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Guyver -The Bioboosted Armor: Complete Box Set

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The story moves rather quickly action starts off from episode 1 it is a great Sc-fi-Action Anime.
Monsters Disguised as humans, Evil Corperation controling evil plots, Super Heros that are anti-hero's this has got it all. Guyver a Boy who quickly must become a man and relize his ultimite destiny and with his friends help take down chronos the evil corpration doing inhuman things to humans and bent on world domination.
If you have seen any of the Orginal OVA's or even read the manga I think you will enjoy this remake. If you have not you will enjoy the Sci-fi and action. It is cut into 26, 30 min episodes with a bonus disc of some neat extra features. This Remake is very Violent Gorey,some very Brief Nudity and some strong language.

the main person is typical high school kid who stumbles across a high tech weapon not known what it is or what its for or how to control or work it.Id seen this many times n the story line is touching the main person is livng a decent life but it all changes when he finds this high tech bio weapon n how he must fight to protect those he loves n who he is he lose alot but also gains I gotta admit this is a roller coseter one well written and made into a anime.He learns alot about life who he is how the world n people are n the dark side humans have for their greed n lust for power n the maddness they suffer when they are after power n control,Voices anime is perfect it runs well go together.this is a seris worth having its a classic and one worth adding to anyones collection.

love the series very sad it never got to end. but that's how it is. this is an up dated verson of the old series just to let you people out their know this is not the orginal series. but this box set have so much to offer to a hard core fan i good buy in my book.

I am a HUGE Guyver fan I have always been. I found this at a DVD shop down in FOrt Gordon Georgia while I was in-Army-Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Excellant I was very pleased when I got it I had to watch it first chance I got, but my computer sucked for some reason and I had to wait until I got home 9 months later!!! :( But When I got home I did watch it and it was superb. A great as I thought it was going to be as I've seen the first half as rentals from Block Buster before I left for Basic Training in 2008. Years later I still watch the entire series in one sitting. I love Guyver one of the greatest series out there it had inspired me in my writing so much.

Although I don't understand the difference in the two box sets: Guyver: The Complete Series (Viridian Collection). I don't get it they both half the same amount of DVDs in the collection and the only difference is the Viridian Collection has 50 more mins of play time. Of what I cannot say as I own this box set version. Their both from Funimation Productions. So whats the difference? Can someone enlighten me on the topic?

The only way for me to criticize this series properly is to delve into the plot details, so you can take this as a spoiler alert if you want, however, I'll avoid getting into specifics as much as I possibly can. First, I'd like to go into what I actually liked about the series - the dubbing and animation are actually superior to the original anime, and that's about all the praise I can give.

So what didn't I like? Understand, I've watched the first twelve episodes of the original series, and as you may be aware, only the first twelve episodes were released in the U.S. Despite its flaws, I actually think the original series is vastly superior. Admittedly, the dubbing from the original Guyver was a constant annoyance, but the action sequences were much, much more enjoyable. If you've watched Dragon Ball Z or Yu Yu Hakusho, I can't help but to think that you would be disappointed by this series; I'm not saying that those series don't have their flaws, but at least they deliver in the action department. Furthermore, having to endure Mizuki's incessant crying only becomes more and more irritating as the episodes wear on.

Technical criticisms aside, I'd like to switch focus to some of the meatier flaws that Guyver has to offer - the Guyvers are weak, plain and simple. You might take notice of this, starting with Enzyme's debut appearance. After his loss to Enzyme, Guyver 1 manages to recover, but he never actually gets any stronger until the LAST EPISODE of the series, and he's the only one! In fact, the good guys spend most of the series HIDING from the villains and just trying to survive. The Guyvers also fail to do any lasting damage to Cronos, and by the end of the series, Cronos actually achieves world domination! The major villain throughout most of the anime wasn't defeated by the Guyvers - he was defeated by... his boss. The Guyvers just didn't have the power or ability to defeat someone that strong. By the time Guyver 1 acquires his newfound powers, he doesn't use them to put an end to Cronos; no, that would make too much sense. Instead, he vanquishes a mere henchman, and the series comes to a close. You know, I like underdogs as much as the next guy, but the Guyvers really aren't heroes - they're whipping boys. I wanted to like this series and have been fascinated with its concept for a while, but if you HAVE to watch it, rent it first.

Most people who come into this most recent Guyver series, has probably been witness to the glory of the classic Guyver ovas and movies from the early 90s. Though, nothing made has really caught up with the original manga. All 3 guyver movies had mostly conclusions in them, but only the OAV movie even resembled the manga at all.

Well here comes the new series, hoping either to catch up or even conclude the guyver series. Though....does it succeed? Kindof, but not really. As of now, there are 26 manga books out for the guyver, and this series only goes up to the 10th. Anybody who has watched the original series from the 90s will figure out, this series doesn't go much farther than it honestly. While yes sure, this does very much so follow the manga, but thats ultimately its downfall as well. Think of a normal shonen like a dbz, sailor moon, or inuyasha where you can just about predict everything. If a battle can't be won, some new technique has to be used. There just really isn't a sense of emotion or a connection. Though if you watch the original series, everything just seemed to blend in. It felt more like a Berserk or Ninja scroll than dragonball. Not saying its bad this way, its just never really exciting.

Which mentioning more comparisons to dragonball, this series has a dramatic loss in gore. The oav and the ovas were some of the most gory animation you could ever watch. Arms flying off left and right, a few snipits of nudity, and some mild cussing. Though, this is toned down for more of a early teenage audience. Of course, its not pokemon or anything, but you'll deffinately notice the difference. Its almost bothersome actually.

Though, here comes the most bothersome thing about this set. Be prepared to turn on the japanese audio, even if you HATE subs. Yes, I do like english dubs for the most part. Though, this is PATHETIC! Just go search up the next episode previews for instance. The actor sounds BORED TO DEATH! Though ADV originally produced this anime, and they are notorious for bad dubs but nothing this bad. If only funimation went back and redubbed the whole series...

Keeping in line with audio though, the music. Well, its kindof dissapointing. The opening song Waiting for.. isn't too bad, although the singer sounds a bit bored. Though the ending song, is HORRIBLE! Its something you would think to have in a inuyasha. Anybody who remotely knows guyver should know, it doesn't focus on any big love storys. Sure, there is one, but it doesn't force it on you. Well, the background music is ultimately a disaster. Every anime now seems to have to have a big orchestra. Think of something like Rocky, where theres a big build up and then it hits you hard emotionally. The original series, oav movie, and guyver 2 did a great job doing that. Though...this series always tries to have real heavy ballad music, but it ultimately makes you not care about it at all.

So ultimately, I'd give this a rental or a borrow. Its certainly worth 1 or 2 viewings for the story alone, but not worth keeping in your collection. Its certainly not the worst thing out there, its just compared to anything guyver related before it, its disappointing.

This latest version of Guyver is truely a MAGNIFICANT work of anime. I enjoyed the revision of the story line. It does answer alot of questions I had before, but now my questions have been answered and explained somethings that I missed. The main music theme for The Guyver, Waiting For... by Yo Reiri, is HOT. I loved this song so much that I actually bought the soundtrack and play this song at least four times daily. But I wish the Japanesse writers would continue this version with an conclusional ending. I think its kind of crude to remake the Guyver,each time, only to add more details about the characters lives and not come forth with an ending. I have been a FAN of anime since 1990 and love every year of it, but recently each anime have been increasingly known to stop without a conclusion. Its beginning to get irritating. Although irritated, I will always LOVE anime and The Guyver.

Well I have been a fan of the Guyver sense I came across it at blockbuster yeeaaaaars ago and they had all of the VHS tapes and I rented them all. That is when I became a huge fan. It was really the first anime I really got into. I don't have this boxset but I do own the ADV release with the series box to put all the DVD cases in. I was very happy they got into a lot more detail unlike the 12part OVA and it went through I think volume 7 of the manga if I am right? If your a fan of the Guyver and you don't have this I highly recommend getting this. Or if you're looking for a new Anime that has to deal with some sci-fi/action then check this out. I really hope for a 2nd Season...only time will tell. I was very pleased when I heard about this because I was sure Guyver was dead after the 12 part OVA. So let's cross out fingers and hope for at least another 20 episodes or so...

I have to sat that I agree on two parts a lot of people have said about this series is that both the animation and voice actors both subbed and dubbed are greatly improved from the 92's Guyver OVA episodes. The one other thing I enjoyed for myself is that the bloody and gory battle scenes are still in the show. So for anyone who has young kids who feels that any bloody scenes or grotesque killing shots isn't appropriate for their kids might want to stay away from this show. If you've seen the OVA episodes or read some of the manga it keeps pretty much with those story lines for the most part, also unlike the OVA episodes which tried to cram so much of the story plot into just twelve episodes that a lot of questions got unanswered the new series answers most of them. So if you like the sci-fi animes like the Gundam series or Full Metal Alchemist I say this series is worth a try for you...

I guess I'm the only reviewer who actually bought the dvd set. I am a huge fan of the old series and I bought this new one hoping for more of the same, it had a TVMA rating so I had my hopes up. Turns out this dvd release is an extremely tamed down version of the show, it's a Funimation release after all. Remember watching DBZ on Cartoon Network and they would cut away any time someone was about to get punched and only show the reaction shot? Yeah, a lot of the same here. I am totally disappointed. Thanks to all the piracy websites out there I can't even find a thread of people talking about whether or not this is a censored release or if it was really animated without any ultraviolence.

Anyway, if you want Guyver for what it used to be, skip this. If you're cool with the made for tv guyver, snatch it up. The dvd is still good for what it is, but it's not what it's supposed to be.