Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (1989) (2025)

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Synonyms: Bio-Booster Armor Guyver, The Guyver, Гайвер, Guyver: The Bio-boosted Armor

Japanese: 強殖装甲ガイバー

English: The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

German: The Guyver: Bio-Boosted Armor

French: The Guyver: Bio-Boosted Armor

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 25, 1989 to Feb 25, 1990

Producers: animate Film

Licensors: Manga Entertainment

Studios: Visual 80

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Themes: Gore, Super Power

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 29 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.09¹ (scored by 6,441 users)

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Ranked: #3879²

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Popularity: #5598

Members: 15,295

Favorites: 122

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Shou and his friend, Tetsurou, stumble upon a strange orb-like mechanism, the Guyver Unit, in the woods. It physically bonds with Shou and turns him into the alien soldier, Guyver. His mission is to protect the Guyver Unit from the Japanese corporation known as Chronos. They are after it and two other units just like it. To retrieve the object, they send out vicious monsters known as Zoanoids. So no one is safe in Shou's life; not even himself.

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Sequel (OVA)

Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver II

Adaptation (Manga)

Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver

Alternative Version:

Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (Movie)
Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (2005) (TV)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Fukamachi, Shou

Main

Kusao, Takeshi
Japanese

Segawa, Tetsuro

Main

Makishima, Agito

Supporting

Tanaka, Hideyuki
Japanese

Lisker, Oswald

Supporting

Wakamoto, Norio
Japanese

Zx-Tole

Supporting

Sawaki, Ikuya
Japanese

Yamamoto

Supporting

Hironaka, Masashi
Japanese

Taga, Natsuki

Supporting

Honda, Chieko
Japanese

Segawa, Mizuki

Supporting

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Staff

Sugita, Tsutomu

Assistant Producer

Watanabe, Jun

Sound Director

Watanabe, Sumio

Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation

Uchida, Yuuji

Episode Director

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Opening Theme

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"Bio Boosted Armor Guyver" by Shinichi Ishihara

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Ending Theme

"Guidepost-Alien's Messiah" by Shinichi Ishihara

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5 Recommended

1 Mixed Feelings

0 Not Recommended

All reviews (6)

Sep 22, 2009

mishka-cun

Recommended

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First of all,it was the first anime i've ever seen! I remembered was 6 years old, my father took me from a kinder gurden,we went to a videoaudio technics shop,there on screens was the Guyver...wow,it impressed me,i was so excited...My father noticed my interes,so it wasn't a problem,he bought it
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So many years passed but I still love it.
+Breathtaking plot,the story won't let you get out of a screen!

+great animation (those monsters are so cool,how was I not afraid of them when i was a kid O,o), a lot of blood,meat :D

+Characters' temper and their nature are showed well!

+It is the first anime movie watched by ...

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Apr 8, 2009

jmoriarty84

Recommended

All I can say is that if you have seen the newer TV series, the plot of this oav pretty much follows the same story line except some changes and being a 12 episode series, the pacing is more condensed and less material is covered. The beginning of the oav this time will be that the man on the run from Cronos is accidentally ran over by a truck as opposed to being stopped by two officers. But these events still lead up to the same result: Tetsuro and Sho go to a lake to hang out, and the man being chased causes an explosion ...

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Apr 6, 2015

Luquillo

Mixed Feelings

The Guyver Volume 1 is the first six of a twelve episode series loosely based on Yoshiki Takaya's manga. The anime has gained a huge cult following over the years. This was mainly due to its graphic violence which can be brutal at times. To the best of my knowledge the manga spawned this particular series, two live action films, and a 26 episode remake that was released in 2005. Some fans actually hail this version as the best. I on the other hand just can't agree with that.

The Guyver is a sci-fi action series which in my view succeeds in two areas. This would ...

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Segawa, Tetsuro

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Lisker, Oswald

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