Baoh the Visitor

This article is about the series. For this series' protagonist, see Ikuro Hashizawa.

Baoh: The Visitor (バオー来訪者, Baō Raihōsha) is a manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki; originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1985, and later compiled into two tankōbon volumes.

The manga was licensed in English and released in monthly chapters by VIZ Media in 1990. Financially unsuccessful, it was not until 1995 that they released it in tankōbon format.

The series was adapted into a single-episode original video animation (OVA) by Studio Pierrot in 1989; licensed for an English DVD release by AnimEigo in 2000, delayed until finally released in 2002.

Synopsis

Teenager Ikuro Hashizawa (橋沢 育朗, Hashizawa Ikurō) is kidnapped by the Doress (Judas in the English manga) Laboratory and turned into a Baoh, a bioweapon with super-human strength and other abilities.

He escapes with the help of Sumire (スミレ, lit. "Violet"), a 10-year-old psychic girl who also was kept by the Judas group. Professor Kasuminome (Hazyeye in the English manga), head scientist at Judas, sends various assassins and monsters to try and kill Ikuro, in means of stopping the Baoh virus from spreading and infecting the world.

One of the assassins, Dorudo, manages to kidnap Violet to lure Ikuro, but his unauthorized actions makes Judas have him executed by Walken, the giant psychic. In his attempt to save Violet, Ikuro destroys Walken's headgear, the only thing keeping his power under control, and the whole facility explodes, killing several scientists of Doress, Kasuminome and Walken.

Ikuro is left dormant at the bottom of the sea, but Violet has a last vision: He's stil alive and will come back years later to meet her again.

Volumes

Title
Chapters	Release Date	ISBN	Cover
Volume 1: The Invincible Body's Baoh (無敵の肉体バオー Muteki no Nikutai Baō)
001. The Final Weapon Baoh (最終兵器バオー, Sāishū Hēki Baō) 002. Obliterate Directive! (抹殺指令!, Massatsu Shirei!) 003. The Invincible Body's Baoh (無敵の肉体バオー, Muteki no Nikutai Baō) 004. Monster Martin (凶獣マーチン, Kyozyu Machīn) 005. Granpa Rokusuke (六助じいさん, Rokusuke Jīsan)	(JP) 1985	(JP) ISBN 4-08-851029-3
Volume 2: Demon Human Walken (魔人ウォーケン Majīn Wōken)
001. Aroma Bat (アロマ・バット, Aroma Batto) 002. Go Away Baoh! (怪物(バオー)よ出でよ, Kaibutsu(Baō) yo Ideyo) 003. Cyborg's Lieutenant Colonel Dorudo (サイボーグ・ドルド中佐, Sāibōgu Dorudo Chūsa) 004. Demon Human Walken (魔人ウォーケン, Majīn Wōken)	(JP) 1985	(JP) ISBN 4-08-851030-9

Cast Seiyū Voice Actor Ikuro Hashizawa Hideyuki Hori Brian Hinnant Sumire Noriko Hidaka Kem Helms Kasuminome Ichiro Nagai Mike Way Dordo Shuichi Ikeda Dave Underwood Sophine Yō Inoue Sara Seidman Walken Yusaku Yara Chuck Denson #22 Ikuya Sawaki Sean P. O'Connell Masked Men Shinya Otaki Masaharu Sato Ikuya Sawaki Marc Matney Mark Franklin Paul Johnson Technician Kōzō Shioya Patrick Humphrey Soldier Michitaka Kobayashi Jim Clark Kevin Greenway Nick Manatee Motorcycle Girl Tomoko Maruo Sandy Clubb

Trivia

• Baoh was Araki's first series to display his signature amount of over-the-top gore.
• In episode 10 of the Anime, Joseph is seen in a flashback reading Baoh (the same scene in the manga used Superman).
• Baoh appears as a guest fighter in All Star Battle.

Gallery

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  Weekly Shonen Jump

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  Jump Remix Edition featuring Baoh (and Magic Boy B.T.)

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  Baoh OVA DVD cover

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  Baoh with a laser weapon

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  Baoh/Ikuro; OVA adaptation

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  Baoh in All-Star Battle