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“Researcher John Stalker becomes demonic cyber-beast Saldo after accident unleashes evil spirit within him.”
Cybernetics Guardian
聖獣機サイガード
5.37
13,458 rank · 6,133 viewers · 4 favorites
Sci-Fi
Supernatural
Mecha
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Synopsis
Researcher John Stalker becomes demonic cyber-beast Saldo after accident unleashes evil spirit within him.
A freak accident unleashes a demonic spirit within researcher John Stalker - transforming him into Saldo, a mythical cyber-beast fueled by hate and evil. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
40%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 1.58
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.58 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.7 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.3
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No
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2012 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “A military experiment goes wrong, resulting in a huge armored heavy metal guy with a battleaxe and shrieking gargoyle pauldrons going on a rage-fueled rampage. This is what's advertised on the...”
- 6 “It's okay. It's not got a particularly good story. But it's ok. There's far better anime out there, but there's much, much, worse, also. The way John Stalker transforms is good and unusal. The...”
- 5 “CYGUARD MUTHA TRUCKAHS! Don't listen to the suckers who say this show is a turd. They're turds. Cyguard isn't art. Ok so it isn't "GOOD" from an analytic perspective. The most interesting parts...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 13%
Long · 13%
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A Ova Production
AIC.- Format 1 × 42′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 42m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1989 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-3342 catalog
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor