Guyver: Out of Control

Guyver: Out of Control is a 1986 short horror original video animation based on the manga Bio Booster Armor Guyver but with differences both in length and story from both the manga and the 12 episode OVA series, The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor.

It was released in the U.S. and Canada in 1993 by L.A. Hero under the Dark Image Entertainment label. It has since been out of print in North America.

Plot

While walking home from school, high school students Shō Fukamachi and Mizuki Segawa accidentally discover one of three Bio Booster Armor units stolen from the Chronos Corporation. When Shō and Mizuki are attacked by a Zoanoid, the unit comes into contact with Shō and bonds with him, transforming him into Guyver I and promptly destroying the Zoanoid assailant. Meanwhile, a female Chronos agent named Valcuria acquires a second unit and becomes Guyver II. She then abducts Mizuki in order to challenge Shō for the Guyver I unit.

Differences from the manga

Though Out of Control is based on the first four chapters of the Guyver manga, it deviates heavily in character development. The OVA omits Shō's best friend Tetsuro Segawa and replaces his role with Mizuki. Valcuria replaces Oswald A. Lisker, the original user of the Guyver II armor, though she was eventually incorporated into the later chapters of the manga. Guyver III also appears, but it is not explained who the host body is, as he only appears in the closing moments of the OVA.

The OVA is well known for a scene resembling tentacle rape where the Guyver II unit bonds with Valcuria.

Cast

• Yū Mizushima: Shō Fukamachi/Guyver I
• Michie Tomizawa: Mizuki Segawa
• Keiko Toda: Valkyria F. Lisker/Guyver II
• Jun Hazumi: Genzō Makishima
• Norio Wakamoto: Agent Ishiwatari
• Yūji Fujishiro: Detective Akitsu/Vamore
• Yasurō Tanaka: Truck Driver Heijirō Zenigata
• Ai Satō : Mother
• Michitaka Kobayashi: Test Type (Guinea Pig)
• Nozomu Sasaki: Takaya
• Yū Ogura: Morio
• Fumihiko Tachiki: Chronos Soldier B
• Jūrōta Kosugi: Guyver III

Reception

On Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis called it an "extremely dated piece of pulp that still somehow manages to be fun".^[1]

References

External links

• Guyver: Out of Control (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia