The Guyver Extravaganza: Part 1

Today’s release of the Guyver (2005) vol. 1 has got me in a seriously nostalgic mood for some good old fashioned Guyver action. So this is part one in today’s 3-part series of Guyver reviews. Appropriately, it’s my review of the recent Guyver anime.

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While the first episode does mirror the first episode of the original series rather identically, the episodes afterward take a sharp turn into creativity. The original series moved very swiftly, often leaving behind numerous unanswered questions and WTF moments, but this new series paces things out at a much more reasonable rate. Previously two-dimensional characters are now given some extra depth. In addition to that, little things are added here and there which help the coherency of the plot immeasurably. A few examples would be seeing Agito Makishima recovering the third control metal from the forest. The original series tried (poorly) to play the Guyver III’s identity off as a mystery and it honestly didn’t work very well. Another factor I appreciate is introducing Sho’s father early on and giving him a little background and personality. In the old series, he was introduced almost immediately before his, er, accident (it just occurred to me some of you might not have seen the old Guyver series and I might spoil some stuff for you).

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