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{{quote|It lives in your brain... and it won't let you die!|Tagline}}
{{quote|It lives in your brain... and it won't let you die!|Tagline}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Baoh the Visitor'''''|バオー来訪者|Baō Raihōsha}} is a single-episode {{W|Original video animation|OVA}} adaptation of the manga series ''[[Baoh the Visitor]]'' by [[Hirohiko Araki]]. It was produced by {{W|Pierrot (company)|Studio Pierrot}} and distributed by {{W|Toho}} and [[Weekly Shonen Jump|Shōnen Jump Video]]. The OVA premiered in select theatres on September 16, 1989 and was eventually released to {{W|VHS}} on November 1, 1989. A {{W|LaserDisc}} version was distributed on December 21, 1989.<ref>https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/122003557</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''''Baoh the Visitor'''''|バオー来訪者|Baō Raihōsha}} is a single-episode {{W|Original video animation|OVA}} adaptation of the manga series ''[[Baoh the Visitor]]'' by [[Hirohiko Araki]]. It was produced by {{W|Pierrot (company)|Studio Pierrot}} and distributed by {{W|Toho}} and [[Weekly Shonen Jump|Shōnen Jump Video]]. The OVA premiered in select theaters on September 16, 1989 and was eventually released to {{W|VHS}} on November 1, 1989. A {{W|LaserDisc}} version was distributed on December 21, 1989.<ref>https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/122003557</ref>


An English localization of the VHS and LaserDisc were released by {{W|AnimEigo}} on May 24, 1995 and June 6, 1995 respectively. The company followed with a DVD version on February 26, 2002. A Japanese DVD release by [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=1238 Toshiba Digital Frontiers] was eventually distributed on April 2, 2003. The OVA also released in Italy, France, and Germany. Italy and France dubbed it in their respective languages, whereas the German release kept the Japanese voices.
An English localization of the VHS and LaserDisc were released by {{W|AnimEigo}} on May 24, 1995 and June 6, 1995 respectively. The company followed with a DVD version on February 26, 2002. A Japanese DVD release by [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=1238 Toshiba Digital Frontiers] was eventually distributed on April 2, 2003. The OVA also released in Italy, France, and Germany. Italy and France dubbed it in their respective languages, whereas the German release kept the Japanese voices.

==Release Dates==
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|Theatrical||September 16, 1989<ref>[[Weekly Shonen Jump]] 1989 [[Chapter 136|Issue #38]] - Title Page</ref>||N/A||N/A
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|{{W|VHS}}||November 1, 1989<ref>Toho Video AD - Baoh OVA - Newtype 1989 Issue #10</ref>||May 24, 1995||1999
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|{{W|LaserDisc}}||December 21, 1989<ref>Toho Video AD - Five Star Stories, BAOH OVA and Utsunomiko - Newtype 1989 Issue #12</ref>||June 6, 1995||N/A
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|{{W|DVD}}||April 2, 2003||February 26, 2002||2003
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==Summary==
==Summary==
The story begins on a running [[List of Vehicles#Dress Organization Train|armored train]] of the '''[[Dress Organization|Secret Dress Organization]]'''. A little girl named [[Sumire]] has escaped her cell and is pursued by [[Sophine]], one of Dress' agents. Sumire is a psychic and uses her power to break into a fortified wagon where the containment of '''[[Baoh (Parasite)|Baoh]]''' is overseen by [[Dr. Kasuminome]]. Sumire then turns a valve, causing a failure of the containment system which reveals a young boy with extraordinary strength and resilience. Sumire and the boy then escape from the train in the ensuing chaos.
The story begins on a running [[List of Vehicles#Dress Organization Train|armored train]] belonging to the [[Dress Organization]]. A little girl named [[Sumire]] has escaped her cell and is pursued by [[Sophine]], one of Dress's agents. Sumire, a psychic, uses her power to break into a fortified wagon where the containment of the [[Baoh (Parasite)|Baoh parasite]] is overseen by [[Dr. Kasuminome]]. Sumire then turns a valve, causing a failure of the containment system which reveals a young boy with extraordinary strength and resilience. Sumire and the boy then escape from the train in the ensuing chaos.


Hours later, Sumire and the boy take a rest. The boy named '''[[Ikuro Hashizawa|Ikuro]]''' reveals that he's amnesiac while Sumire explains her past as an orphan. Suddenly, an [[22nd Man|assassin]] from the Dress organization stabs Ikuro from behind. Ikuro and Sumire then flee on a motorbike with the assassin pursuing them. The assassin eventually ambushes Ikuro and inflicts mortal wounds with his combat knife, but Ikuro partially turns into Baoh, heals his wounds and kills the assassin. Meanwhile, Kasuminome demonstrates the potential of Baoh to the sponsors of the Dress organization. [[Dordo]], an elite enforcer of the organization, also shows that bullets to the head and fire can kill the Baoh. Dordo is then deployed with a death squad to hunt down Ikuro.
Hours later, Sumire and the boy take a rest. The boy, [[Ikuro Hashizawa]], reveals that he can't remember his past, even as Sumire explains her own past as an orphan. Suddenly, an [[22nd Man|assassin]] from the Dress Organization stabs Ikuro from behind. Ikuro and Sumire then flee on a motorbike with the assassin pursuing them. The assassin eventually ambushes Ikuro and inflicts mortal wounds with his combat knife, but Ikuro partially turns into Baoh, heals his wounds, and kills the assassin. Meanwhile, Kasuminome and Sophine demonstrate the potential of the Baoh parasite to the sponsors of the Dress Organization. [[Dordo]], one of Dress's elite enforcers, shows that bullets to the head and fire can kill a Baoh. Dordo is then deployed with a death squad to hunt down Ikuro.


Ikuro and Sumire take refuge in an abandoned building. Ikuro remembers a car crash and the subsequent experimentations Kasuminome has performed on him. Sumire senses the death squad coming and a battle ensues. Sumire is knocked out in the struggle but Ikuro fully turns into Baoh and decimates the squad. When Dordo takes Sumire hostage, Baoh uses his stinger hairs to melt Dordo's skin, only to reveal that Dordo is a cyborg whose loss of skin is a minor inconvenience. Fleeing with Sumire, Dordo goads Ikuro to come to Dress' main laboratory to take her back.
Ikuro and Sumire take refuge in an abandoned building. Ikuro remembers a car crash and the subsequent experiments Kasuminome performed on him. Sumire senses the death squad coming, and a battle ensues. Sumire is knocked out in the struggle, but Ikuro fully turns into Baoh and decimates the squad. When Dordo takes Sumire hostage, Baoh uses his stinger hairs to melt Dordo's skin, only to reveal that Dordo is a cyborg whose loss of skin is a minor inconvenience. Fleeing with Sumire, Dordo goads Ikuro to come to Dress's main laboratory to take her back.


Back at the lab, Kasuminome tortures Sumire to lure Ikuro, who can sense her suffering. Ikuro scales a cliff leading to the lab and is ambushed by Dordo on a helicopter who tries to shoot him with an explosive bullet. However, Baoh manifests a new ability and projects an energy field returning to bullet to Dordo, destroying the helicopter and killing the agent. Baoh enters the lab but a psychic on Dress' orders confronts him. [[Walken]] is a powerful psychic but Baoh eventually throws a sharp arm-blade into his skull, taking him out. Desperate, Kasuminome engages the self-destruction of the building.
Back at the lab, Kasuminome tortures Sumire to lure Ikuro, who can sense her suffering. As Ikuro scales a cliff leading to the lab, Dordo attempts to shoot him with an explosive bullet from a helicopter. However, Baoh manifests a new ability and projects an energy field that reflects the bullet toward Dordo, destroying the helicopter and killing the agent. Baoh enters the lab, but is confronted by [[Walken]], another psychic working for Dress. Despite the sheer strength of Walken's psychokinesis, Baoh lands one of his sharp arm-blades in his skull, taking him out. Running out of options, Kasuminome orders Sophine to engage the building's self-destruct mechanism, and the two take refuge in an escape pod.


Ikuro breaks into Sumire's cell, disables the laser defense set up in the room and revives her. Meanwhile, Walken has regained consciousness; the arm-blade destroyed Walken's bandana which was a psychic limiter, driving him berserk. Walken confronts Ikuro and opens a hole on the ground, making everyone fall into a cavern including Kasuminome and Sophine who were in an escape pod. Ikuro silently points out to an escape route and Sumire leaves him after a tearful goodbye. In the ensuing battle against Walken, Baoh prevails by using a laser to his advantage. Walken, Kasuminome and Sophine die, and the cavern collapses.
Ikuro breaks into Sumire's cell, disables the laser defense set up in the room, and revives her with his own blood. Meanwhile, Walken regains consciousness; with the psychic limiter inside his bandana destroyed by Baoh's blade, he goes berserk. Confronting Ikuro and Sumire, Walken opens a hole in the ground, causing all three to fall into the cavern beneath the laboratory alongside Kasuminome and Sophine's escape pod. Ikuro silently points Sumire to an escape route, and Sumire leaves him after a tearful goodbye. Using one of the laser cannons from Sumire's cell, Baoh defeats Walken, fatally wounding Kasuminome and Sophine in the process. The building then finally explodes, causing the cavern to collapse.


Years later, Sumire is still free and is shown waiting by the beach. She sees a vision that Ikuro is still alive, slumbering in the depths of the pond below the lab.
Years later, Sumire returns to a beach near what remains of Dress's headquarters, having seen a vision of Ikuro slumbering in the depths below the laboratory. Sumire predicts that he will awaken when she turns 17, and promises to wait for him.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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{{Cast|Name=Ikuro Hashizawa|Av=IkuroAvOVA.png|Status=Protagonist|VA=Hideyuki Hori|EVA=Brian Hinnant|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25970 Luigi Rosa]|FVA=Michel Ré|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Sumire|Av=SumireAvOVA.png|Status=Ally|VA=Noriko Hidaka|EVA=Kem Helms|IVA=Dania Cericola|FVA=Marjolaine Poulain|Title=Actress|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Dr. Kasuminome|Av=KasuminoneAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Ichiro Nagai|EVA=Mike Way|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=185742 Claudio Parachinetto]|FVA=Jean-Paul Audrain|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Dordo|Av=DorudoAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Shuichi Ikeda|EVA=Dave Underwood|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=63358 Pasquale Ruju]|FVA=Jean-François Regazzi|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Sophine|Av=SophineAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Yō Inoue|EVA=Sara Seidman|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=27170 Claudia Penoni]|FVA=Anne Plumet|Title=Actress|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Walken|Av=WalkenAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Yusaku Yara|EVA=Chuck Denson|IVA=Eligio Irato|FVA=John Berrebi|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=22nd Man|Av=22AvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Ikuya Sawaki|EVA=Sean P. O'Connell|IVA=???|FVA=???|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Masked Men|Av=BaohMaskedMenAvOVA.gif|Status=Villains|VA=Shinya Otaki<br />Masaharu Sato<br />Ikuya Sawaki|EVA=Marc Matney<br />Mark Franklin<br />Paul Johnson|IVA=???|FVA=???|Title=Actors|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Technician|Av=NoPicAv.png|Status=Villain|VA=Kozo Shioya|EVA=Patrick Humphrey|IVA=???|FVA=???|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2|Type=None}}
{{Cast|Name=Dress Soldiers|SName=Soldiers|Av=SoldierAvOVA.png|Status=Villains|VA=Michitaka Kobayashi|EVA=Jim Clark<br />Kevin Greenway<br />Nick Manatee|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25967 Cesare Rasini]<br />???|FVA=???|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Motorcycle Girl|Av=noPicAv.png|Status=Neutral|VA=Tomoko Maruo|EVA=Sandy Clubb|IVA=???|FVA=???|Title=Actor|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2|Type=None}}
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==Home Video Releases==
{{Main|Home Video Releases/OVA}}
{{ExtractSection|Home Video Releases/OVA|''[[Baoh the Visitor (OVA)|Baoh the Visitor]]''}}


==Soundtracks==
{{Cast|Name=Ikuro Hashizawa|Av=IkuroAvOVA.png|Status=Protagonist|VA=Hideyuki Hori|EVA=Brian Hinnant|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25970 Luigi Rosa]|FVA=Michel Ré|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Soundtrack|Cover=BaohOST.jpg|Name=Baoh the Visitor Original Soundtrack|Artist={{W|Hiroyuki Namba}}}}
{{Cast|Name=Sumire|Av=SumireAvOVA.png|Status=Ally|VA=Noriko Hidaka|EVA=Kem Helms|IVA=Dania Cericola|FVA=Marjolaine Poulain|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Soundtrack|Cover=BaohOST.jpg|Title=Ending|Name=Eternal Soldier|Artist={{W|Machida Yoshihito}}}}
{{Cast|Name=Dr. Kasuminome|Av=KasuminoneAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Ichiro Nagai|EVA=Mike Way|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=185742 Claudio Parachinetto]|FVA=Jean-Paul Audrain|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Dordo|Av=DorudoAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Shuichi Ikeda|EVA=Dave Underwood|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=63358 Pasquale Ruju]|FVA=Jean-François Regazzi|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Sophine|Av=SophineAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Yō Inoue|EVA=Sara Seidman|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=27170 Claudia Penoni]|FVA=Anne Plumet|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Walken|Av=WalkenAvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Yusaku Yara|EVA=Chuck Denson|IVA=Eligio Irato|FVA=John Berrebi|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=22nd Man|Av=22AvOVA.png|Status=Villain|VA=Ikuya Sawaki|EVA=Sean P. O'Connell|IVA=???|FVA=???|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Masked Men|Av=BaohMaskedMenAvOVA.gif|Status=Villains|VA=Shinya Otaki<br />Masaharu Sato<br />Ikuya Sawaki|EVA=Marc Matney<br />Mark Franklin<br />Paul Johnson|IVA=???|FVA=???|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Baoh the Visitor|SName=Technician|Av=NoPicAv.png|Status=Villain|VA=Kōzō Shioya|EVA=Patrick Humphrey|IVA=???|FVA=???|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Dress Soldiers|SName=Soldiers|Av=SoldierAvOVA.png|Status=Villains|VA=Michitaka Kobayashi|EVA=Jim Clark<br />Kevin Greenway<br />Nick Manatee|IVA=[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25967 Cesare Rasini]<br />???|FVA=???|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}
{{Cast|Name=Baoh the Visitor|SName=Motorcycle Girl|Av=noPicAv.png|Status=Neutral|VA=Tomoko Maruo|EVA=Sandy Clubb|IVA=???|FVA=???|Color=Baoh3|Color2=Baoh2}}


==Credits==
==Credits==
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===Ending Theme=== <!--T:55-->
{{Soundtrack|Cover=BaohOST.jpg|Title=Ending 1|Name=Eternal Soldier|Artist={{W|Machida Yoshihito}}}}


==Manga/OVA Differences==
==Manga/OVA Differences==
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*Narration throughout the story is omitted.
*The female agent who is held responsible for Ikuro and Sumire's escape is given the name [[Sophine]]. She lasts longer in the OVA, while in the manga she is disposed of by the organization for letting the two escape.
*[[Sumire]]'s initial escape from her room is not shown. The woman chasing her is named [[Sophine]], and is accompanied by two guards while chasing her.
*[[Dordo]] appears earlier in the OVA, shooting the [[Baoh Dog|Baoh dog]] in the brain.
**Sophine is not held responsible and disposed of after [[Ikuro Hashizawa|Ikuro]] and Sumire's escape. Rather, she acts as [[Dr. Kasuminome]]'s personal assistant, and accompanies him throughout the film.
*[[Walken]] appears earlier in the OVA.
*At the bus stop, Sophine and Ikuro discuss the aftermath of the train incident, [[Dress Organization]], and Sumire's past. Their discussion of their ages is moved to the demolished building later on.
**The headpiece used to suppress Walken's psychic power is a bandana in the OVA; in the manga, it is instead a pair of headphones.
**Ikuro suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything besides his name, unlike the original story.
*Dordo's first confrontation with Baoh and kidnapping of Sumire occurs earlier in the OVA, after Baoh disposes of the Dress soldiers in the abandoned building.
*Rather than making fun of him, the owner of the motorcycle Ikuro asks to borrow after being stabbed falls off his bike in fear.
**The scene of Dordo using [[Aroma Bats]] against Baoh is removed.
*The Dress Organization's base in the Kitakami mountains is removed and replaced with their cliffside headquarters. As such, the Buddha statue retinal scanner is omitted.
**The scene of Dordo being mocked by the Dress Organization for only kidnapping Sumire is omitted.
*Kasuminome is shown consulting Dordo about [[22nd Man]]'s capacity to fulfill his mission.
*The characters [[Martin]] and [[Martin's Master|his master]] are completely omitted.
*The first part of the sequence with the [[Baoh Dog|dog Baoh]] plays out before 22nd Man attacks Ikuro. The tiger's death is shown after [[Baoh Parasite|Baoh]] pulls the knife out, and the dog and parasite's are shown after 22nd Man is defeated.
*The characters [[Rokusuke]] and [[Rokusuke's Wife|his wife]] are completely omitted, along with all scenes involving them.
**Sophine is shown opening the tiger's hatch.
*The scene where Ikuro tries saving a [[Aya (Baoh)|girl]] from a train without transforming into Baoh is omitted.
**Dordo is the one to shoot the dog in the head. It does not attempt to attack the glass until it is set on fire.
*Ikuro's second confrontation with Dordo as well as the latter's death is completely altered: In the OVA, Dordo tries shooting Ikuro from his helicopter while Ikuro is climbing towards the Dress Organization base, but Ikuro deflects one of the bullets, sending it back to Dordo's helicopter, which explodes with him in it. In the manga, Dordo tries assassinating Baoh in a town, but is forced to retreat after failing to do so, resulting in his execution by Walken.
**The Baoh parasite's imago stage is not mentioned by Kasuminome.
*The scientist that asks [[Kasuminome]] if they should stop [[Sumire]]'s torture is replaced by Sophine.
*Ikuro's knife wound is shown fully healed after he and Sumire stop at the gas station, rather than while driving.
*The scene of Baoh fighting the [[Sap Spiders]] in the Dress Organization base is removed.
*22nd Man does not explain how he knew Ikuro would stop at the gas station.
*Sophine is seen dying from a falling stalactite, along with Dr. Kasuminome.
*Kasuminome and Sophine consult [[Walken]] as to Ikuro's whereabouts while deploying Dordo.
**The headpiece used to suppress Walken's psychic power is a bandana rather than a pair of headphones.
*Ikuro and Sumire betting on a horse race is omitted.
*Ikuro's past is shown as a part of it comes back to him before the battle in the demolished building.
**Ikuro's dialogue with his parents is omitted.
**Ikuro's parents die in the traffic accident instead of being killed by Dress.
*Ikuro's flashback to sinking in an icy lake is omitted, as he cannot remember it.
*Baoh attacks the Dress soldiers on the same floor he and Sumire fell from.
**Baoh flinging stones to kill one of the soldiers is omitted.
**Baoh is not weak to fire. One soldier fires his flamethrower at him point-blank, but Baoh is unaffected by the flames and turns the nozzle back toward its wielder.
*A scene is added of Ikuro contemplating his Baoh form in a mirror.
*[[Martin]] and [[Martin's Master|his master]] are entirely removed. Instead, Dordo's confrontation with Baoh and kidnapping of Sumire occurs at the demolished building.
**Dordo's [[Aroma Bats]] are omitted; instead, Baoh uses his Shooting-Bees Stinger Phenomenon against Dordo when he puts a gun to Sumire's head.
**Dordo's internal monologue about the bond between Ikuro and Sumire is omitted.
**Dordo's delivery of the girl to Dress's headquarters is omitted.
*[[Rokusuke]] and [[Rokusuke's Wife|his wife]] are entirely removed.
*Dordo being mocked by Kasuminome for only kidnapping Sumire is omitted, as is his resulting humiliation during his second encounter with Baoh.
*Ikuro saving a [[Aya (Baoh)|girl]] from a train without transforming into Baoh is omitted, as is Sumire's failed interrogation.
*The scientist that asks Kasuminome whether to continue with Sumire's cacophonic torture despite her condition is replaced by Sophine. After Ikuro is spotted, she is ordered to call Walken.
*Baoh's internal monologues during his assault on Dress are removed.
*Dordo's second encounter with Baoh and death are changed dramatically. As Ikuro climbs toward Dress's headquarters, Dordo fires at him from a helicopter, but is killed when Baoh deflects his explosive bullet back at him.
*[[Cain]] and [[Bloody]] do not introduce themselves to Baoh before attacking him.
*Baoh uses the elevator in Dress's headquarters, rather than jumping down the shaft.
*Kasuminome's attempt to kill Baoh via Nepenthes fluid and [[Sap Spiders]] is omitted.
*The name of Walken's tribe is changed from Skookum to Skurm.
*Kasuminome orders the destruction of the lab after Walken's defeat. Sophine is shown activating the self-destruct switch.
*The laser cannons in Sumire's torture chamber activate automatically and target Baoh rather than Sumire.
*Kasuminome's escape pod holds two people rather than one, allowing both him and Sophine to enter. The scientists Kasuminome leaves outside the pod are omitted.
*Sophine is fatally pierced by a falling stalactite at the same time as Kasuminome.
**Kasuminome's farewell to Baoh is omitted.
*The aftermath of Dress's destruction is narrated by Sumire.
*Sumire is shown at an older age during the epilogue. Rather than Rokusuke's house, she is seen at the coast near the ruins of Dress's headquarters, looking toward the sea where Ikuro rests.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Promotional Material===
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Baoh Pamphlet-1.png|Pamphlet cover
BaohMovicDeskPad.png|Baoh Original Video Animation Promotional Poster
Baoh Pamphlet-3.png|Summary
BAOH OVA Laserdisc Poster.png|Baoh Laserdisc/Soundtrack Promotional Poster
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 3&4.png|Characters
BaohAnimeVideoPackage.png|Promotional and Cover Artwork for the Baoh OVA
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 5&6.png|Story Digest #1
BaohTheVisitorLaserDisc.jpg|LaserDisc Cover Artwork
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 7&8.png|Story Digest #2
Baoh1989CDJacket.png|CD Soundtrack Jacket, Raw Cover
Baoh Pamphlet-2.png|Story Digest #3
BaohDVD2003.png|Cover Artwork for the 2003 DVD Re-release
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 11&12.png|[[Sumire]]
Baoh Pamphlet-4.png|Ability (Baoh)
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 15&16.png|[[Interview:Baoh OVA Pamphlet (September 1989)|Interview]]
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 17&18.png|[[Interview:Baoh OVA Pamphlet (September 1989)|Comments]] and release advertisement
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BaohMovicDeskPad.png|Theatrical poster
BAOH Ova Image.jpg|VHS Tape Cover (JP)
BaohAnimeVideoPackage.png|VHS/pamphlet cover art
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BaohTheVisitorLaserDisc.jpg|Laserdisc cover art
BaohTheVisitor.jpg|DVD Cover (JP)
BAOH OVA Laserdisc Poster.png|Laserdisc poster
BaohTheVisitorLaserDisc.jpg|LaserDisc Cover (JP)
Baoh1989CDJacket.png|Soundtrack cover art
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BaohOST.jpg|CD Soundtrack Jacket Cover
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|Other|
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Newtype 12-1989 - Baoh Ad.png|Newtype (12/1989) advertisement
BoahOVAdvd.jpg|DVD Cover (US)
AnimeV1989Issue10.jpg|Anime V (10/1989) article
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AnimeV1989Issue10-2.jpg|Anime V (10/1989) article #2
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Baoh Italian DVD Release Back Cover.jpg
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===Concept Art===
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Sumire Point.png
Baoh-2.png
Baoh-3.png
Ikuro Newspaper.png
Sumire Drawing.png
Baoh-4.png
Baoh-6.png
Baoh-9.png
Baoh-10.png
Baoh-12.png
Baoh-13.png
Ikuro Semi-Transformed.png
Baoh-14.png
Ikuro Melts Truck.png
Baoh-15.png
Baoh-16.png
Baoh-17.png
Baoh-19.png
Happy Ikuro.png
Baoh-20.png
Baoh Blades.png
Baoh-21.png
BaohIkuroDual.png|Baoh and Ikuro
Dordo.png
Baoh-22.png
Dr. Kasuminome Infobox OVA.png
Baoh-23.png
Baoh Blast.png
Baoh-24.png
Baoh-25.png
Baoh-27.png
Baoh-28.png
WalkenOVA.png
Walken Attacks.png
Walken Molecular Seismic Wave.png
Walken Defeated.png
Baoh-29.png
BaohBreaksWall.png|Ikuro breaks through the wall to save Sumire
Baoh-30.png
Baoh-31.png
Baoh saves Sumire.png
Sumire Hugging Ikuro.png
Baoh-32.png
Baoh Break Dark Thunder.png
Walken Killed.png
Kasuminome Killed.png
Sumire and Nottsuo Epilogue.png
Ikuro Epilogue.png
</gallery>
|-|
Model Sheets=
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
1-Baoh-Parasite-MS.png
1-Baoh-Parasite-MS.png
2-Ikuro-1-MS.png
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</gallery>
</gallery>

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===Releases===
Info=
{{Tabber
|Japan|
<gallery>
<gallery>
BAOH Ova Image.jpg|VHS cover
Chapter 136 Magazine Cover B.png|[[Chapter 136]] Advertisement
Baoh VHS Cover JPN Spread.png|VHS full cover
Newtype 10-1989 - Baoh Ad.png|Newtype 10/1989 Advertisement
BaohTheVisitorLaserDisc.jpg|Laserdisc cover
Newtype 12-1989 - Baoh Ad.png|Newtype 12/1989 Advertisement
Baoh JP Laserdisc Back.png|Laserdisc back cover
AnimeV1989Issue10.jpg|Anime V 10/1989 Article
BaohOST.jpg|Soundtrack cover
AnimeV1989Issue10-2.jpg|Anime V 10/1989 Article #2
BaohTheVisitor.jpg|DVD cover
Baoh Pamphlet-1.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Cover
Baoh Pamphlet-5.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Back Cover
Baoh DVD Menu.png|DVD menu
Baoh Pamphlet-3.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Summary
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 3&4.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Characters
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 5&6.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-DIGTEST STORY #1
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 7&8.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-DIGTEST STORY #2
Baoh Pamphlet-2.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-DIGEST STORY #3
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 11&12.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-[[Sumire]]
Baoh Pamphlet-4.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Ability
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 15&16.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Interview
BAOH OVA Pamphlet Pg. 17&18.png|"Toho Cinemas" Pamphlet-Release Advertisement
</gallery>
</gallery>
|USA|
</tabber>
<gallery>
BaohVHS US.jpg|VHS cover (subtitled version)
Baoh OVA English Dub Release VHS.png|VHS cover (dubbed version)
BaohLaserDiscUS.png|Laserdisc cover
BaohOVAdvd.jpg|DVD cover
</gallery>
|France|
<gallery>
Baoh OVA French VHS.jpg|VHS cover
Baoh OVA French VHS Spread.png|VHS full cover
</gallery>
|Italy|
<gallery>
Baoh VHS Italy.jpg|VHS cover
Baoh OVA Italy.jpg|DVD cover
BAOH OVA Italy 2.jpeg|DVD back cover
Baoh Italian DVD Release Back Cover.jpg|DVD full cover
</gallery>
|Germany|
<gallery>
Baoh VHS Germany.png|VHS cover
Baoh German OVA VHS Release.png|VHS full cover
Baoh Yoma DVD Germany.png|DVD cover (''{{W|Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma|Yoma}}'' double feature)
</gallery>
}}


==Trivia==
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Sumire Point.png
Baoh-2.png
Baoh-3.png
Ikuro Newspaper.png
Sumire Drawing.png
Baoh-4.png
Baoh-6.png
Baoh-9.png
Baoh-10.png
Baoh-12.png
Baoh-13.png
Ikuro Semi-Transformed.png
Baoh-14.png
Ikuro Melts Truck.png
Baoh-15.png
Baoh-16.png
Baoh-17.png
Baoh-19.png
Happy Ikuro.png
Baoh-20.png
Baoh Blades.png
Baoh-21.png
BaohIkuroDual.png|Baoh and Ikuro
Dordo.png
Baoh-22.png
Baoh-23.png
Baoh Blast.png
Baoh-24.png
Baoh-25.png
Baoh-27.png
Baoh-28.png
WalkenOVA.png
Walken Attacks.png
Walken Molecular Seismic Wave.png
Walken Defeated.png
Baoh-29.png
BaohBreaksWall.png|Ikuro breaks through the wall to save Sumire
Baoh-30.png
Baoh-31.png
Baoh saves Sumire.png
Sumire Hugging Ikuro.png
Baoh-32.png
Baoh Break Dark Thunder.png
Walken Killed.png
Kasuminome Killed.png
Sumire and Nottsuo Epilogue.png
Ikuro Epilogue.png
</gallery>


==Trivia==
*The OVA premiered at select {{W|Toho Cinemas}} on September 16, 1989 with a VHS release date set for November 1, 1989. However, customers were allowed to rent the video at {{W|Video rental shop|video rental shops}} beforehand starting from October 13, 1989.<ref>https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/928048848</ref>
*The OVA premiered at select {{W|Toho Cinemas}} on September 16, 1989 with a VHS release date set for November 1, 1989. However, customers were allowed to rent the video at {{W|Video rental shop|video rental shops}} beforehand starting from October 13, 1989.<ref>https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/928048848</ref>
*In later re-releases of the OVA, an original English ending track is added after the Japanese credits, played alongside a set of English credits for the English dubbing and production. The song is left unnamed, as well as uncredited, and has not been released outside of playing during the end credits.
*In later re-releases of the OVA, an original English ending track is added after the Japanese credits, played alongside a set of English credits for the English dubbing and production. The song is left unnamed, as well as uncredited, and has not been released outside of playing during the end credits.
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==See also==
==See also==

*[[Anime Gallery]]
*[[Anime Gallery]]
*[[Model Sheet Archive]]
*[[Model Sheet Archive]]
*[[Storyboard Archive]]
*[[Key Animation Archive]]


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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Baoh the Visitor''}}

Latest revision as of 20:34, 9 March 2025

Manga
OVA
Soundtrack

“
It lives in your brain... and it won't let you die!
”
—Tagline

Baoh the Visitor (バオー来訪者, Baō Raihōsha) is a single-episode OVA adaptation of the manga series Baoh the Visitor by Hirohiko Araki. It was produced by Studio Pierrot and distributed by Toho and Shōnen Jump Video. The OVA premiered in select theaters on September 16, 1989 and was eventually released to VHS on November 1, 1989. A LaserDisc version was distributed on December 21, 1989.[1]

An English localization of the VHS and LaserDisc were released by AnimEigo on May 24, 1995 and June 6, 1995 respectively. The company followed with a DVD version on February 26, 2002. A Japanese DVD release by Toshiba Digital Frontiers was eventually distributed on April 2, 2003. The OVA also released in Italy, France, and Germany. Italy and France dubbed it in their respective languages, whereas the German release kept the Japanese voices.

Summary

The story begins on a running armored train belonging to the Dress Organization. A little girl named Sumire has escaped her cell and is pursued by Sophine, one of Dress's agents. Sumire, a psychic, uses her power to break into a fortified wagon where the containment of the Baoh parasite is overseen by Dr. Kasuminome. Sumire then turns a valve, causing a failure of the containment system which reveals a young boy with extraordinary strength and resilience. Sumire and the boy then escape from the train in the ensuing chaos.

Hours later, Sumire and the boy take a rest. The boy, Ikuro Hashizawa, reveals that he can't remember his past, even as Sumire explains her own past as an orphan. Suddenly, an assassin from the Dress Organization stabs Ikuro from behind. Ikuro and Sumire then flee on a motorbike with the assassin pursuing them. The assassin eventually ambushes Ikuro and inflicts mortal wounds with his combat knife, but Ikuro partially turns into Baoh, heals his wounds, and kills the assassin. Meanwhile, Kasuminome and Sophine demonstrate the potential of the Baoh parasite to the sponsors of the Dress Organization. Dordo, one of Dress's elite enforcers, shows that bullets to the head and fire can kill a Baoh. Dordo is then deployed with a death squad to hunt down Ikuro.

Ikuro and Sumire take refuge in an abandoned building. Ikuro remembers a car crash and the subsequent experiments Kasuminome performed on him. Sumire senses the death squad coming, and a battle ensues. Sumire is knocked out in the struggle, but Ikuro fully turns into Baoh and decimates the squad. When Dordo takes Sumire hostage, Baoh uses his stinger hairs to melt Dordo's skin, only to reveal that Dordo is a cyborg whose loss of skin is a minor inconvenience. Fleeing with Sumire, Dordo goads Ikuro to come to Dress's main laboratory to take her back.

Back at the lab, Kasuminome tortures Sumire to lure Ikuro, who can sense her suffering. As Ikuro scales a cliff leading to the lab, Dordo attempts to shoot him with an explosive bullet from a helicopter. However, Baoh manifests a new ability and projects an energy field that reflects the bullet toward Dordo, destroying the helicopter and killing the agent. Baoh enters the lab, but is confronted by Walken, another psychic working for Dress. Despite the sheer strength of Walken's psychokinesis, Baoh lands one of his sharp arm-blades in his skull, taking him out. Running out of options, Kasuminome orders Sophine to engage the building's self-destruct mechanism, and the two take refuge in an escape pod.

Ikuro breaks into Sumire's cell, disables the laser defense set up in the room, and revives her with his own blood. Meanwhile, Walken regains consciousness; with the psychic limiter inside his bandana destroyed by Baoh's blade, he goes berserk. Confronting Ikuro and Sumire, Walken opens a hole in the ground, causing all three to fall into the cavern beneath the laboratory alongside Kasuminome and Sophine's escape pod. Ikuro silently points Sumire to an escape route, and Sumire leaves him after a tearful goodbye. Using one of the laser cannons from Sumire's cell, Baoh defeats Walken, fatally wounding Kasuminome and Sophine in the process. The building then finally explodes, causing the cavern to collapse.

Years later, Sumire returns to a beach near what remains of Dress's headquarters, having seen a vision of Ikuro slumbering in the depths below the laboratory. Sumire predicts that he will awaken when she turns 17, and promises to wait for him.

Cast

Protagonist
Ikuro Hashizawa
United States of America Actor:
Brian Hinnant
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
Michel Ré
Italy Actor:
Luigi Rosa
Germany Actor:
N/A
Ally
Sumire
United States of America Actress:
Kem Helms
Mexico Actress:
N/A
Spain Actress:
N/A
Brazil Actress:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actress:
N/A
France Actress:
Marjolaine Poulain
Italy Actress:
Dania Cericola
Germany Actress:
N/A
Villain
Dr. Kasuminome
United States of America Actor:
Mike Way
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
Jean-Paul Audrain
Italy Actor:
Claudio Parachinetto
Germany Actor:
N/A
Villain
Dordo
United States of America Actor:
Dave Underwood
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
Jean-François Regazzi
Italy Actor:
Pasquale Ruju
Germany Actor:
N/A
Villain
Sophine
United States of America Actress:
Sara Seidman
Mexico Actress:
N/A
Spain Actress:
N/A
Brazil Actress:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actress:
N/A
France Actress:
Anne Plumet
Italy Actress:
Claudia Penoni
Germany Actress:
N/A
Villain
Walken
United States of America Actor:
Chuck Denson
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
John Berrebi
Italy Actor:
Eligio Irato
Germany Actor:
N/A
Villain
22nd Man
United States of America Actor:
Sean P. O'Connell
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
???
Italy Actor:
???
Germany Actor:
N/A
Villains
Masked Men
United States of America Actors:
Marc Matney
Mark Franklin
Paul Johnson
Mexico Actors:
N/A
Spain Actors:
N/A
Brazil Actors:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actors:
N/A
France Actors:
???
Italy Actors:
???
Germany Actors:
N/A
Villain
Technician
United States of America Actor:
Patrick Humphrey
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
???
Italy Actor:
???
Germany Actor:
N/A
Villains
Soldiers
United States of America Actor:
Jim Clark
Kevin Greenway
Nick Manatee
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
???
Italy Actor:
Cesare Rasini
???
Germany Actor:
N/A
Neutral
Motorcycle Girl
United States of America Actor:
Sandy Clubb
Mexico Actor:
N/A
Spain Actor:
N/A
Brazil Actor:
N/A
Flag of Thailand Actor:
N/A
France Actor:
???
Italy Actor:
???
Germany Actor:
N/A

Home Video Releases

JapanUSAFranceItalyGermany

Baoh
(バオー来訪者)

Link to this section
LDVHS
Release Date
Japan November 1, 1989 (VHS)
Japan December 21, 1989 (LD)
Price
¥4,800


Barcode
4988104202765 (LD), 4988104205698 (VHS)
Specifications

Features: Information Card (LD)

Baoh the Visitor
(バオー来訪者)

Link to this section

Release Date
Japan April 2, 2003
Price
¥5,800


Barcode
4988102317522 (DVD)
Specifications

Features: Model Sheet Collection, Information Booklet

Baoh

Link to this section
LDVHS
Release Date
United States of America May 24, 1995 (VHS)
United States of America June 6, 1995 (LD)
Price
$44.95 (LD), $19.95 (VHS)


Barcode
737187001130 (LD), 73718700111 (Sub VHS), 737187001123 (Dub VHS)
Specifications

Features: Japanese and English Audio, English Subtitles

Baoh

Link to this section

Release Date
United States of America February 28, 2002
Price
$24.95


Barcode
737187003387 (DVD)
Specifications

Features: Japanese and English Audio, English Subtitles

Baoh

Link to this section

Release Date
France September 25, 1995 (VHS)


Barcode
3495899502006 (VHS)
Specifications

Features: French Audio

Baoh

Link to this section

Release Date
Italy May 2, 1991 (VHS)
Price
₤39.00


Specifications

Features: Italian Audio

Baoh

Link to this section

Release Date
Italy June 9, 2003 (DVD)
Price
₤26.50


Barcode
8016573008420 (DVD)
Specifications

Features: Japanese and Italian Audio, Italian Subtitles

Baoh

Link to this section

Release Date
Germany September 22, 2000 (VHS)


Barcode
4021924040398 (VHS)
Specifications

Features: Japanese Audio, German Subtitles

Yoma: Curse of the Undead + Baoh Double Feature

Link to this section

Release Date
Germany July 7, 2001 (DVD)


Barcode
4021924040022 (VHS)
Specifications

Features: Japanese Audio, German Subtitles


Soundtracks

Baoh the Visitor Original Soundtrack
Hiroyuki Namba
Ending
Eternal Soldier
Machida Yoshihito

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
荒木飛呂彦
寺田憲史
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
鳥海永行
Episode Director (演出)
Hiroyuki Yokoyama
横山広行
Animation Director (作画監督)
Masayuki Sana
沙那芭美智

Manga/OVA Differences

  • Narration throughout the story is omitted.
  • Sumire's initial escape from her room is not shown. The woman chasing her is named Sophine, and is accompanied by two guards while chasing her.
    • Sophine is not held responsible and disposed of after Ikuro and Sumire's escape. Rather, she acts as Dr. Kasuminome's personal assistant, and accompanies him throughout the film.
  • At the bus stop, Sophine and Ikuro discuss the aftermath of the train incident, Dress Organization, and Sumire's past. Their discussion of their ages is moved to the demolished building later on.
    • Ikuro suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything besides his name, unlike the original story.
  • Rather than making fun of him, the owner of the motorcycle Ikuro asks to borrow after being stabbed falls off his bike in fear.
  • The Dress Organization's base in the Kitakami mountains is removed and replaced with their cliffside headquarters. As such, the Buddha statue retinal scanner is omitted.
  • Kasuminome is shown consulting Dordo about 22nd Man's capacity to fulfill his mission.
  • The first part of the sequence with the dog Baoh plays out before 22nd Man attacks Ikuro. The tiger's death is shown after Baoh pulls the knife out, and the dog and parasite's are shown after 22nd Man is defeated.
    • Sophine is shown opening the tiger's hatch.
    • Dordo is the one to shoot the dog in the head. It does not attempt to attack the glass until it is set on fire.
    • The Baoh parasite's imago stage is not mentioned by Kasuminome.
  • Ikuro's knife wound is shown fully healed after he and Sumire stop at the gas station, rather than while driving.
  • 22nd Man does not explain how he knew Ikuro would stop at the gas station.
  • Kasuminome and Sophine consult Walken as to Ikuro's whereabouts while deploying Dordo.
    • The headpiece used to suppress Walken's psychic power is a bandana rather than a pair of headphones.
  • Ikuro and Sumire betting on a horse race is omitted.
  • Ikuro's past is shown as a part of it comes back to him before the battle in the demolished building.
    • Ikuro's dialogue with his parents is omitted.
    • Ikuro's parents die in the traffic accident instead of being killed by Dress.
  • Ikuro's flashback to sinking in an icy lake is omitted, as he cannot remember it.
  • Baoh attacks the Dress soldiers on the same floor he and Sumire fell from.
    • Baoh flinging stones to kill one of the soldiers is omitted.
    • Baoh is not weak to fire. One soldier fires his flamethrower at him point-blank, but Baoh is unaffected by the flames and turns the nozzle back toward its wielder.
  • A scene is added of Ikuro contemplating his Baoh form in a mirror.
  • Martin and his master are entirely removed. Instead, Dordo's confrontation with Baoh and kidnapping of Sumire occurs at the demolished building.
    • Dordo's Aroma Bats are omitted; instead, Baoh uses his Shooting-Bees Stinger Phenomenon against Dordo when he puts a gun to Sumire's head.
    • Dordo's internal monologue about the bond between Ikuro and Sumire is omitted.
    • Dordo's delivery of the girl to Dress's headquarters is omitted.
  • Rokusuke and his wife are entirely removed.
  • Dordo being mocked by Kasuminome for only kidnapping Sumire is omitted, as is his resulting humiliation during his second encounter with Baoh.
  • Ikuro saving a girl from a train without transforming into Baoh is omitted, as is Sumire's failed interrogation.
  • The scientist that asks Kasuminome whether to continue with Sumire's cacophonic torture despite her condition is replaced by Sophine. After Ikuro is spotted, she is ordered to call Walken.
  • Baoh's internal monologues during his assault on Dress are removed.
  • Dordo's second encounter with Baoh and death are changed dramatically. As Ikuro climbs toward Dress's headquarters, Dordo fires at him from a helicopter, but is killed when Baoh deflects his explosive bullet back at him.
  • Cain and Bloody do not introduce themselves to Baoh before attacking him.
  • Baoh uses the elevator in Dress's headquarters, rather than jumping down the shaft.
  • Kasuminome's attempt to kill Baoh via Nepenthes fluid and Sap Spiders is omitted.
  • The name of Walken's tribe is changed from Skookum to Skurm.
  • Kasuminome orders the destruction of the lab after Walken's defeat. Sophine is shown activating the self-destruct switch.
  • The laser cannons in Sumire's torture chamber activate automatically and target Baoh rather than Sumire.
  • Kasuminome's escape pod holds two people rather than one, allowing both him and Sophine to enter. The scientists Kasuminome leaves outside the pod are omitted.
  • Sophine is fatally pierced by a falling stalactite at the same time as Kasuminome.
    • Kasuminome's farewell to Baoh is omitted.
  • The aftermath of Dress's destruction is narrated by Sumire.
  • Sumire is shown at an older age during the epilogue. Rather than Rokusuke's house, she is seen at the coast near the ruins of Dress's headquarters, looking toward the sea where Ikuro rests.

Gallery

Promotional Material

Toho CinemasClean ArtOther
  • Pamphlet cover
    Pamphlet cover
  • Summary
    Summary
  • Characters
    Characters
  • Story Digest #1
    Story Digest #1
  • Story Digest #2
    Story Digest #2
  • Story Digest #3
    Story Digest #3
  • Sumire
    Sumire
  • Ability (Baoh)
    Ability (Baoh)
  • Interview
    Interview
  • Comments and release advertisement
    Comments and release advertisement
  • Pamphlet back cover
    Pamphlet back cover
  • Theatrical poster
    Theatrical poster
  • VHS/pamphlet cover art
    VHS/pamphlet cover art
  • Laserdisc cover art
    Laserdisc cover art
  • Laserdisc poster
    Laserdisc poster
  • Soundtrack cover art
    Soundtrack cover art
  • DVD release cover art
    DVD release cover art
  • Chapter 136 advertisement
    Chapter 136 advertisement
  • Newtype (10/1989) advertisement
    Newtype (10/1989) advertisement
  • Newtype (12/1989) advertisement
    Newtype (12/1989) advertisement
  • Anime V (10/1989) article
    Anime V (10/1989) article
  • Anime V (10/1989) article #2
    Anime V (10/1989) article #2

Concept Art

Releases

JapanUSAFranceItalyGermany
  • VHS cover
    VHS cover
  • VHS full cover
    VHS full cover
  • Laserdisc cover
    Laserdisc cover
  • Laserdisc back cover
    Laserdisc back cover
  • Soundtrack cover
    Soundtrack cover
  • DVD cover
    DVD cover
  • DVD menu
    DVD menu
  • VHS cover (subtitled version)
    VHS cover (subtitled version)
  • VHS cover (dubbed version)
    VHS cover (dubbed version)
  • Laserdisc cover
    Laserdisc cover
  • DVD cover
    DVD cover
  • VHS cover
    VHS cover
  • VHS full cover
    VHS full cover
  • VHS cover
    VHS cover
  • DVD cover
    DVD cover
  • DVD back cover
    DVD back cover
  • DVD full cover
    DVD full cover
  • VHS cover
    VHS cover
  • VHS full cover
    VHS full cover
  • DVD cover (Yoma double feature)
    DVD cover (Yoma double feature)

Screenshots

  • Baoh and Ikuro
    Baoh and Ikuro
  • Ikuro breaks through the wall to save Sumire
    Ikuro breaks through the wall to save Sumire

Trivia

  • The OVA premiered at select Toho Cinemas on September 16, 1989 with a VHS release date set for November 1, 1989. However, customers were allowed to rent the video at video rental shops beforehand starting from October 13, 1989.[2]
  • In later re-releases of the OVA, an original English ending track is added after the Japanese credits, played alongside a set of English credits for the English dubbing and production. The song is left unnamed, as well as uncredited, and has not been released outside of playing during the end credits.
  • Hirohiko Araki thought the OVA was really well made, especially considering the limitations on its production. However, he felt that it was a bit of a waste that it adapts both manga volumes into a single VHS. He would have liked to see the two volumes of the manga adapted separately.[3]

References

See also

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