Guyver Synopsis

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[edit] Vol 01

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
1 Emergence of Bio-booster Armor
[出現!!驚異の強殖装甲 - arrival!! miracle of the bio-boost armour] 		March 20, 1986 (Shonen Captain)
November 1, 1998 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 404713239X 		August 5, 1995 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569310327
December 2003 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812410473

Book 01
  • Chapter 001 - ARRIVAL! THE BIO-BOOSTER ARMOUR MIRACLE!!
  • Chapter 002 - RIDDLE OF THE SECRET ORGANIZATION CRONOS
  • Chapter 003 - INSPECTOR LISKER'S CHALLENGE
  • Chapter 004 - CLOAKED IN DARKNESS!! SHADOW OF "THE THIRD"!?
  • Chapter 005 - BIG PINCH!! SHOU, DRIVEN INTO A CORNER!?
  • Chapter 006 - BIG TURNAROUND!! DESTRUCTION OF CRONOS JAPAN BRANCH HEADQUARTER

[edit] Vol 02

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
2 Prelude to Hunting
[追撃への序章 - prelude to pursuit]
Revenge of Cronos (Viz Title) 		December 20, 1986 (Shonen Captain)
November 1, 1998 (Shonen re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132403 		August 5, 1995 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569310912
January 2004 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812415750

Book 02
  • Chapter 007 - ANOTHER SHOU, THE THREAT OF THE BIOBOOST CLONE!!
  • Chapter 008 - EXPLOSION!! THE PRESSURE CANNON OF ANGER
  • Chapter 009 - EXPERIMENTAL TROOPS!! THE EVIL INFLUENCE OF CRONOS DRAWING NEAR
  • Chapter 010 - STRONG OPPONENT!! THE TWO LOST NUMBERS
  • Chapter 011 - THE FOURTH GUYVER!? COOPERATION ATTACK OF DEATH
  • Chapter 012 - PRELUDE TOWARDS PURSUIT

[edit] Vol 03

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
3 Challenge to Five Hyper-Zoanoids
[超獣化兵!!五人衆の挑戦 - hyper zoanoid!! team 5's challenge]
Dark Masters (Viz Title) 		October 20, 1987 (Shonen Captain)
December 1, 1998 (Shonen re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132411 		March 7, 1996 (Viz)
ISBN No: 156931067X
March 2004 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812417540

Book 03
  • Chapter 013 -
  • Chapter 014 -
  • Chapter 015 -
  • Chapter 016 -
  • Chapter 017 -
  • Chapter 018 -
  • Chapter 019 -
  • Chapter 020 -

[edit] Vol 04

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
4 Fight Against Invincible Zoalord
[無敵!?不死身のゾアロード - unrivalled!? invulnerable zoalord]
Escape From Cronos (Viz Title) 		August 20, 1998 (Shonen Captain)
December 1, 1998 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 404713242X 		September 5, 1996 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569311366
June 2004 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812600019

Book 04
  • Chapter 021 - ESCAPE IN THE RAIN
  • Chapter 022 - ASSAULT!! ENZYME CORPS
  • Chapter 023 - GREAT PINCH! GUYVER I UNABLE TO BIOBOOST!!
  • Chapter 024 - A ZOALORD IS!? MURAKAMI MASAKI'S TRUE IDENTITY
  • Chapter 025 - SHOCKING PAST!! PROTOZOALORD
  • Chapter 026 - TRUE GENESIS, THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN BIRTH
  • Chapter 027 - DEPARTURE!! RICHARD GUYOT
  • Chapter 028 - INVINCIBLE!! THE IMMORTAL ZOALORD

[edit] Vol 05

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
5 Aptom, Ultimate Battle Creature
[究極の戦闘生物!!その名はアプトム - ultimate battle creature!! the one named aptom]
Guyver Reborn (Viz Title) 		March 20, 1986 (Shonen Captain)
January 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132438 		March 8, 1997 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569311927
October 2004 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812601309

Book 05
  • Chapter 029 - DESPERATE SITUATION!? SHOU AND MIZUKI
  • Chapter 030 - OUTBURST OF TRUTH
  • Chapter 031 - REVIVE!! BIOBOOSTER SHOU
  • Chapter 034 - GRUDGING FORM, APTOM FIERCE ATTACK!!
  • Chapter 033 - ULTIMATE BATTLE CREATURE!! IT'S NAME IS APTOM
  • Chapter 034 - CAN YOU ESCAPE!? THE EVIL TAKESHIRO VILLAGE

[edit] Vol 06

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
6 Coming of Ominous Shadow
[舞い降りた"大いなる影" - descending "great shadow"]
Heart of Cronos (Viz Title) 		May 20, 1990 (Shonen Captain)
January 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132446 		October 6, 1997 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569312052
May 2005 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812605088

Book 06
  • Chapter 035 - REUNION, RELICS POINT'S LOWEST STRATA
  • Chapter 036 - REVIVE!! MURAKAMI MASAKI
  • Chapter 037 - LIVING SURGE!? RUMBLING RELIC
  • Chapter 038 - "GREAT SHADOW" SWEEPING DOWN
  • Chapter 039 - STARTUP!! THE MYSTERIOUS "REMOVER"
  • Chapter 040 - THE TRUMP IS THE "RELIC LIVING BODY"

[edit] Vol 07

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
7 Inside the Relic from outer space
[突入!!"遺跡宇宙船" - break in!! "relic spaceship"]
Armageddon (Viz Title) 		October 20, 1990 (Shonen Captain)
February 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132454 		February 5, 1998 (Viz)
ISBN No: 1569312427
June 2005 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812606130

Book 07
  • Chapter 041 - BREAK IN!! "RELIC" SPACE SHIP (PART 1)
  • Chapter 042 - BREAK IN!! "RELIC" SPACE SHIP (PART 2)
  • Chapter 043 - BREAK IN!! "RELIC" SPACE SHIP (PART 3)
  • Chapter 044 - CHAOTIC RELICS POINT, THE STEALTHY BATTLE CREATURE
  • Chapter 045 - CLASH!! ZX-TOLE VS APTOM
  • Chapter 046 - GREAT COUNTERATTACK!! RICHARD GUYOT

[edit] Vol 08

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
8 Duel: Murakami vs Guyot
[死闘!!村上V.S.ギュオー - death match!! murakami V.S. guyot] 		October 15, 1990 (Shonen Captain)
February 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release
ISBN No: 4047132462 		September 2005 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812607420

Book 08
  • Chapter 047 - DEVIL'S CHOICE! PSEUDO BLACK HOLE!!
  • Chapter 048 - "LOWEST STRATA" GREAT CHANGE!! AND THEN...
  • Chapter 049 - BIOBOOST CANCELLED!? THE THREAT OF THE "REMOVER"
  • Chapter 050 - THE ANGER OF ZOALORD CHANGE!! DEATH DUEL MURAKAMI VS GUYOT
  • Chapter 051 - WOUNDED BEAST, THE TENACITY OF ZOALORD GUYOT
  • Chapter 052 - RELICS POINT DESTROYED!! MOUNT MINAKAMI SPURTING FIRE

[edit] Vol 09

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
9 Those who hunt Aptom
[アプトム・ハンター!!その名は。。。 - aptom hunter!! that guy is named...] 		February 20, 1992 (Shonen Captain)
March 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132470 		November 6, 2007 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9812692347

Book 09
  • Chapter 053 -
  • Chapter 054 -
  • Chapter 055 -
  • Chapter 056 -
  • Chapter 057 -
  • Chapter 058 -

[edit] Vol 10

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
10 Emergence of Guyver Gigantic
[降臨!!巨人殖装 - advent!! giant boost armour] 		November 20, 1993 (Shonen Captain)
March 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132489 		October 14, 2008 (Chuang Yi)
ISBN No: 9789812760937

Book 10
  • Chapter 059 - ADVENT!! GIGANTIC
  • Chapter 060 - FUKAMACHI SHO'S RETURN
  • Chapter 061 - THE 13TH ZOALORD
  • Chapter 062 - REUNION...AND FINALLY, NIGHTMARISH BATTLE

[edit] Vol 11

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
11 Challenge of Imakarum Mirabilis
[猛撃!!イマカラム・ミラービリス - furious attack!! imakarum mirabilis] 		June 20, 1994 (Shonen Captain)
April 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132497 		- N/A -

Book 11
  • Chapter 063 -
  • Chapter 064 -
  • Chapter 065 -
  • Chapter 066 -

[edit] Vol 12

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
12 Defeat of Guyver Gigantic
[ギガンティック敗北!?黒変する"蛹" - gigantic defeated!? "cocoon" strangely darkens] 		February 20, 1995 (Shonen Captain)
April 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132500 		- N/A -

Book 12
  • Chapter 067 -
  • Chapter 068 -
  • Chapter 069 -
  • Chapter 070 -
  • Chapter 071 -
  • Chapter 072 -

[edit] Vol 13

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
13 Born of Gigantic Dark
[誕生!!黒い魔神 - birth!! black devil] 		October 15, 1995 (Shonen Captain)
May 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132519 		- N/A -

Book 13
  • Chapter 073 - BORN OF GIGANTIC DARK
  • Chapter 074 - DEATH MATCH!! YOKOHAMA SKIES
  • Chapter 075 - DUEL!! PSEUDO BLACK HOLE VS GIGA SMASHER
  • Chapter 076 - ARCHANFEL AWAKENS
  • Chapter 077 - HOLY COMMANDER MEMBERS GATHERING
  • Chapter 078 - DESTRUCTION!? "ZEUS' THUNDERBOLT"
  • Chapter 079 - RECOLLECTING DR. BARCAS

[edit] Vol 14

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
14 A Raid on Cronos Headquarters
[強襲!!クロノス本部基地 - assault!! cronos headquarters base] 		August 30, 1996 (Shonen Captain)
May 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132527 		- N/A -

Book 14
  • Chapter 080 - ARCHANFEL'S SECRET
  • Chapter 081 - PURSUIT - INVADER IN THE MOONLIGHT
  • Chapter 082 - REVIVAL OF THE TEAM 5!? BATTLE OF THE OBSOLETE FACTORY
  • Chapter 083 - A RAID ON CHRONOS HEADQUARTERS
  • Chapter 084 - ABSOLUTE DEFENSE LINE!? HEADQUARTERS LOWEST LEVEL
  • Chapter 085 - AMBITION AGAIN...THE MANIPULATIVE AGITO
  • Chapter 086 - EYE OF URANUS

[edit] Vol 15

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
15 Awful truth from the Creators
[救星主の真実 - truth of the saviour lords] 		July 1, 1997 (Shonen Captain)
June 1, 1999 (Kadokawa re-release)
ISBN No: 4047132535 		- N/A -

Book 15
  • Chapter 087 -
  • Chapter 088 -
  • Chapter 089 -
  • Chapter 090 -
  • Chapter 091 -
  • Chapter 092 -
  • Chapter 093 -

[edit] Vol 16

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
16 Torrid Lightning-Hyper
[超雷撃!!灼溶の大地 - hyper lighting strike!! miraculous molten ground] 		December 25, 1999
ISBN No: 		- N/A -

Book 16
  • Chapter 094 - TORRID LIGHTING-HYPER
  • Chapter 095 - HIS NAME IS "LIBERTUS"
  • Chapter 096 - COMPLICATED EXPECTATION
  • Chapter 097 - BREAKTHROUGH THE BARRIER!! ONE HIT WITH ALL'S MIGHT
  • Chapter 098 - EARTHQUAKE!! WASHINGTON DC
  • Chapter 099 - APTOM'S SECRET PLANS

[edit] Vol 17

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
17 The King Stands Alone
[孤高の超王 - high king's isolation] 		December 1, 2000
ISBN No: 		- N/A -

Book 17
  • Chapter 100 -
  • Chapter 101 -
  • Chapter 102 -
  • Chapter 103 -
  • Chapter 104 -
  • Chapter 105 -
  • Chapter 106 -

[edit] Vol 18

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
18 Target: Ark of Uranus
[標的は"ウラヌスの聖櫃 - target is ark of uranus] 		October 1, 2001
ISBN No: 4047134562 		- N/A -

Book 18
  • Chapter 107 -
  • Chapter 108 -
  • Chapter 109 -
  • Chapter 110 -
  • Chapter 111 -
  • Chapter 112 -

[edit] Vol 19

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
19 Evil Transfiguration of Aptom
[悪夢のイヴィル・アプトム - knightmare of evil aptom] 		April 10, 2002
ISBN No 		- N/A -

Book 19
  • Chapter 113 -
  • Chapter 114 -
  • Chapter 115 -
  • Chapter 116 -
  • Chapter 117 -
  • Chapter 118 -
  • Chapter 119 -

[edit] Vol 20

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
20 Proof of the Human
[人として在る為に - the advantage of being human] 		February 1, 2003
ISBN No 		- N/A -

Book 20
  • Chapter 120 - FIGHTING PRINCESS GRISELDA
  • Chapter 121 - CHARGE!! "GRAVITY RAM"
  • Chapter 122 - TRANSFORMATION!! ZOALORD YENTSUI
  • Chapter 123 - BREAKING PHENOMENON!! CHALLENGE OF "JIE KAN ZAN"
  • Chapter 124 - TOKYO - QUESTIONING EVIL SHADOW
  • Chapter 125 - PROOF OF THE HUMAN
  • Chapter 126 - FURIOUS ATTACK!! PUPPET OF THE EVIL OLD MAN

[edit] Vol 21

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
21 Evolution of Biobooster Armor
[衝撃!!強殖装甲展開 - shock!! bio-booster armour expansion] 		December 25, 2003
ISBN No: 4047135895 		- N/A -

Book 21
  • Chapter 127 - BATTLE CREATURE APTOM'S PORTRAIT
  • Chapter 128 - AMBUSH FALLS!! LOOKS OF THE WICKED GENERAL
  • Chapter 129 - SHOCK!! BIOBOOSTER ARMOR DEVELOPS
  • Chapter 130 - BALCUS' GAMBLE - HEADQUARTERS RUMBLE
  • Chapter 131 - FIERCE BATTLE!! ARIZONA UNDERGROUND CAVERN
  • Chapter 132 - TRAP OF THE KILLING TECHNIQUE - COUNTERATTACK OF GIGANTIC DARK
  • Chapter 133 - AWAKENING!! LORD OF THE DARK

[edit] Vol 22

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
22 Under the Mask
[仮面神将の素顔 - bare face of masked divine lord] 		July 1, 2004
ISBN No: 4047136395 		- N/A -

Book 22
  • Chapter 134 - TRUE FACE OF WAFERDANOS
  • Chapter 135 - "SUBJECTS" DOMINATION!!
  • Chapter 136 - FAITH OF THE WATCHERS
  • Chapter 137 - UNDER THE MASK
  • Chapter 138 - REVIVAL OF THE DEAD!! THE MIRACLE OF RE-BIOBOOSTING
  • Chapter 139 - COUNTERATTACK START!! THE REVIVED GUYVER I
  • Chapter 140 - THE ENDING THREAD OF "RECOVERY"

[edit] Vol 23

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
23 Soul Inheritance
[受け継がれる魂 - inheriting the soul] 		December 26, 2005
ISBN No: 4047137693 		- N/A -

Book 23
  • Chapter 141 - THAT MAN HAYAMI
  • Chapter 142 - BATTLE TO THE DEATH!! METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OFFICE ROOFTOP
  • Chapter 143 - BIO FREEZER'S REQUIEM
  • Chapter 144 - INHERITED SPIRIT
  • Chapter 145 - APTOM AWAKENS
  • Chapter 146 - LAUGHTER OF THE OLD DEMON
  • Chapter 147 - GIGANTIC, ONCE AGAIN

[edit] Vol 24

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
24 Advent of Draglord
[巨獣神轟臨!! - facing the roar of draglord!!] 		September 26, 2006
ISBN No: 404713855X 		- N/A -

Book 24
  • Chapter 148 - PASSAGE OF POWER - THE 2 GIGANTICS
  • Chapter 149 - CHASED TO THE CRITICAL POINT
  • Chapter 150 - BLASTING "MODE C"
  • Chapter 151 - HEADQUARTERS DESTROYED
  • Chapter 152 - GATHERING OF GIANT FACES
  • Chapter 153 - ACCUMULATION OF MALICE
  • Chapter 154 - DRAGLORD ROARS

[edit] Vol 25

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
25 Exceed Long Night
[暁の決着 - daybreak's conclusion] 		January 26, 2008
ISBN No: 4047150061 		- N/A -

Book 25
  • Chapter 155 - EXCEED!!
  • Chapter 156 - TREMOR OF THE SKYSCRAPER
  • Chapter 157 - DRAGLORD TAKES FLIGHT
  • Chapter 158 - APTOMS DETERMINATION
  • Chapter 159 - PAUSE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
  • Chapter 160 - DAYBREAKS REVELATION

[edit] Vol 26

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
26 Reid of the Valkyria
[戦女神、来日 - Valkyria arrival in japan] 		February 26, 2009
ISBN No: 4047151823 		- N/A -

Book 26
  • Chapter 161 - A NEW BIOBOOSTER
  • Chapter 162 - FIERCE ATTACK!! FEMALE GUYVER
  • Chapter 163 - PRIDE AND RESPONSIBILITY
  • Chapter 164 - HIS NAME IS APOLLON
  • Chapter 165 - FIERCE BATTLE PRIME CHAMBER
  • Chapter 166 - TERRIFYING OMEN
  • Chapter 167 - REID OF THE VALCURIA

[edit] Vol 27

Volume Title Japanese Release English Release
27 Beginning of Calamity
[宴の開幕 - opening of the banquet] 		March 26, 2010
ISBN No: 978-4-04-715403-2-C0979 		- N/A -

Book 27
  • Chapter 168 - CAGE OF CARNAGE
  • Chapter 169 - SCARRED BATTLE PRINCESS
  • Chapter 170 - MANEUVERING BANDITS
  • Chapter 171 - MEMORY OF WHITE BLAZE
  • Chapter 172 - OPENING BANQUET
  • Chapter 173 - RAGING DEVIL RETURNS


Guyver
Guyver Side Fukamachi Sho • Segawa Tetsuro • Segawa Mizuki • Taga Natsuki • Murakami Masaki • Odagiri Yoshio • Hayami Toshiaki • Aptom • Asou Keisuke • Tokiwadaira Tamotsu
Cronos Side Cronos • Hyper Zoanoid Team 5 • 12 Holy Commander (Archanfel - Barcas - Shin - Guyot - Imakarum - Purgstall - Yentsui - Khan - Kurumegnik - Waferdanos - Carleon - Jabir - Galenos) • Zx-tole • Zerbebuth • Branchai Brothers • Oswald A Lisker • Makishima Genzou
Zeus Thunderbolt Zeus' Thunderbolt • Makishima Agito • Onuma Shizu • Alfred Hekkering
Others Apollon • Valkyria • Advents • Yamamura Shinichirou • Fukamachi Fumio
Technologies Guyver • Gigantic • Zoaforms • Zoanoid List (Alpha - Specialty) • Hyper zoanoid • Lost Number • Zoacrystal • Zoalord • Libertus • Unit Remover • Relic Ship • Anti-rebellion Virus
Locations Chronos Japan • Cloud Gate • Relics Point • Arizona Headquarters • Silha • Ark
Media Manga • 1986 movie • OVA (Part 1 - Part 2) • Novel • TV series • Mutronics • Dark Hero • Music • Merchandise
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