The Guyver OVA

The good old Guyver is one golden anime, which of course, will stay in our top all-time favorites. We are sometimes surprised that people can't recall seeing it. Perhaps, because it has mostly scenes of gore, monster mutants slashing each other and destroying school buildings... This is the original Guyver twelve part series.

The first anime series were directed by Koichi Ishiguro, we only know of few other works of this director , not much info there. Bandai is well known for many anime series, OVAs, franchises, Guyver is one of them. Work from early 90's.

The original story starts out pretty much the same as it does in the new remake series. This has 12 episodes the remake has 26 episodes. The story differs quite a bit from the orginal mangas, which were written by Yoshiki Takaya. Be patient and you will see more Guyver.

The main characters are still in their school years, each going through their own development. From the beginning to the very end of the series they are learning from mistakes. Some could learn a few things form watchting them. There is nothing in the world that can match the Guyver Units One and Three, some of the best creature and mecha designs of all times.


We always love watching Guyver fighting another Guyver or the five Hyper Zoanoids. The blades, the eyes the megasmasher, we love it every time. Watching it today makes you feel like you should better watch the remake, to us this cannot be missed even though the story is almost 100% the same. We can only say yes, when someone mentions this great anime.

The soundtrack may not be anything special, but it adds a lot to this great anime. Sound effects add a lot to the whole experience. Don't forget the first of the twelve episodes come in 1989.

The Guyver is worth watching even today, many enjoyed it when it was released in Japan and US on VHS and DVD versions. Although the story doesn't follow manga volumes so much it still is good, we recommend it to everyone over 16. Guyver is our very favorite super-hero, if you can call him that. So if you don't want to buy it at least rent it. We will be covering other two Guyver releases soon, so don't go anywhere too far.

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