Baikinman

Japanese Name

ばいきんまん

Other Names

細菌人 (Traditional Chinese)
세균맨 (Korean)
Cavity Creep

Information

Species

Germ

Gender

Male

Pronouns

俺様 (oresama)

Professional Status

Affiliation(s)

Baikin Planet

Alignment

Evil

Occupation(s)

Villain, scientist

Personal Status

Status

Alive

Friend(s)

Dokin-chan, Banna, Kulun, Lulun

Media

First Appearance

Ep1 - Anpanman's Birth

Theme

Ikuzo! Baikinman
Zukkoke! Baikinman
Tower of Blocks
Baikinman's Ha-Row Laugh
Evil Magic
Song of the Haunted Ship
Baikinman Trio Triple Punch
Spinning Whirlpool
Being Bad
Invincible Zudadandan
Hahihuhe Baikinman

Voice Actor

Japanese: Ryusei Nakao, Yoshihiro Honma (Fly! Anpanman; Anpanman and Omusubiman musical)
English: Muriel Hofmann (Pogo dub), Jason Michael Kesser (Tubi), Andrew Russell(Netflix)

"I was born to defeat you, Anpanman!"

"ハ〜ヒフ〜ヘホ〜！"

"Ha-hihu-heho-!"
-Baikinman's catchphrase

Baikinman (ばいきんまん) 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 was born. Baikinman usually causes trouble around Anpanman World, but was stopped by Anpanman. He uses the Baikin UFO as his personal mode of transportation as well as aiding him to fight Anpanman.

Official Website Description

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

Appearance

Baikinman is an anthropomorphic demonic germ who looks like a fly with large teeth, light 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. When he is washed, his entire body is white (with the exception of eyes).

Personality

As an oposite to Anpanman, Baikinman is rude, loud, impulsive and very narcissistic, his "Baikin castle" is shaped like him and he's always praising himself. He's also a genius in mechanic making all sorts of complex robots. Baikinman's obsessed with defeating Anpanman to an unhealthy degree; Since is the reason of his birth. When he's not after Anpanman he's probably stealing food since he's quite the glutton. Baikinman is also known to be very resilient, no matter how many times he is defeated he shall stand up once more. Though Baikinman describes himself as "a being who knowns no love" he occasionally shows a softer side; Yanase himself stated that deep down Baikinman wishes to live a normal life but cannot because of the position he was born in.

Relationships

Warning: The following info may contain spoilers about the Sore Ike! Anpanman media. Read at your own risk.

Anpanman

Anpanman is Baikinman's arch-nemesis and is determined to defeat Anpanman. Baikinman usually plots his evil plans, creating machines and even recuiting other enemies to his side to defeat Anpanman, but he also helps Anpanman when he is in danger during certain occasions, albeit reluctantly. Despite his hatred towards Anpanman, Anpanman doesn't hate him and tries to befriend Baikinman. They seem to get along pretty well outside the main storyline. They were born at the same day.

Dokin-chan

Baikinman's female partner. He has shown feelings for her and always does everything he can to please her, though Dokin has only eyes for Shokupanman. Despite how much she bosses him around and the unrequited love Baikinman and Dokin-chan are very close and always seen working together.

Franken Robo-kun

A robot Baikinman created to electrocute defeat Anpanman, however Franken Robo-kun is too nice to fight him. Franken Robo-kun views Baikinman as his father and always wanted to hug him, resulting in Baikinman being electrocuted which causes him to avoids Franken Robo-kun, however Baikinman seems to have a soft spot for Franken Robo-kun (especialy in newer episodes).

Rollpanna

Baikinman had a neutral relationship with Rollpanna, unlike other relations with heroes. He is responsible for developing Rollpanna's blue evil heart by inserting Baikin Plant during her birth, and influences her to defeat Anpanman. However it's not always effective as Rollpanna can turn traitorous and helps Anpanman against Baikinman's will.

Character Songs

Ikuzo! Baikinman (いくぞ！ばいきんまん)
Zukkoke! Baikinman (ずっこけ！ばいきんまん)
Tower of Blocks (つみきの塔)
Evil Magic (悪い魔法の歌)
Song of the Haunted Ship (ゆうれい船の歌)
Baikinman Trio Triple Punch (バイキントリオ3ばいパンチ)
Spinning Whirlpool (まわれうずまき)
Being Bad (悪いはすてき)
Invincible Zudadandan (天下無敵のズダダンダン)
Hahihuhe Baikinman (ハヒフヘばいきんまん)

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.
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 and is voiced by the same actor of Baikinman.
He is allergic to soap and other stuff involving cleanliness. His entire appearance turns white and/or shrunk to a smaller size when he is washed.
Baikinman is one of the characters who have appeared in almost every episode of the series.
In both the unreleased Cinar dub and the lost Pogo dub his was name "Meanyman", a name which is also mentioned in the English guide book for the Takashi Yanase Memorial Museum.
In his first animated appearance in the first Anpanman pliot made as a part of the "ohanashi" series, he died "disintegrated", which Yanase found distasteful.