Apr 3, 2010
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,
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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", who they plan to use to conquer the world. As Chronos learns of their identities, their attacks begin hitting close to home, and Sho decides to destroy Chronos, before it's too late.
Sho's also not the only one with the powers of The Guyver, however, there is also Oswald Lisker, a Chronos employee who holds the unstable Guyver II and Guyver III, a mysterious stranger who appears and disappears like the wind.
If this description sounds absolutely awful to you, you're not alone. When I finished watching the first episode show, I was looking at myself in a mirror, demanding why the hell I thought sitting through this thing would be a good idea, but, I decided a few days later to keep on going. I'm glad I did.
While I'm not a fan of the idea of turning off your brain in order to enjoy something, Guyver is a series where you can just sit down with some good friends, maybe get out some cold drinks, and sit back and enjoy a gory, action filled series.
Funimation has put up the entire series up for free here (http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=37) and will be re-releasing it on Blu-Ray this summer.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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