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“Teen bonds with alien armor to fight Chronos, uncovering humanity's origins and destiny.”
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor
強殖装甲ガイバー
7.23
3,450 rank · 25,342 viewers · 155 favorites
Action
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Gore
Super Power
Shounen
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Synopsis
Teen bonds with alien armor to fight Chronos, uncovering humanity's origins and destiny.
Sho Fukamachi, a normal teenager accidentally found an alien object called Unit and thus, changed his life forever. The Unit bonded with Sho, resulting in an incredibly powerful life-form called Guyver. With this great power, Sho battles the mysterious Chronos organization and it's Zoanoids, in order to protect his friends and his world. Unknown to Sho, the battle against Chronos will lead to the discovery of the origins of human, their destiny, and the Creators... (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 12 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.94
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.94 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Nov 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I liked how they were able to make guyver and zoanoids look so much like the original designs while also making them look modern as well. I enjoyed the longer plot and how we learn a bit more then...”
- 10 “You might think a 10 for this series is to high, But i have a special spot for this series. I remember renting the vhs's and sitting down with my brother and my nephews on bean bags with lots of...”
- 9 “This is one of the FEW newskool anime i like very much, basicly because its revived from an movie and the 13 part serie´s i used to watch on t.v back in ´95 with the blood and gore and all, and the...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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- Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
- Aired Aug 2005 – Feb 2006 Summer 2005
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1244 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Pictures Japan Producer
- Imagine Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Funimation Licensor