Baoh - The 1989 adult anime and manga series
Baoh is a manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1985, and was subsequently collected in two tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a single episode original animated video (OVA) by Studio Pierrot and released by Toho in 1989, aimed at an adult audience for very violent scenes.
The manga series is about a man named Baoh, who is turned into a weapon by the Doress Organization. He is sent on a mission to assassinate Professor Kato, but ends up protecting him.
The OVA adaptation follows Baoh's mission to assassinate Professor Kato, but ultimately fails and is captured by the military.
History
Since escaping from the Doress Laboratory, Ikuro Hashizawa has been on the run from Professor Kasuminome and her team of scientists. Ikuro knows that Kasuminome will stop at nothing to catch him and use his Baoh virus for his own purposes.
Over the course of his journey, Ikuro made some friends who helped him fight against Kasuminome's henchmen. He has also learned to know his powers better than him and to control them.
However, Ikuro knows he can't keep running away forever. He must find a way to stop Kasuminome and his team before he unleashes the Baoh virus on the world.
Characters
Ikuro Hashizawa is the protagonist of the Baoh manga. He was kidnapped and turned into a Baoh by Doress. However, he later manages to escape and fight Doress to protect those he cares about.
He later discovers that he has been the victim of a car accident, with his beneficial survival for Doress's trials. Like Baoh, Ikuro exhibits other abilities. Baoh Meltedin Palm Phenomenon allows him to secrete corrosive enzymes from his hands, dissolving through metal and human flesh.
Baoh Reskiniharden Saber Phenomenon, produces two blades that come out of his arms that can cut almost anything. Baoh Shooting Bees-Stingers Phenomenon, transforms Baō Shūtingubīsusu sutingā's projects like fire needles that turn into Baoh needles.
His most powerful ability is the Baoh Break-Dark-Thunder Phenomenon phenomenon, where his body produces up to 60.000 volts of electrical energy, powerful enough to power a laser cannon. The only way to kill a Baoh is to kill the worm, by forcibly removing it from the brain and then burning it alive.
A Baoh will also die after 111 days of the worm living in its brain, after which its larvae will go away and kill the host, looking for their hosts. A Baoh can also be put into hibernation by immersing the host in salt water.
Sumire is a 9-year-old girl with psychic abilities, including automatic writing, table turning and precognition. She is also a prisoner of Doress, as they wish to exploit her psychic abilities. She holds another of Doress's experiments, a brand new marsupial-like life form she named Sonny-Steffan Nottsuo
Technical data
Gender action, science fiction
Manga
Author Hirohiko araki
Editor Shueisha
Magazine Weekly shōnen jump
Target shonen
1 edition 9 October 1984 - 12 February 1985
Tankōbon 2 (complete)
Publisher it. Star comics
Volumes it. 3 (complete)
OVA
baoh
Author Hirohiko araki
Regia Hiroyuki Yokoyama
Studio Pierrot
1 edition November 1, 1989
Episodes unique
Duration 48 min
