NEW UK, US and CA TITLE: Guyver: Dark Hero 2-Disc Blu-ray

Making its UK & US Blu-ray debut with a new master, this set contains two versions of the film – the Original 1994 version and an Enhanced version with new special effects.

Release Date: September 7 (UK), September 8 (US & Canada)

Pre-order in the UK via hmv: https://bit.ly/3Qf8Hd8
Pre-order in the UK via Zavvi: https://bit.ly/4ezzKaY
Pre-order in the UK via Amazon: https://amzn.to/4w2XDPx

Pre-order in the US via DiabolikDVD: https://bit.ly/4etpMYF
Pre-order in the US via MVD: https://bit.ly/4uEyedD

Pre-order in Canada via Unobstructed View: https://bit.ly/4xyrYXz

And the new trailer for it!

https://youtu.be/u4MIQNfgeY0?si=he50XJpcC6Q1KMbi

Pre-ordered! Love the look of it

enjoyed the trailer and excited to see this in hd but not crazy about that cover art, the proportions are super weird and visually it's not a great representation of the film's vibe. never liked that artwork that is used for the reverse side either - was always under the impression it was ai given the loose details and bizarre visual noise. if it's not ai then from an image-making POV there's objectively a lot of weird stuff going on in it. but i guess there was that really weird cover the first film got where the arms out guyver didn't even look like the guyver so there's precedent for weird guyver covers. oh well

anyway, pretty interesting to note that the black smoke coming from the landscape at the beginning of the trailer is not in the original version of the film. hopefully there aren't too many other instances of excessive zoom in, though if this is a limiation due to film deterioration around the edges then fair enough.

Pre-ordered!

Pre-ordered on Amazon and release has come and gone, hasn't arrived, no updates what so ever... no idea what's going on

Wow long time no see Mecha!

I cancelled my amazon order last week because it said it was coming on the 24th or something. i just ordered from HMV and it should be arriving today now. would advise you to do the same if you're desperate to receive it quickly as it looks like it isn't even available on amazon anymore(!)

9 hours ago, Bio-Boosted Dude said:

Wow long time no see Mecha!

I cancelled my amazon order last week because it said it was coming on the 24th or something. i just ordered from HMV and it should be arriving today now. would advise you to do the same if you're desperate to receive it quickly as it looks like it isn't even available on amazon anymore(!)

Hey, hope you've been doing well Bio!
Switched to Zavvi since I noticed they had it, Amazon are terrible recently. Just wanna get it without the trouble heh

Hope you're doing well too man!

Watched my copy yesterday and while I was pretty worried about the fact it was an AI upscale I have to say the majority of the film does look good. the quality of a few shots is inconsistent and faces look weird at times (Crane and Cori suffer the worst) but the suits look great every shot they're in, which is where the real meat of the film lies. I feel like it was a bit misleading to say that the enhanced version had 'new special effects' though. as far as i could tell the only new special effect was the black smoke i pointed out in my earlier post.

i also take back what i said about the cover art, its grown on me and the art cards inside are very nice. the reverse artwork of the guyver/guyver zoanoid being used for the discs is unfortunate though. i stand by my opinion that it's unfortunate that it made its way onto the release at all.

anyway the extras are also lots of fun. some great BTS photos and artwork on show. Very funny that the Steve Wang interview features a spread from the Advocacy scanlations when he's discussing the manga. wonder how that ended up there!