Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor

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Bio-Booster Armor Guyver
1st volume of the Viz US release of Guyver
強殖装甲ガイバー
(Kyōshoku Sōkō Gaibā)
Genre Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Action
Manga
Authored by Yoshiki Takaya
Publisher Flag of JapanTokuma Shoten
Flag of JapanKadokawa Shoten
Serialized in Shonen Captain, Shonen Ace
Original run 1985- ongoing –
No. of volumes 24+

Bio-Booster Armor Guyver or Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor (強殖装甲ガイバー Kyōshoku Sōkō Gaibā?) is a long-running manga series written by Yoshiki Takaya. The Guyver itself is a symbiotic techno-organic (or biomechanoidial) device that enhances the capabilities of its host.

The manga was originally serialized in Tokuma Shoten's "Shonen Captain" magazine beginning in 1985. When Shonen Captain was discontinued in 1997, the manga was picked up by Kadokawa Shoten who subsequently re-released all of the previous graphic novels originally published by Tokuma. The manga is currently serialized in Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine. It has been licensed by Viz Media, Star comics, Chuangyi publishing among others.

Guyver has been adapted into a 12-episode anime series (based roughly on the first four books), an OVA titled "out of control", two live action movies (Mutronics/Guyver and Guyver: Dark Hero) and a 26-episode anime series in 2005.

Contents

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A test type Zoanoid escapes from the Chronos Corporation with three Guyver Units. Chronos soldiers attempt to recover the units from the test type, but are thwarted when the test type detonates a bomb that he has concealed in his bag. The Guyver Units are scattered in the blast. Two young high school students, Shō Fukamachi and Tetsurō Segawa stumble across a lost Guyver Unit known as "Unit I." The second is retrieved by Chronos and merges with Oswald A. Lisker to become the second Guyver later on. The final unit falls into the hands of Agito Makishima, who merges with it at an unspecified time. Shō accidentally activates the unit which then painfully merges with him.

Over time, Shō learns more about the Guyver and its abilities. The Guyver is virtually invulnerable with it's only weak point being the Control Metal. With this part intact, it can rebuild the host from the data stored within. If this part is damaged however, the host is eaten alive by the unit and perishes. This is rather disconcerting because Shō starts to question whether he will ever be free from the Guyver. The situation gradually gets worse, with more powerful Zoanoids coming all the time, which makes it increasingly difficult to protect his friends, who are not immortal. In the end, the story takes a startling plot turn in which the antagonist, Chronos, actually succeed in taking over the world. The Guyvers are then labeled as a "vanguard of alien invaders."

[edit] Characters

Shō Fukamachi
Shō Fukamachi

Shō Fukamachi (深町 晶 Fukamachi Shō?)

The main protagonist of the series, Shō, 17 years old, is a second-year student at a Tokyo-area high school. He has black hair and is slenderly built. He is young enough to still be idealistic, but he fights Cronos more to protect friends and family than from any need to see the enemy brought to justice. If he hadn't become host for a Guyver Unit, he would have happily continued in ignorance of Chronos. As the series continues, he starts to add revenge to his motives, but it never drives him the way it does Agito Makishima. He cares deeply for Mizuki Segawa with the intensity of first love, and Tetsuro Segawa, Mizuki's older brother, is his closest friend. He agonizes over how he'll ever rid himself of his Bio-Booster Armor, but as the series continues, he realizes that it's the only thing that enables him to keep his friends relatively safe. As he is the host for the first Unit activated, he is known as "Guyver I".
Tetsurō Segawa
Tetsurō Segawa

Tetsurō Segawa (瀬川 哲郎 Segawa Tetsurō?)

A large-framed, chubby third-year student; Tetsuro is Shō's closest friend. He is highly intelligent and can think quite rapidly when he has to. He is a rabid science fiction fan and the leader of the sci-fi society in the school, which gives him the background knowledge to make quite a few accurate guesses about the Guyver armor, Zoanoids, and Cronos. He keeps his hair cut short and wears glasses.
Mizuki Segawa
Mizuki Segawa

Mizuki Segawa (瀬川 瑞紀 Segawa Mizuki?)

Mizuki is the sort of typical schoolgirl. She starts out with a crush on Agito Makishima, but later starts to appreciate Shō a lot more. She is somewhat short even for a Japanese girl, very slender, and keeps her hair in a page-boy cut that emphasizes her large eyes.
Agito Makishima
Agito Makishima

Agito Makishima (巻島 顎人 Makishima Agito?)

Agito is of medium build and well muscled; he is a third-year student at the same high school the others attend, but looks older. He almost never allows sentiment to stand in his way, and he comes across as cold and calculating. His motives are definitely mixed, and while not a villain, he's not a 'pure-hearted hero' either. He lost his idealism years ago. At one point a candidate-member of the Cronos Elite, he is now viewed by them as a traitor. Even though he may have activated his Unit before Oswald A. Lisker, the second Guyver, he did not openly appear in his Guyver armor until after Lisker was eliminated, and thus he was dubbed Guyver III. Agito shows a frightening knowledge of what the Guyver can do throughout the series.
After the Cronos conquest, Agito leads a resistance organization known as "Zeus no Ikazuchi" or "Zeus' Thunderbolts," as he plans to overthrow Chronos and steal their power (as the god Zeus did to his father, Cronus).

Fumio Fukamachi (深町 史雄 Fukamachi Fumio?)

Fumio is a widower and Shō's father but almost nothing else is known about him. He is captured and used by Cronos as a guinea pig and turned into a guyver killer zoanoid to entrap Shō. He ends up getting killed by Guyver I in a tragic battle.


Aptom (アプトム Aputomu?)

Aptom was one of the lost number along with his two compatriots. His two close friends were killed in various battle with the Guyvers. Dr. Barcas was interested by Aptom's abilities, and re-processed him in an attempt to strengthen his powers. Thereafter, Aptom discovers that not only is he now completely shielded from the telepathic powers of the Zoalords, but he is nearly immortal. By absorbing small amounts of DNA from other Zoanoids, he can replicate their forms and powers, as well as mix the attributes of several Zoanoids in one body. He also has shown limited ability to mimic the powers and appearances of the Guyvers. He can regenerate himself even if only small bits are left. He requires a large amount of bio-energy as a result, and that bio-energy must come from fellow Zoanoids. He soon starts killing Zoanoids and becomes a renegade from Cronos. In time, he comes to ally himself with the Guyvers in various battles. Totally amoral, Aptom is the sort of character who is difficult to classify as either villain or hero - he doesn't really fit into either category. His human shape is of a muscular man with a distinctive scar that runs down the left side of his face from hairline to jaw; he often dresses in a leather jacket, jeans and shades. Recently, his body was telepathically possessed by Zoalord Cablarl Khān, leading "Chaos Aptom" to fight his former allies, such as Guyver I, unwillingly. Later on, he is freed by Sho and by the sacrifice of Toshiaki Hayami.

Bio-Freezer/Toshiaki Hayami (バイオ・フリーザー／速水利章 Baio Furīzā/Hayami Toshiaki?)

Toshiaki Hayami
Toshiaki Hayami
One of Dr. Odagiri's assistants, he is the sole survivor of that group of scientists that escaped in the relic. The scientists were infected by a deadly virus as Cronos' means of keeping them under control. The only ways to escape death, is to be supplied with regular shots, or to become Zoanoids. The only way to become Zoanoids and yet not be slaves to the Zoalords was to become lost numbers.
Hayami was the only scientist that survived the process, becoming Bio-Freezer. He possesses the power to affect the temperature of the environment around him to a certain extent. Aptom finds him and, once he realizes what Hayami is, brings him to meet the Guyvers and their friends. Unfortunately, later on his mission with Sho to save Aptom, he sacrifices himself to save the latter.


[edit] Cronos

Genzo Makishima (巻島 玄蔵 Makishima Genzō?)

Director of Cronos' Japan Branch, he is in charge when the Japan Branch loses the Guyver Units. While initially one of the people in charge of developing new Zoanoids, Genzo has, unknown to him, fallen behind in this category as well once Dr. Barcas begins designing Hyper Zoanoids, Zoanoids of highly enhanced capabilities. His failures to retrieve the Units as well as come up with any significantly new Zoanoid designs results in Commander Richard Guyot relieving him of duty. Genzo is turned into the Enzyme Zoanoid prototype, a Zoanoid specifically designed to destroy the Guyver Armor by dissolving it with its acid. After he retrieves Guyver I's Control Metal in battle, he is ordered by Guyot to self- destruct when the dissolving Guyver I attacks Enzyme.

Oswald A. Lisker (オズワルド・Ａ・リスカー Ozuwarudo Ēi Risukā?)

A Cronos agent, or as he describes himself to Shō, "an inspector from Cronos HQ". Lisker was in Japan to supervise the transfer of the inactive Guyver Units to Cronos HQ, and was considerably annoyed to discover Makishima had managed to lose them. When one damaged unit was recovered, he insisted on taking a look at it, and involuntarily became its host. As the second known activated Unit, he was called Guyver II. A man vain of both looks and martial arts skills, he decided to take on the task of retrieving the Unit Shō had bonded with. His Control Metal, which had been damaged when the Unit was initially lost, malfunctioned under the stress of combat. Shō took advantage of his weakened state and struck the metal, causing further malfunction. The control medal burst out of his head and the organism that made up the armor began to consume Lisker's body. Shō then used his Mega-Smasher (more details below) to put him out of his misery. Lisker is tall, with curly blond hair - in other words, your typical Aryan stereotype.

[edit] Zoalords

Archanfel
Archanfel
  • Archanfel (アルカンフェル Arukanferu?)
Quite easily the most powerful being on Earth (except for perhaps Gigantic), Archanfel appears to be a young, blonde man with pointy ears and cat-slitted eyes. He is actually the founder, creator, and ruler of Cronos. He is an extremely powerful psychic, and with amazing battle abilities. Archanfel was created by the "Creators" to be the leader of all the Zoanoids and the people on Earth. The Zoacrystals that give Zoalords their powers were all cultivated using Archanfel's crystal as a base.
Quoted from book 14, page 16:
"And then… cleaving and cultivating one of Archanfel's Zoacrystals, we created eleven others. Accepting one of them, I became a Zoalord. In the centuries since then, I have searched for the ten chosen people who would become Zoalords as well."
Although powerful, he has been increasingly dormant since prehistoric days. When the Creators withdrew from Earth, they attempted to destroy it with a Moon-sized meteorite, which was stopped by Archanfel at great cost to himself.
  • Hamilcar Barcas (ハミルカル・バルカス Hamirukaru Barukasu?)
Co-founder of Cronos and top scientists and the eldest member of the Council of Twelve. He is responsible for designing and creating the first Hyper Zoanoids and completing the final work on most of the Zoalords. He is over 400 years old, and is, in fact, the person who awoke Archanfel from his long slumber. He is widely believed to be the top scientist of Cronos and is said to have greater telepathic prowess than any other Zoalord, save for Archanfel.
  • Sin Rubeo Amniculus (シン・ルベオ・アムニカルス Shin Rubeo Amunikarusu?)
Discovered by Barcas 370 years ago in Armenia. He is a close friend of Freid'rich von Purg'stall and commands Cloud Gate after his death. He is considered to be the third-in-command of Chronos after Barcus.
  • Fried'rich von Purg'stall (フリドリッヒ・フォン・プルクシュタール Furidorihhi Fon Purukushutāru?)
Discovered by Barcas 215 years ago in Vienna. He generally seems to be more compassionate toward the civilian population than the other Zoalords. He is one of the weakest in close-range battle, but his lightning-based power can be formidable. Deceased: suspected murder by another Zoalord
  • Luggnagg de Krumeggnic (ラグナク・ド・クルメグニク Rugunaku Do Kurumeguniku?)
One of three rogue Zoalords out to overthrow Chronos and obtain a Guyver unit.
  • Cablarl Khān (カブラール・ハーン Kaburāru Hān?)
Another rogue Zoalord. He attempts to trap the Guyver using Aptom as bait, and later controls Aptom's zoaform to destroy the Guyver. When Sho and Hayami defeat Aptom, Cablarl transforms into his first Zoalord stage, Brain Mode. In this stage, he is able to control hundreds of Zoanoids and absorb them to make himself stronger. He also creates long tentacles with faces on them for attacking. If a head is severed, it can grow back. He later shifts into his second foorm, the Draglord, where he becomnes huge and dragonic.
  • Edward Caerleon (エドワード・カールレオン Edowādo Kārureon?)
A gentle looking man with long curly hair. His armour suggests an affinity with water. His attitude at times has appeared somewhat rebellious but nothing concrete has come of it.
  • Jabir 'bn Hayyan (ジャービル・ブン・ハイヤーン Jābiru Bun Haiyān?)
Another rogue. wears a turban and has a visible zoacrystal.
  • Waferdanos (ワフェルダノス Waferudanosu?)
The second Zoalord to be found by Barcas, he is the only Zoalord confirmed not to have a human origin; he is actually a collective formed by a living forest, the name "Waferdanos" is actually the name of the island or Kingdom that the creature lives on. Deceased as a result of the destruction of the Arizona headquarter with Yǎn-Tuí.
  • Tuatha Dé Galenos (トゥアハ・デ・ガレノス Tuaha De Garenosu?)
Looks like a large man made of rock. hardly ever speaks and we know little about him.
  • Lǐ Yǎn-Tuí (李剡魋 Ri Yan Tui?)
A young Chinese looking man. We know little about him apart from his powers being based on dimensional wormholes. His name has struck a lot of controversy due to an early mistranslation by an unofficial publication "visual datafiles". It was mistranslated in the book as Rienzi but has since been confirmed to be Li Yentsui in the manga by the author himself.
  • Richard Guyot (リヒャルト・ギュオー Rihaudo Gyuō?)
A tall, powerfully built man, Guyot would stand out in a crowd even without his large blonde hair and abnormal eyes. He is an immensely commanding presence. Guyot has been bio-engineered into a Zoalord and was gifted with the ability to control gravity, making him the more powerful than the others, second only to Archanfel.
Guyot discovered the secret of the Guyver, before the other ten Zoalords (Archanfel knew this all along,) and made a foolish ambition to merge with it and take control of Chronos. This ambition was discovered by Murakami, and so Murakami made it his goal to destroy Guyot. Agito Makishima also has a grudge against Guyot and Guyot similarly hates Agito for his treachery. Guyot's ambition caused him to hide the device called the "Unit Remover", which he was about to use when Archanfel showed up and defeated him. He has recently been shown to be alive and recovering, with numerous bandages. He seems to be plotting revenge, but his status and the status of the Remover are not known.
In the Viz translations, his name is translated as "Reichmann Gyro", apparently a play on his fascist tendencies and blond, "aryan" looks.
  • Imakarum Mirabilis / Masaki Murakami (イマカラム・ミラービリス／村上征樹 Imakaramu Mirābirisu/Murakami Masaki?)
Masaki was a free-lance journalist captured by Cronos and used as an experimental guinea pig in the Zoalord development program. He is a 'prototype body' for the Zoalord form of Richard Guyot. Dr. Yamamura, a scientist involved in the project, discovered Guyot's plans for the Guyver units, and recruited four of the prototypes - including his old pupil, Murakami, in an attempt to destroy the Commander while he was being processed into his new battle form. The other eleven members of the Cronos Council of twelve - all Zoalords - intervened; Masaki is the only surviving rebel. He joins with Shō to fight Cronos, having his own revenge in mind. He doesn't quite trust Agito at first because of Guyver III's earlier connections with Cronos. When combating the Zoanoids in his human form, he uses a massive laser-sighted (depending on the adaptation) three shot revolver called a Zoanoid Buster. He has a Zoalord's strength and the ability to command Zoanoids while in human form to a limited extent. He is not as powerful as Guyot, so loses his battles with the full Zoalord the two times they fight. After Guyot mortally wounds him, Archanfel retrieves Masaki's body. Murakami is turned into an obedient, powerful Cronos general - and a full Zoalord, who assumes the name "Imakarum Mirabilis" to take the place of the fallen Guyot. When his obedience is questioned Barcas explains that Imakarum Mirabilis has a unique relationship with Archanfel; they are in constant telepathic link, as if he is a part of Archanfel, which explains the nature of his sudden loyalty towards Archanfel. He is now more powerful than Guyot was, and has been given Guyot's Zoacrystal.
Masaki is a tall, thin young man with shoulder-length hair. He normally wears sunglasses even at night. After Archanfel gets his claws into him the glasses conceal the fact he now has cat-pupiled eyes; his hair has also now been allowed to grow much longer.

[edit] The Guyver Units

The Guyver units are mysterious symbiotic bio-mechanisms that bond with a host, enhancing the host's own capabilities. Guyver unit was designed as all purpose environment suit for its Creators (believed to be a group of aliens of different species.)

As the human race was developed as a weapon, the unit gives humans super-strength, incredible speed, strong armor, and various weapons:

  • Vibration Globe - two orbs at the Guyver's mouth that produce highly destructive sound waves known as the "Sonic Buster".
  • The Mega-Smasher (胸部粒子砲) - Two high-power particle cannons contained beneath the Guyver's chest armor. It should be noted that the Mega-Smasher is considered, in Guyver canon, to be the most powerful particle beam weapon in existence on Earth. It has been shown heavily gouging Mount Minakami, as proof of its raw power. The upgraded version in the Gigantic versions of the armor are even more powerful at 100 times the power of the Mega-Smasher. The Gigantic version of the Mega-Smasher is called the Giga-Smasher. In Bioboosted Armor Guyver, the Mega-Smasher is shown to require a significant amount of time to recharge after being fired.
  • Head Beam - A multi-directional laser mounted just above the control metal on the Guyver's head. Lisker in the 2005 series says it utilizes excess body heat.
  • High Frequency Swords (高周波ソード) - blades that extend from the Guyver's forearms. These blades vibrate at an extremely high frequency allowing them to cut through almost any material with ease.) Also known as Sonic Swords (see vibroblade).
  • Gravity Control Orb/Controller (重力制御球) - The purpose of the gravity Controller is to siphon gravitational energy from a higher dimension. Two main uses include giving the Guyver the ability to fly and to unleash destructive gravity waves in the form of a directed "Gravity Cannon" also known as the "Pressure Cannon" (重圧砲). It could also be used to block attacks like a small temporary shield.

Other various systems are revealed slowly as the manga continues.

It is the Control Metal (制御装置) located on the Guyver's forehead that regulates the armor - and prevents the alien parasite, that the Guyver system is based on, from literally eating its host alive. It also records the genetic structure, and memories of its host, so that if the host is injured or killed, it regenerates that host from even the smallest bits of genetic material. If the control metal is destroyed, the Unit absorbs its host. The control metal has tentacles that reach into the host's brain, and is the hard wiring of the Unit that allows the host to use the systems of the Guyver. During the joining with the Guyver, the host's body is changed permanently. The Guyver leaves 2 growths on the back of the host, that act as a form of 'transceiver' to Guyver. When the host calls for the Guyver, a signal is sent and the Guyver is activated. When not needed, the armor is stored in what can best be described as a sub-dimension; it follows the host constantly so as to be instantly available when needed. When the Guyver is called by its host, its appearance causes a destructive burst that damages anything within a few feet of the host's body.

While extremely hardy, there are a number of things that can damage or destroy a Guyver. The various Enzyme-type Zoanoids were specifically developed to exude a type of acid that dissolves the bio-booster armor. A battle-trained, experienced Zoalord has enough pure power to destroy a Guyver, as do some of the Hyper Zoanoids. And, finally, the Creators developed a tool called the 'Unit-Remover'. It actually deletes host data from the control metal, forcing the Guyver to return to its inactive state. Unlike the Zoanoids, the Guyver is humanoid in form - mostly because its hosts are human. The Guyver would have been used by the command crew element of Creator spaceships, and in later chapters, Shō uses his Control Metal to speak telepathically with one of the craft.

A Guyver unit itself is semi-sentient and can act on its own to a limited extent, if its host is unable to direct it. In this mode it will usually take no action except to defend itself from what it perceives to be a threat. Guyver I was in this mode when he first assumed his bioboosted form, when he was regenerated by the Control Medal in Chronos headquarters, and when he killed the Zoanoid his father had been turned into. It is presumably also this semi-sentience that prevents the host from disengaging the armor if they have sustained injuries that would prove fatal without the Guyver's protection and ability to rapidly heal from damage--the Guyver is even seen to be able to heal wounds dealt by Enzyme Zoanods in a short time.

The first Guyver was an experiment by the Creators aeons ago. They were curious as to how their newly developed weapons would react to their standard armament (Guyver unit). However, the Guyver (dubbed Guyver 0) attacked the Creators, destroying one of their ships. The human would not remove the armor when ordered to. The Creators programmed the humans to be telepathically controlled by them and so, as this human would not listen, the bio-boosted human was named 'Guyver' (a word meaning "out of control" in the Creators' language, though other versions give it as "beyond the norm," and Bioboosted Armor Guyver gives the meaning as "not to specification"). They gave the 'unit remover' to Archanfel who then proceeded to remove the unit from the human and incinerate him.

An upgrade module for an active Guyver unit was later created from the remnants of a relic ship. Its power output is said to be 20x that of a regular Guyver. Although this power increase is not 'across the board', this gives it sufficient power to battle and overwhelm a Zoalord. The wearer increases in size to about 10 feet, which led to the upgrade being dubbed "Gigantic" (巨大殖装) by Tetsurō. Only one Upgrade exists thus far, however both Guyver's One and Three are able to use it. While Guyver One was the first to use the Gigantic upgrade, Guyver Three has "more control" over his Unit and is able to call the upgrade even if it is currently active with Guyver One. This situation reverses later when Guyver I gains more confidence, and it seems that Guyver III cannot access the Gigantic at all anymore.

In the latest issue of Guyver, the Guyver undergoes another upgrade where the Gigantic's power orbs protude and glow while the Gigantic increases in size. After the transformation is complete, the Gigantic's colour scheme changes slightly and is revealed as a giant of immense size. Yoshiki Takaya, the creator of Guyver has said that he "Planned this ever since Sho's dream of being a giant in Volume 10".[citation needed]

[edit] Zoaform

Zoaforming is the process in which a human being is given the ability to transform at will.

[edit] Zoalords

Zoalords (獣神将) are the leaders of Cronos, they all have 'Zoacrystals', crystalline structures implanted in their forehead that give them psychic abilities and greatly enhanced bio-energy. They can tap into these powers to fly, and generate energy blasts even without the need to transform into Zoalord battle-form. In one way or another, all can psionically manipulate both gravity and radiant energy.

[edit] Zoanoids

The Cronos Corporation has discovered the technology to give humans the ability to transform into superhuman, monstrous soldiers called Zoanoids (獣化兵). These 'normal' Zoanoids are the cannon-fodder of the series, and are constantly getting destroyed left and right. When killed, their bodies disintegrate into little more than wisps of vapor and damp spots on the ground, so there are no bodies - human or monster - left which can be used as proof of what's going on. Initially, most Zoanoids we run across are members of Cronos, but the Corporation is also experimenting with ways to involuntarily transform humans into Zoanoids without their knowledge. It is safe to assume they erase the memories of these people of their being processed. They can be activated from a distance by any Zoalord. These humans come under the Zoalords' telepathic mind-control techniques as soon as they transform, giving the organization an unquestioningly obedient army of super soldiers. These Zoanoids are genetically programmed to obey the orders of Zoalords (with some exceptions now and then, like Aptom). Once these experiments are successfully completed, Cronos begins to openly make its bid to control the world. Zoanoids come in hundreds of different designs. Some are very specialized, like the Enzyme and Hyper Zoanoid units, and are few in number, possibly due to the resources involved in their conversion. Others like Gregole, Ramotith and Vamore are more general-purpose and exist in much larger quantities. While not all humans can be made into Zoanoids, a very large percentage of humans possess the potential. Usually females are not processed, but it is quite possible.

[edit] Lost Numbers

Lost Numbers (損種実験体) are Zoanoids who have lost their reproductive ability during processing/cannot be copied. This makes them useless to Cronos' long term plans as they cannot self replicate. They have powers/weapons that are non-conventional, but they offered a new approach in the battle against the Guyvers.

[edit] Manga Tankōbon titles

01. The Unit called "G"

02. Cronos

03. The Secret of Murakami

04. The Aptom's Menace

05. The 12 Divinities

06. The Guyot's Counterattack

07. The Remover's Menace

08. A New Beginning

09. Guyver Gigantic

10. The 13th Divinity

11. The Living Ark

12. The Archanfel's Island

13. Gigantic Dark

14. Final Match

15. The Return of the Guyver

16. The Purg'stall's Attack

17. His Name is Libertus

18. The Imakarum's Awekening

19. To the Abyss

20. Evil Aptom

21. Revenge

22. Awaking of the Dark Kingdom

23. The Real Face of Divinity

24. The Aptom's Awakening

[edit] Trivia

  • The Guyver's most powerful weapon, the Megasmasher, is said to be influenced by Godzilla's atomic breath.
  • In volume 20, ex-editor Eiji Ōtsuka confirms that Guyver was influenced by tokusatsu legend Kamen Rider, created by Shotaro Ishinomori.
  • The Guyver is said to have influenced many new creations possibly including the following two shows

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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