The differences in character design are really obvious as seen in the following two images:
Sho Fukamachi (circa 1980-something)
Sho Fukamachi (kewler looking overall)
The only design that didn't need changing is the Guyver suit itself. Even sticking to the original designs the suit kicks so much ass that it's freaky.
Anyway, to those who are wondering what the hell Guyver is, it's an old anime about Sho (the guy illustrated above) who finds the Guyver suit. It "chooses" him as it's host and is pretty much stuck to him forever until someone manages to extract it somehow. From the older anime it seems to be pretty pointless as the Guyver was once obliterated down to only the silver disc on his forehead (his "Control Metal"). That of course, includes Sho. When the Control Metal is deposited in the headquarters of the enemy for safekeeping and other nefarious plans, the control metal regenerates the entire damned suit and the human inside it.
Yep.
You read that right.
After that point in the series, I was too damned floored to try and figure out if that means that Sho is really dead and this one is a clone made by the Guyver unit? Or if Sho is actually the Guyver unit now, and just regenerated from the Control Metal with all his stuff intact, including his sanity and his soul?
Ah well... it was still pretty cool.
Anyway, I'll be looking out for any copies of the new series to find out what they've done with it.
4 comments:
i wish i had WOWOW ;o;
Same here. ;_; though if the anime comes out here, I'll buy it right away!
i think i caught that show on wowwow...or some japanese channel...anyway, it's channel 42 on paranaque cable, and i forgot the time >_< it's weird...he goes "YADA~!" while he's in the Guyver suit... ^_^0
Wow... too bad we don't have Wowow out side Paranaque cable.
I hope they didn't kiddy-fy it. Guyver was best as a bloody, violent film that made me cringe as a kid.
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