Audience reviews
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aueft
Guyver is basic shonen adventure dreck (extra emphasis on "basic") where a mediocre high school student dons a suit of alien power armor to fight an organization called Chronos.
It was boring and terrible, and I watched it to the end because apparently I am trash for this kind of thing.
The source manga has not aged gracefully, and the anime would have felt dated and backwards even on its initial release over a decade ago. Characters don't seem to have strong personalities to distinguish them from the basic outlines of the tropes that were molded from, and the overall flatness of these characters cause the "serious" dramatic beats to spew an endless fountain of bathos and narm. This is particularly true of the female love interest Mizuki, whose main purpose is to exist in an endless cycl…
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I liked how they were able to make guyver and zoanoids look so much like the original designs while also making them look modern as well. I enjoyed the longer plot and how we learn a bit more then we did then in the original.
tho I feel the music in this was not as great as the original, I enjoyed how it allowed the plot but also changed things from the first anime and added in some new things. All and all I really loved this anime and hope they will do some more seasons one day.
I would have to give it a 8/10
Read at the sourceBig-Boss_X
Story (6/10):
The story of Guyver The Bioboosted Armor followed a very standard and by the books method for Sci-Fi anime. You got the MC who (surprise surprise) got no mother and live alone with his super understanding father and suddenly acquires a power that causes his ordinary life to shatter, an evil organization the controls the world from the shadows and are after the power that the MC got.
The show also implement the usual "that not even my final form" and "that not the final boss" methods that are usually used in this type of show
The plot reminded me of Zetman which is a 100 times better (only read the manga so i am not sure about the anime quality)
Characters (6/10):
Every single character is the cliche of their respected type. You got the MC that as usual goes in the usual loop…
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You might think a 10 for this series is to high, But i have a special spot for this series. I remember renting the vhs's and sitting down with my brother and my nephews on bean bags with lots of snacks.
the story is average, the animation is average decent, But the character design and tech design is absolutely freaking awesome.
The movies they made of the series was cool to, it was awesome to see it all come to life and the fighter with the damaged Guyver unit was epic.
I was told the manga is still going so i would love to catch up on it, But i would really like to see the anime series continue one day though.
Read at the sourceLuquillo
Several fans of the original Guyver hated this series without giving it a chance. However, I welcomed the very much needed change. This version which is considered The New Guyver far surpasses the original in many ways. There were numerous elements that had room for plenty of improvement and it succeeded on improving in some areas. Most noticeably is definitely the animation, characters, dropped story elements, and better use of plot devices.
The animation is very good, the fights are very brutal and stylish; a good portion of the fight scenes are fluid and aren't downplayed into unseen action. The character designs for both the Guyver and creatures are done well. The creature designs are imaginative but some come off way too goofy looking. The animation and artwork are far from perfect t…
Read at the sourceShura-shurato
This is one of the FEW newskool anime i like very much, basicly because its revived from an movie and the 13 part serie´s i used to watch on t.v back in ´95 with the blood and gore and all, and the 1ST 13 ep in the new one goes ALMOST EXCACTLY as the first serie started, and goes even further!!!!I was soo damn hooked after the infiltration of genom, new and darker twists that connect to the story, the COMPLETE TRUTH abouth the guyver and their makers, and the real rulers of genom , plus and ending i was totally satisfied with. As for the chara, no problems with it, they kept the same personalities, enemy´s and guyver model s original as possible!
The fact that the makers really have tought this through after more than 20 years to revive this deserve´s more than praise, strong beginning and…
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Think about the last great anime series you've seen....think....think...think...now forget that about that garbage you call "good" and go watch Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor.
I'll start by saying that way back in the day I watched the original Guyver. I've learned that it was an OVA and i'll tell you this...do not compare these series. The orignal was junk and this is a fucking work of art.
The story follows this fella named Sho. He's your normal high school student who through a run of bad luck, (or good), get's turned into this Guyver, a Bio-Mechanical Weapon. The coororation who designed, constructed, and discovered this Guyver unit wants it back and is certainly not thrilled with the fact that this kid is the one who has "melded" with it. As the series continues, it follows Sho, his f…
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This anime could have been really good... a few things they did wrong was adding "drama", countless flashbacks that was not needed. The ending ??? to be honest this was my biggest problem with the anime... Zx-Tole was the last fight ? really what happens with Chronos? also possibly rethink the animation so it looks less like Power Rangers!
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Review From A Hardcore Guyver Fan
The original 12 ep OVA was one of the first anime series I saw and when I say that trust me catching ANY anime in England in the early 90’s wasn’t easy.
After watching the new series I decided to wait a while before reviewing, as I had mixed emotions about it, comparing it to the older ova version and gathering my thoughts…well in a nutshell an good but flawed remake.
Animation
Good animation but I noticed the gore level was cut down a GIANT notch compared to the ova which was one of Guyver’s highest selling points IMO. So there was a lot of odd cloured and shady blood which I found quite lame. Fight scenes were JUST above average and the Opening was actually quite cool.
So in this respect I am MOST DISSAPOINTED with the animation compared to the orig…
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I really should not enjoy Guyver as much as I do. It's Big, loud, dumb, and cliched, however, this just adds to the overall charm of the series. In a way, it brings back memories of those years of my childhood I spent glued to the TV watching "Power Rangers".
"Guyver: the Bio-Boosted Armor" follows a boy named Sho Fukamachi, an average High School student who lives with his father, is treasurer on the Student Council, and like watching old Sci-Fi movie with his best friend Tetsuro. The story kicks off as Sho and Tetsuro find a "Guyver Unit". After Tetsuro accidentally turns it on, it attaches itself to Sho and transforms him into "The Guyver". The two then begin to learn of a secret society known as "Chronos" who created the Guyver, and has secretly been creating mutants called "Zoanoids…
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There was a time, in anime, when men were men, and they had huge swords and guns with which to leave bloody trails of corpses in their wake. Indeed, the Guyver series is one such anime, and in ages past it flew far in the firmament of ultraviolence into territories known by such classics as Ninja Scroll and Akira.
The remake brings Guyver up to modern standards as far as animation and sound are concerned, but otherwise it is deliciously old school in many respects. You'll find no moe lolis or tsunderes here, just a good old fashioned story about a boy and his biomechanical robot armor and the mutated freaks trying to kill him.
Guyver was always pretty dark and the remake lives up to this standard. You'll see young Sho tormented by the Chronos corporation in devious and spectacular ways,…
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If you're strongly familiar with Kamen Rider when watching this anime, you'll notice a lot of similarities with the plot elements. And it is not coincidence because the original manga-ka, Yoshiki Takaya, was influenced by Kamen Rider. But despite that, a lot of traits in Guyver are still distinctively unique, original, and engaging.
The beginning of this anime will be repetitive in some aspects, but I feel it is for the right reasons. At times, Cronos will try to kidnap Tetsuro and Mizuki to lure out Sho in almost the first 12 or so episodes, but like I said, the reasons are legitimate since it's the only way they can lure out Sho and eventually, they'll resort to other methods and the series itself develops to go beyond that aspect. I think the show was being realistic in that kind of w…
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