Based on the popular manga by Yoshiki Takaya, Guyver: The Biosboosted Armour is about two high school students, Sho Fukumachi and Tetsuro Segawa who accidentally find a Guyver Unit, a strange device which can fuse with a host to give them immense power and abilities. Three Guyver units have been taken and are being searched for by the Chronos Coropration. The Guyver unit reacts and fuses with Sho and becoming the Guyver. As the Chronos search team come across Sho to disengage the Guyver Unit they are eradicated easily unknowing to Sho who could not control his new found power. Following this, the Chronos Corporation will do anything they can to retrieve the Guyver Units. As the guyver unit is now a physical part of Sho he must come to accept his enw power and fight for the ones he loves to evade and thwart the Chronos Corporation.
At first the plot is simple bringing in the key characters and what is to be expected throughout the series. As the series progresses there is a continuous theme to Sho gaining new abilities each episode and fighting a tougher opponent much like levelling up. During the middle and end, the story delves deeper looking at the existence of mankind and how the Guyver units were created which brings in a whole side to the series making it more engaging.
Having not seen the previous OVA series or read the manga, I don’t know how this one compares but it did feel nostalgic and retro from its theme and dialogue, especially the characters from Sho being the one who cares for his friends and family and always find strength from them to Tetsuro being Sho’s best friend and always concerned.
The visuals to me were solid at best, but it lacked flair and intricacy especially in the character designs, however some of the Guyver units just looked plain awesome. I thought the action scenes whilst were decent enough and had a sense of being retrospective, it could have had more style and persona added to it. Guyver: the Bioboosted Armor certainly isn’t one of the best out there right now but it is certainly very good and definitely worth watching right to the end.
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