wrapped grips. It kind of looks like a cross between Franchise/StarWars and Anime/TenchiMuyo.

** Keita Amemiya has said that Zeiram's design came to him when he realized it would be rather unsettling to see a man in Edo-period traveling kit (the hat, the scarf, the cloak) walking down a modern street in the middle of the night.

** More notable, however, are the wonderful designs in the animation; a unique blend of ancient east and futuristic west with origami wing packs, pagoda-shaped escape pods and space-capable rickshaws alongside under-shoulder variable-barrel laser cannons and slug-throwers with tape-wrapped grips.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine with electrical tape over the logo, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black. In canon, the implication is that they are forced to cobble together their equipment in accordance with the Main/{{Prime Directive}}, so that they don't leave traces of alien technology on Earth. This means that the junky equipment made from normal electronics is intentional.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine with electrical tape over the logo, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black. In canon, the implication is that they are forced to cobble together their equipment in accordance with the Trope/{{Prime Directive}}, so that they don't leave traces of alien technology on Earth. This means that the junky equipment made from normal electronics is intentional.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine with electrical tape over the logo, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black. In canon, the implication is that they are forced to cobble together their equipment in accordance with the Trope/{{PrimeDirective}}, so that they don't leave traces of alien technology on Earth. This means that the junky equipment made from normal electronics is intentional.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine with electrical tape over the logo, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black. In canon, the implication is that they are forced to cobble together their equipment in accordance with Trope/{{ThePrimeDirective}}, so that they don't leave traces of alien technology on Earth. This means that the junky equipment made from normal electronics is intentional.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine with electrical tape over the logo, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black.

** More notable, however, are the wonderful designs in the animation; a unique blend of ancient east and futuristic west with origami wing packs, pagoda-shaped escape pods and space-capable rickshaws alongside under-shoulder laser cannons and slug-throwers with tape-wrapped grips.

** There's also an explosion inside a model building in the first film. The explosion itself is fairly convincing -- what blows the effect is that the explosion lights up the ''ceiling struts'' of the soundstage the explosion was filmed on.

** There's also an explosion inside a model building in the first film. The explosion itself is fairly convincing -- what blows the effect is that the explosion lights up the matte-black ''ceiling'' of the soundstage the explosion was filmed on.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha [=DX21=] synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black.

** Keita Amemiya has said that Zeiram's design came to him when he realized it would be rather unsettling to see a man in Edo-period traveling kit (the hat, the scarf, the cloak) suddenly appear on a modern-day street.

* FanficFuel: Connections with The LightNovel/DirtyPair are common after [[spoiler:Kei's GenderReveal.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: Narrowly averted in the films, depending on how strong your suspension of disbelief is. In the first film, however, much of Iria and Bob's computer equipment is blatantly bodged together on the cheap by the prop department from random pieces of electronic equipment -- the device that controls their teleporter unit is obviously a Boss DR-550 Dr. Rhythm drum machine, and one of the keyboards looks like a Yamaha DX21 synthesizer with the piano keys painted matte black.

** Zeiram's encounter with the poor-quality clone is one of those moments where one has to laugh to keep from screaming in revulsion. Even more so when you realize the clone is Kamiya's actor in particularly grotesque makeup.

** Keita Amemiya has said that Zeiram's design came to him when he realized it would be rather unsettling to see a man in Edo-period traveling kit (the hat, the scarf, the cloak) suddenly appear on a modern-day street.

* FanficFuel - Connections with The LightNovel/DirtyPair are common after [[spoiler:Kei's GenderReveal.]]
* NightmareFuel - Zeiram's skeleton form is very creepy.
** Screw the skeleton form, ''Zeiram period''. that thing is basically a mash-up of Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Franchise/{{Predator}}, Film/TheThing1982 and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a xenomorph]].

* FanficFuel - Connections with The DirtyPair are common after [[spoiler:Kei's GenderReveal.]]

** Screw the skeleton form, ''Zeiram period''. that thing is basically a mash-up of TheTerminator, {{Predator}}, TheThing and [[{{Alien}} a xenomorph]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - Zeiram's skeleton form is very creepy.