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Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baoh (Japanese: バオー来訪者, Hepburn: Baō Raihōsha, lit. "Baoh: The Visitor") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, most famous for his manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1985, it was later compiled into two tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a single-episode original video animation (OVA) by Studio Pierrot and distributed by Toho in 1989.
Baoh | |
![]() The 22 October 1984 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, featuring Baoh on the cover. | |
バオー来訪者 (Bao Raihōsha) | |
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Genre | Superhero, horror[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 20 May 1984 – 12 February 1985 |
Volumes | 2 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Yokoyama |
Produced by | Reiko Fukakusa |
Written by | Kenji Terada |
Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
Studio | Pierrot |
Licensed by | |
Released | 1 November 1989 |
Runtime | 48 minutes |
Baoh is Araki's first series to display his signature amount of over-the-top gore.[2]
17-year-old Ikuro Hashizawa is kidnapped and turned into a Baoh, a bioweapon with superhuman strength and other abilities, by the organization Doress. He escapes with the help of Sumire, a 9-year-old psychic girl. Dr. Kasuminome, head scientist at Doress, sends various assassins and monsters to try and kill Ikuro, desperate to stop the Baoh virus from spreading and infecting the world.[1]
The Secret Organization Doress (秘密組織ドレス, Himitsu Soshiki Doresu) created Baoh and seeks to kill Ikuro before the virus can spread.
Role | Japanese[4] | English[4] |
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Coastal Studios (1995) | ||
Ikuro Hashizawa | Hideyuki Hori | Brian Hinnant |
Sumire | Noriko Hidaka | Kimberly Helms-Stewart |
Dr. Kasuminome | Ichirō Nagai | Michael S. Way |
Colonel Dordo | Shūichi Ikeda | Dave Underwood |
Sophine | Yō Inoue | Sara Seidman-Vance |
Walken | Yusaku Yara | Chuck Denson Jr. |
Masked Men | Shinya Ōtaki | Paul Johnson
Marc Matney Mark Franklin |
Number 22 | Sean P. O'Connell | |
Girl | Tomoko Maruo | Sandy Clubb |
Technicians | Kōzō Shioya | Patrick Humphrey
Frank Lynn Gary Lawton |
Soldiers | Michitaka Kobayashi | Jim Clark
Nick Manatee Kevin Greenway |
Staff role[4] | Person |
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Director | Hiroyuki Yokoyama |
Supervisor-in-chief | Hisayuki Toriumi |
Executive producers | Kazuo Nakano
Haruo Sai |
Producer | Reiko Fukusa |
Screenplay | Keiji Terada |
Character design/ Animation direction | Michi Sanaba |
Mechanical designs | Masayoshi Tano |
Director of photography | Jin Kaneko |
Art director | Michiharu Miyamae |
Audio director | Noriyoshi Matsuura |
Assistant animation director | Yoshimitsu Oohashi
Hiroki Takagi Shouichi Masuo |
Music | Hiroyuki Nanba |
Staff role[4] | Person |
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Executive producer | Robert Woodhead |
Producer | Janice Hindle
Peter R. Haswell |
Production coordinator | Natsumi Ueki |
Dialog editor | R. Roe Adams III |
Translator | Shin Kurokawa
Michael House |
Subtitling director | Michael House |
Dubbing director | Scott Houle |
Script supervisor | William Bailey |
Audio engineer | Nick Stuteville |
Dialog mixer | Ron Abfalter |
SFX editor | Skip Bowerman |
M&E editor | Kevin Turner |
Communications | Billie Houle |
Duplications | Billie J. Toney |
The manga was licensed in English and released in monthly chapters by Viz Media in 1990; sales were pitiful, and it was not until 1995 that they released it in graphic novel format.[5][1] The OVA was licensed for an English DVD release by AnimEigo in 2000[6] and was released in 2001.[7]
The series' main protagonist, Ikuro Hashizawa, was released on 14 November 2013 as a downloadable playable character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle in his Baoh form.[8][9] In the 2022 remaster JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R he is included in the initial roster.
Hiroyuki Takei, author of the manga Shaman King, said it was one of his favorite series along with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in his youth.[10]