What is "kimera"

Kimera may refer to:

• Kimera of Buganda, a king of the Kingdom of Buganda
• Kimera is a species in the science fiction television series, Earth: Final Conflict
• Kimera (singer), a Korean opera singer
• Kimera (manga), a manga series written and illustrated by Kodaka Kazumo

Kimera (born January 10, 1954) is South Korean-born singer, Kim Hong Hee. She developed the style of operatic pop, or popera performing and recording medleys of operatic arias set to a mid-80's form of disco beat, singing in the soprano register.

Kimera, stylized as Ki*Me*Ra, is a two-volume manga series written and illustrated by Kazuma Kodaka and serialized in Super Jump. 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.