published in Empire No.70, Sydney
Volume 1
Guyver – The Bioboosted Armor is a new TV series version of an OVA series made in 1989 (both based on an original manga). Evidenced by this first volume, the TV series largely resembles that OVA. Sho is an innocent teenager who accidentally stumbles across a prototype ‘mind-body enhancer’ device that transforms a human into a mutant mega-human. Think I Was A Teenage Werewolf in hyper-drive with lots of tentacles and gore. Poor Sho activates the device and never looks back – because the device has fused with his molecular structure. Not as stylish as the first OVA, but worth checking out.