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The Guyver Anime 2005 Complete DVD Boxset Blu-Ray Review

Bioboosted Armour - The Guyver  Anime (2005) is the fifth adaptation of Yoshiki Takaya's manga. When I was a kid growing up, I was first exposed to the 12 part OVA released in 1986 and since then, I have been a Guyver Fan. 
Bioboosted Armour - The Guyver  Anime (2005) complete boxset is available for sale at Amazon.com

It consists of 3 Discs and 26 episodes with a total run time of 650 mins. The episodes are

 1. The Wondrous Bio-Boosted Armor
 2. The Secret Society of Chronos
 3. Inspector Lisker
 4. The Visitor at Dusk
 5. The Third Shadow
 6. Beyond the Desperate Battle
 7. The Miraculous Cell
 8. Shuddering Skyscraper
 9. Ash and Memories
 10. Prelude to the Chase
 11. Relic's Point
 12. To Each His Own Resolution
 13. The Tragic Enzyme II
 14. Escape in the Rain
 15. Guyot Joins the Fray
 16. Arise, Guyver I
 17. Nightmarish Encirclement
 18. The Night Before the Final Assault
 19. The Night Before the Final Assault Part 2
 20. The Creator's Ship
 21. Relic's Point in Disarray
 22. Countdown to Collapse
 23. Ray of Annihilation
 24. In a Conquered Town
 25. Quickening of the Chrysalis
 26. Come Forth, Gigantic!

The Bio Boosted Armor Guyver Anime 2005 Blu-Ray Boxset is dubbed in Japanese and English language and comes with English Subtitles. This is important to me as I always prefer listening to the original Japanese language than lousy English dubbing. However, the English Dub in the set is actually of very high standards so it is a bonus as well.

So how does it differ from the 1986 12 part OVA that many of us grew up with? Firstly, there is still violence and blood, although the violence has been down played to focus more on the story.

Secondly, the 1986 12 part OVA's story line ends at about episode 17 of this  Guyver Bio Boosted Armor 2005 series. That means you get to see more of the story line and more new characters such as the Zoalords and the Gigantic Guyver and many more.

However I do prefer the sound track on the original 1984 Guyver OVA so the Guyver Series 2005 Anime loses out in this aspect.
This Blu-Ray Boxset also comes with the following special features 

Episode 1 commentary with Guyver fans Rod Peters and Jack Glauser
Episode 13 commentary with Lowell Bartholomee (Tetsuro) and Charles Campbell (ADR Director) Episode 23 commentary with Chris Patton (Sho) and Charles Campbell (ADR Director)
Episode 26 Commentary with Chris Patton (Sho), Lowell Bartholomee (Tetsuro) and Charles Campbell (ADR Director)
Manga to anime comparisons (Episodes 1-26 with choice of English dub or Japanese with subtitles) Production Sketches (10-minute slideshow with music)
Clean opening animation
Clean closing animation

Check out the review for the Guyver Anime on Amazon.com.





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