Bio Hunter

Bio Hunter
DVD cover of Bio Hunter
バイオ・ハンター (Baio Hantā)
Genre	Mystery, Psychological horror
Manga
Written by	Fujihiko Hosono
Published by	Scola
Magazine	Comic Burger
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1989 – 1990
Volumes	1
Original video animation
Directed by	Yuzo Sato
Written by	Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Music by	Masamichi Amano
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	Urban Vision MVM Films Madman Entertainment
Released	December 8, 1995
Runtime	60 minutes

Bio Hunter (バイオ・ハンター, Baio Hantā) is a Japanese manga series authored by Fujihiko Hosono. It tells the story about two molecular biologists, Koshigaya and Komada who take on humans with strange viruses that make them less human and more demonic. It was serialized in the Scholastic manga magazine Comic Burger.

The manga was also adapted into an hour-long single-episode anime OVA, produced by Madhouse Studios and Toei Video, directed by Yuzo Sato and scripted by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It was distributed throughout the United States and Canada by Urban Vision. The English dub is distributed by MVM Films in the United Kingdom and Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.

Characters

• Komada (Japanese voice actor: Toshihiko Seki, English dub: Matt McKenzie)
• Koshigaya – (Japanese voice actor: Kazuhiko Inoue, English dub: Matt K. Miller)
• Sayaka – (Japanese voice actor: Yuko Minaguchi, English dub: Sherry Lynn)
• Bokuda – (Japanese voice actor: Chikao Ōtsuka, English dub: Mike Reynolds)
• Tabe – (Japanese voice actor: Tarô Ishida, English dub: Barry Stigler)
• Mikawa – (Japanese voice actor: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, English dub: Jamie Hanes)
• Mary – (Japanese voice actor: Rei Igarashi, English dub: Barbara Goodson)
• Boss – (Japanese voice actor: Yutaka Shimaka, English dub: John Hostetter)
• Police Officer (Japanese voice actor: Daiki Nakamura)

External links

• Bio Hunter (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Bio Hunter at IMDb