Baikinman

Baikinman
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Gender	Male
First Appearance	Ep1 - Anpanman's Birth
Voiced By	Ryusei Nakao; Jason Michael Kesser (Tubi English Dub)

"I was born to defeat you, Anpanman!"

"Hahihuheho"

Baikinman (バイキンマン) (细菌人) (세균맨) (Cavity Creep) is the main antagonist of the Anpanman books and anime series. He came to earth from Baikin Planet in an egg as a baby where he was hatched the same day Anpanman (Keiko Toda) was born. Anpanman (Keiko Toda) always stops him and his evil plans, saving the day when he's causing trouble.

Official Website Description

He came from germ planet to defeat Anpanman. He thinks he's a genius cientist but makes all sorts of weird stuff. He loves food and tries to steal it. He hates cleanness.

Appearance and general traits

Baikinman's an anthropomorphic Demonic germ who looks like a fly with large teeth, pink eyes, purple lips, two antennas, fly-like wings, a purple nose, a zigzag-shaped tail, a black furry body, and a slimy blue tongue. Baikinman, himself as a germ entity, wants to spread germs and bacteria to Anpanman and his friends. He's weak to soap, which it makes him shrink. He establishes his crimes through riding a personal UFO that sometimes extends its grip to capture innocent people. He also keeps a collection of vehicles/tools that harms his enemies. Baikinman usually gets defeated by Anpanman or an ally in the anime.

Allies

Baikinman's primary ally's Dokinchan. He also has other germ allies such as Horrorman and the Kabirunrun, who make the characters with bread heads moldy. His Chinese name is ” 细菌人” and hs korean name is" 세균맨" (both meaning germ man) and “Cavity Creep” in the Doragang English Fandub.

Enemies

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Anpanman: Baikinman's greatest enemy who he was born to destroy & sabotage. Baikinman always gets defeated by Anpanman but he keeps on trying to defeat him. Although sometimes he hesitates, he helped saving his life in the 2018 movie and in that same movie, he wanted to try Anpanman's face when offered but refused because of his pride. We do see them getting along in some non canon instances however.

Rollpanna: He has tried to turn Rollpanna scary by adding bacteria grass which causes Rollpanna to turn scary upon seeing Anpanman. Unfortunately for Baikinman, Rollpanna is aware of this and avoids seeing Anpanman so that she doesn't become an unintentional ally of his.

Trivia

Baikinman's design was heavily based on Beelzebub of the Christian religion. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies", which was an inspiration for Baikinman's fly-like appearance. He's also a personification of the black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer), which was found on bread surfaces and causes damage to bread, which would make Baikinman an enemy to Anpanman, whose head is a bread.
He also uses the spray that turns Anpanman and his friend into babies
He also uses his Kabirunrun to turn Anpanman’s head mouldy
Baikinman's popularity inspired artists to produce personifications of germs and diseases in Japan. One example is in the banned Pokémon episode "Electric Soldier Porygon", which has a computer virus in Ash Ketchum's explanation of viruses resembling Baikinman.
In the web anime series One Punch Man, the villain Vaccine Man is a parody of Baikinman. He is even voiced by Ryusei Nakao, the same person who voiced Baikinman in the Anpanman anime.
He has a blue tongue as seen from his artwork below
His evil catchphrase is “Hahihuheho”
In the Doragang Fandub, His name is “Cavity Creep”
His Chinese name is “细菌人”
His first word is “Ba-Ba-Ba-Baikin” when he was hatched from an egg.
He has a short antennas, small lips and teeth when he was a little baby.