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Baoh the Visitor (OVA)
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“
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 theatres 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.
Release Dates
| Format |  Release Date |
 Release Date |
 Release Date
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Theatrical | September 16, 1989[2] | N/A | N/A |
| VHS | November 1, 1989[3] | May 24, 1995 | 1999 |
| LaserDisc | December 21, 1989[4] | June 6, 1995 | N/A |
| DVD | April 2, 2003 | February 26, 2002 | 2003 |
Summary
The story begins on a running armored train of the 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 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 reveals that he's amnesiac while Sumire explains her 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cast
Japanese
English
Italian
Protagonist
Ally Voice Actor(s):Noriko Hidaka
Voice Actor(s):Kem Helms
Voice Actor(s):???
Villain
Villain
Villain
Villain Voice Actor(s):Yusaku Yara
Voice Actor(s):Chuck Denson
Voice Actor(s):???
Villain Voice Actor(s):Ikuya Sawaki
Voice Actor(s):Sean P. O'Connell
Voice Actor(s):???
Villains Voice Actor(s):Shinya Otaki
Masaharu Sato
Ikuya Sawaki
Voice Actor(s):Marc Matney
Mark Franklin
Paul Johnson
Voice Actor(s):???
Villain Voice Actor(s):Kōzō Shioya
Voice Actor(s):Patrick Humphrey
Voice Actor(s):???
Villains Voice Actor(s):Michitaka Kobayashi
Voice Actor(s):Jim Clark
Kevin Greenway
Nick Manatee
Voice Actor(s):Cesare Rasini
???
Neutral Voice Actor(s):Tomoko Maruo
Voice Actor(s):Sandy Clubb
Voice Actor(s):???
Credits
Staff
Animation Director Cooperation (作画監督協力)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Hiroki Takagi
Shoichi Masuo
Hiroki Takagi
Shoichi Masuo
大橋誉志光
高木弘樹
増尾昭一
高木弘樹
増尾昭一
Mechanical Animation Director (メカ作画監督)
Masayoshi Tano
田野雅祥
Key Animation (原画)
Isamu Honda
Tomohiro Hirata
Takahiro Omori
Akiyuki Shinbo
Takahiro Kishida
Masaya Onishi
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Takuya Saito
Ken Ueno
Shuichi Chidao
Ryuichi Makino
Hidekazu Ohara
Shigeki Kuhara
Kia Asamiya
Suzuki Shunji
Ozeki Noriko
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Hiroshi Yoneda
Hiroki Takagi
Susumu Nishizawa
Shoichi Masuo
Tomohiro Hirata
Takahiro Omori
Akiyuki Shinbo
Takahiro Kishida
Masaya Onishi
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Takuya Saito
Ken Ueno
Shuichi Chidao
Ryuichi Makino
Hidekazu Ohara
Shigeki Kuhara
Kia Asamiya
Suzuki Shunji
Ozeki Noriko
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Hiroshi Yoneda
Hiroki Takagi
Susumu Nishizawa
Shoichi Masuo
本田 勇
平田智浩
大森貴弘
新房昭之
岸田隆宏
大西雅也
窪岡俊之
斉藤卓也
上野 賢
千田尾秀一
牧野竜一
小原秀一
工原茂樹
菊池通隆
鈴木俊二
大関紀子
大橋誉志光
米田 宏
高木弘樹
西澤 晋
増尾昭一
平田智浩
大森貴弘
新房昭之
岸田隆宏
大西雅也
窪岡俊之
斉藤卓也
上野 賢
千田尾秀一
牧野竜一
小原秀一
工原茂樹
菊池通隆
鈴木俊二
大関紀子
大橋誉志光
米田 宏
高木弘樹
西澤 晋
増尾昭一
Background Line Art (美術設定)
Baku Production
Haginiwa Hirofumi
Hidehara Nakahara
Masao Ichitani
Kosugi Mitsuyoshi
Momonori Taniguchi
Hitoshi Nagao
Hidehara Nakahara
Masao Ichitani
Kosugi Mitsuyoshi
Momonori Taniguchi
Hitoshi Nagao
萩庭裕文
中原英統
市谷正夫
小杉光芳
谷口百範
長尾 仁
中原英統
市谷正夫
小杉光芳
谷口百範
長尾 仁
Ending Theme
Manga/OVA Differences
- 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.
- Dordo appears earlier in the OVA, shooting the Baoh dog in the brain.
- Walken appears earlier in the OVA.
- 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.
- 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.
- The scene of Dordo using Aroma Bats against Baoh is removed.
- The scene of Dordo being mocked by the Dress Organization for only kidnapping Sumire is omitted.
- The characters Martin and his master are completely omitted.
- The characters Rokusuke and his wife are completely omitted, along with all scenes involving them.
- The scene where Ikuro tries saving a girl from a train without transforming into Baoh is omitted.
- 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 scene of Baoh fighting the Sap Spiders in the Dress Organization base is removed.
- Sophine is seen dying from a falling stalactite, along with Dr. Kasuminome.
Gallery
VHS Tape Cover (JP)
DVD Cover (JP)
LaserDisc Cover (JP)
CD Soundtrack Jacket Cover
VHS Tape Cover (English Subbed) (US)
VHS Tape Cover (English Dub) (US)
DVD Cover (US)
LaserDisc Cover (US)
Cover art of the French release of Baoh: The Visitor on VHS
Cover art of the Italian release of Baoh: The Visitor on DVD
Cover art of the German release of Baoh: The Visitor on VHS
Baoh and Ikuro
- Dr Kasuminome.png
Ikuro breaks through the wall to save Sumire
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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.[5]
- 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.[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/122003557
- ↑ Weekly Shonen Jump 1989 Issue #38 - Title Page
- ↑ Toho Video AD - Baoh OVA - Newtype 1989 Issue #10
- ↑ Toho Video AD - Five Star Stories, BAOH OVA and Utsunomiko - Newtype 1989 Issue #12
- ↑ https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/928048848
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: ARAKI HIROHIKO
