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Thanks so much Aether! (I was SO happy I could get that name!) I can confirm this is the first appearance and the person did key in the wrong year. I will send pics of the side of the Shonen Captain Monthly as the spine does in fact state the year of 1985 on it later this evening for all to see. I have 2 copies of this manga now. The one on display is a decent copy, but I have a near mint one in my safe with all of my other expensive comics and nerd stuff Question to all, if I provide clear scans of the cover to this manga as well as the title page, can anyone translate it for me? I wish I could read Japanese, but alas I am not skilled in reading it. Thanks all!

Hello and welcome Guyver 1! ( I cant believe no one else has used that name on the site before??) so it seems that you can 100% confirm its 1985 if you have a copy yourself... that's good to know. it seems that whoever did that auction and the English wikepedia got the wrong year (or pressed the wrong key when typing? ) the first two pics appear to be the same from ebay, but I like the pic of your Guyver shrine! and especially how you have made your shonen captain and tankobon 1 levitate!! very impressive.

Hello all! I just signed up. I have been foloowing this site for a long time but had nothing to add to all the great input. As I researched Shonen Captain Monthly from 1985 I came across the below in February of this year. Per the wikipedia on Yoshiki Takaya, his first work under his real name was Guyver from 02/18/1985. After researching Guyver's first appearance I reached out to a few people in Japan that were selleing older mangas on ebay and asked that they locate this manga for me. Both gentlemen in Japan were very gracious to my request and I have since purchased 2 copies of Shonen Captain Monthly from 02/18/1985 as it does in fact contain the first true appearance of Guyer. I have been a HUGE fan of this manga since I first saw the anime in 1995 and have been fixated since. Especially Guyver 1. The chronology makes sense if the first manga was serialized in Shonen Captain Monthly in 1985 that the first Tankouban would be released in 1986. I have attached a few pics below just to show some of the pictures from one of my copies of the original manga, as well as my Guyver shelf of awesome for anyone who is interested. Please feel free to ask me any questions as I have spent a LONG time researching this particular topic. Thanks!

I'm glad you gave it a second chance, honestly it is becoming one of my favorite animes, I love fantasy related stuff where magic is involved so this is a perfect series for me since the last one i saw (magi) did not hold up for me for some reason, most characters are likable, comedy is gold and you love to hate the villains, I hope you have a good time watching this series.