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Kimera , stylized as Ki*Me*Ra, is a two-volume manga series written and illustrated by Kazuma Kodaka and serialized in Magazine ZERO. It was adapted into a single episode original video animation by Toho in 1996. Both the manga and OVA were licensed and released in English by ADV Films. It focuses on a man named Osamu, who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like man named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other vampires. One vampire wishes to use Kimera for his/her hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him/her from a fate Kimera did not desire.
Original Release
07/31/1996
US Release
07/31/1996
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yasunori Matsumoto | Osamu (voice) / Osamu |
Ryotaro Okiayu | Jay (voice) / Jay |
Nobuo Tobita | Kimera (voice) / Kimera |
Jurota Kosugi | Kianu (voice) / Kianu |
Mugihito | Ginzu |
Daisuke Gori | Fender (voice) / Fender |
Kinryû Arimoto | Gibson |
Katsumi Suzuki | Hunter |
Kiichiro Murase | Guard |
Michiko Sato | Announcer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yasunori Matsumoto | Osamu (voice) / Osamu |
Ryotaro Okiayu | Jay (voice) / Jay |
Nobuo Tobita | Kimera (voice) / Kimera |
Jurota Kosugi | Kianu (voice) / Kianu |
Mugihito | Ginzu |
Daisuke Gori | Fender (voice) / Fender |
Kinryû Arimoto | Gibson |
Katsumi Suzuki | Hunter |
Kiichiro Murase | Guard |
Michiko Sato | Announcer |
Naoki Bandō | Soldier |
Takumi Kurebayashi | Researcher |
Yvonne Aquire | Kimera's Mother |
Bryan Bounds | Kianu / Kianu (voice) (English edition) |
Charles C. Campbell | Additional Voices |
Jayson Carr | Additional Voices |
Tiffany Grant | Jay's Wife / Additional Voices |
Matt Greenfield | Additional Voices |
Guil Lunde | Ginzu |
Tristan MacAvery | Jay |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masamichi Fujiwara | Executive Producer |
John Ledford | Executive Producer |
Yutaka Takahashi | Executive Producer |
Masako Fukuyo | Producer |
Nagateru Kato | Producer |