Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor


Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor is a Japanese anime series based on the long-running manga series Bio Booster Armor Guyver written by Yoshiki Takaya. It adapts chapters 1-60 of the manga. The production was done in association with ADV Films and Kadokawa Shoten. It is a remake of The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor, a 12-part OVA that aired in Japan from 1989 until its discontinuation in 1992, having adapted volumes 1–4 and 3⁄4 of volume 5. The remake is a closer adaptation of the manga and aired from August 6, 2005, to February 18, 2006.
The series aired in North America on December 20, 2010, on the FUNimation Channel.

Plot

The Chronos Corporation has secret plans for the world and have biologically engineered employees and soldiers who are able to transform themselves into powerful monsters at will, beings called Zoanoids. A test type Zoanoid, disguised as a normal man, escapes after stealing a bag containing three items Chronos was studying, known as the Guyver units. Chronos soldiers attempt to recover the units from the test-type but he activates a grenade, killing himself and scattering the Guyver units. One of the lost units is discovered by two high school students, Shō Fukamachi and Tetsurō Segawa. Shō accidentally activates the unit and it merges him with the biological armor, increasing all his physical abilities and arming him with deadly weaponry. He is now a Guyver, later specifically designated "Guyver I."
Determined to recruit Shō or recover the Guyver armor from his body the Chronos Corporation begins sending Zoanoids after the teenager and his friend Tetsurō. Also at risk is Tetsurō's sister Mizuki, whom Shō loves. The Zoanoid attacks lead to escalating battles that result in Shō learning to be a deadlier warrior while uncovering more of his armor's abilities. Thanks to their influence in politics and new media, the general public is kept unaware of the secret war between the Chronos Corporation and Guyver I. Eventually, Shō meets other Guyver users and uncovers the secrets behind the origins of their units, the Zoanoids, and the Chronos Corporation.

Characters

Most, if not all, of the characters from the original Guyver manga series appear in the new Guyver anime series. Several characters in the new anime series have undergone a slight change of design from their previous looks from the past animated OVA and manga series. For instance, Shō has a different style, brown hair rather than his original black hair. Mizuki now has black hair in the 2005 series instead of her brown hair from the previous series.

Main characters

;Sho Fukamachi
;Tetsurō Segawa
;Mizuki Segawa
;Agito Makishima
;Natsuki Taga
;Richart Guyot
;Masaki Murakami

Other characters

;Fumio Fukamachi
;Genzo Makishima
;Oswald A. Lisker
;Aptom
;Toshiaki Hayami/Bio-Freezer
;Hamilcar Barcas
;Archanfel
;Sin Rubeo Amniculus
;Fried'rich von Purg'stall
;Luggnagg de Krumeggnic
;Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Gregole
;Gaster
;Lǐ Yǎn-Tuí, Derzerb, Enzyme II
;Zerbebuth
;Elegan
;ZX-Tole
;Test Type
;Kawada
;Kobashi
;Misuzawa
;Dyme

Episodes

Theme songs