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. Plot (OVA) A mysterious space vehicle crash lands in the United States, witnessed by a middle-aged man and his dog. He investigates, but red tentacles emerge from a deformed humanoid wearing a large cloak and drain the dog of its fluids then attack him as well. Meanwhile, two cereal salesmen, Osamu, a foreigner from Japan and his best friend Jay, are driving along when they come upon an accident scene. They are ordered by the Air Force to leave, but they are attacked by vampiric creatures. Osamu is blown into a trailer where he finds a beautiful, green-haired androgynous-looking figure with striking heterochromia inside a cryogenic container labelled Kimera. When a silver bell Osamu wears around his neck rings, it awakens the creature and they kiss from either side of the glass. Two vampire-like creatures arrive, and a long ebony-haired male attacks Osamu while a disfigured one defends him. They both disappear, and Osamu and Jay are taken to the Air Force base. They are later freed by Jay's father, Dr. Gibson, who is a member of the research team there. When Gibson is called away, Osamu grabs his security card and begins to search for Kimera with Jay in tow. Meanwhile, the ebony-haired male vampire, Kianu, goes through the facility killing people in search of Kimera using a bracelet which sounds similar to Osamu's bell. One of the research team, Dr. Fender, is concealing and feeding the deformed vampire, Ginzu, and discusses with him the status of the "Mother" system. Osamu finds and frees Kimera from the cryogenic container in a garden who passionately kisses him on the lips. Kianu attacks them again, but Ginzu breaks into the facility to attack Kianu. Kimera begins glowing and causes an explosion, after which Kimera and Osamu disappear.