Baoh
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An issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump featuring Baoh.
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バオー来訪者 (Baoh Raihōsha) |
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| Genre | Action, Supernatural, Thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | 9 October 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 (company) |
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| Released | 1 November 1989 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
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 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 in 1989.
Baoh is Araki's first series to display his signature amount of over-the-top gore.
Teenager Ikuro Hashizawa is kidnapped and turned into a Baoh, a bioweapon with super human strength and other abilities, by the Doress Laboratory. He escapes with the help of Sumire, a 10-year-old psychic girl. Professor Kasuminome, head scientist at Doress, sends various assassins and monsters to try and kill Ikuro, in means of stopping the Baoh virus from spreading and infecting the world.
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.
The manga was licensed in English and released in monthly chapters by Viz Media in 1990; sales were pitiful and it wasn't until 1995 that they released it in tankōbon format. The OVA was licensed for an English DVD release by AnimEigo in 2000, but was delayed,
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