V Guyver

I don't believe they can be mind controlled as matt pointed out. The reason was mentioned in Guyver, that regular first stage humans, and Zoanoid humans interbred and eventually the Zoanoid lines thinned while Humans lost telepathic sensitivity. We know the creators could control regular humans too, but after so many years, the need for that genetic trait was probably lost.

Everyone seems to keep forgetting about how some basic common Zoanoids cab handle most conventional weaponry. it took a Gregole getting a direct hit with an M1 Abrams tank tank shell to be taken out. Even so a single Gregole could take out an M1 Abrams on his own, and those that weren't hit directly were able to continue. The Guyver is way tougher than a Gregole by many fold, Money is on Guyver. For a tank shell to kill guyver, it's going to have to hit the Control Metal or very close. Body impacts are not going to do much because of how the Guyver armor is. the armor is pretty much stronger than a thick metal support beam, and even if you were were lucky to get a shot off, he has pretty much a weapon or ability to counter such a tactic barring WMD's.

He was legitimately creepy in the first Guyver Movie.

I was always thinking he was playing an obviously too stupid a person to try and stay under the radar. Obviously he kept giving himself away in the process, especially when he first transformed,

Well, not too surprised with the results. Japan's movies are easily as hit and miss as Hollywood's when it comes to destroying source material.

That explains most of the characters in the DB franchise. Most of them served a good purpose, and then no more. List the characters, and then think up the last time they did anything major, then narrow it down to if those that id anything major did anything recently. They feel like glorified background characters.

Ya know, I wonder about the whole body modifying thing. I know that the official Guyver anatomy says it does change the hosts inside. But, as far as the 2 anime series are concerned, and what I've read of the manga, not all mind you, so correct me if I'm wrong, but we never really see that part of Guyver mentioned or shown in any media.From what I've always seen across the years, the Guyver is treated like a literal living armor. Has the body changing ever played a factor in the manga? Again I haven't read them all. But every time we see Sho transform, and the normal armor into Gigantic and then XD, it all just looks like regular armor wrapping around something. That said, I think it would be a little....much if Sho was actually 50m in XD. The regular Gigantic armor is pretty much a power up mode for the normal Guyver, armor for armor, and then that extra armor grows. To me, I've looked at the XD form more like a giant mecha being piloted by the normal standard Guyver. A giant exoskeleton. But that's me, I'm just going by what I see presented in the manga and anime. I was actually quite surprised to know that the Guyver changes the hosts insides. Before I discovered that, my only access to Guyver was the OVA, live action movies, and anime series, which just pretty much ignored all that. Especially the movies, since the whole armor storage is handled differently in those. From what I remember, the G Unit's organism fuses with all human cells, either it be bone, skin, or nails. From there it reinforces and infuses the cells with bio energy, preserves DNA from damage and speeds up metabolism. In this way a single cell is able to regenerate rapidly without problem for regeneration, and the organisms allows the fused cell to further add enhancements for durability and power. It's not exactly sound science, but it does help explain several of the Guyver abilities. Of course, how an alien unit can instantly bond and unbound from trillions of human cells is absurd. If your wondering, the average human body is 70 trillion, 1 trillion per kg.

I'm still willing to give it a try. But that trailer, it leaves much to be desired. Feels very run of the mill with the ghost busters movie name just stamped on it. We'll see if this movie puts the majority of us to shame. On the bright side this might get a new generation of people to enjoy ghost busters. Then again, I only had to show the new generation the original to get them into the franchise.

Been Listening to the Super Guitar Bros.

That's what I remember someone telling me from the Data files. Maybe it's my memory playing tricks on me. I would prefer it if he could function without the need to be near some gravity well. If someone remembers the science about it, I would be most grateful.

Well, I'm certain the G-Unit was meant as a standard all around tool for space travel and protection. The human body can already survive in the vacuum of space for a period of time, several minutes in fact. The vacuum of space wouldn't freeze them, no heat to escape from their bodies. If they don't attempt to breath and properly hold their breath, they can prevent lung trauma and survive until they pass out. The radiation obviously wont kill us right away. Moisture on skin and eyes will boil because of heat difference but eyes can be closed and the skin issue will be burned, but not fatal. So with that, The Guyver unit can hold the hosts breath much longer I believe. It protects from radiation. Skin and eyes are protected by the suit. Body is insulated further from any heat loss. Unit unlike a human, can at least move around in space if near some gravity well like a planet or moon thanks to the gravity orb. Possible Guyvers can still move out in deep space, but the gravity will be weaker the further away from mass, so the effect of the gravity orb weakens. Note: There's a distinct possibility the G-Units have a space mode that we aren't aware of.

Thancrus. partly because he was such a design that was both cool and silly. He's both deadly and impractical to the point that he can't open a door, a can, or even go to the bathroom without chopping someone off. Stick some pants on him, and watch him struggle trying to take them off while in Zoanoid form.

We did see his arm severed recently. Didn't seem to have bone, just a flesh. I think the Gigantic Armor Exceed in the very least is like an insect in that it's an exoskeleton over muscle but no bones.

They are really amping up the angel themes here.

Aptom is a sentient creature and only ever reverts to instinct when he has no brain. The Bio-Booster creature operates on instincts and can only home in on a desire to complete itself. They are both very similar, and they remind me of the being from the movie "The Thing". The thing treads a middle line between Aptom and the Bio-Booster Creature.

this is almost a Sentai namer thread. XD

I think in part that the unit helps stabilize the host a little more physically. Most normal humans are in complete panic immediately, unable to breath, think, and even react. Sho is that kind of person, but when he has the Guyver on, he doesn't suffer these physical drawbacks as much if at all. He's still afraid and in a bit of panic st times, but he's not cowering completely like he normally does.

People define themselves by what they believe. Some are capable of changing their views, others can never stand being wrong. When an scientist claimed there was no afterlife, one reply was "that is unacceptable to me". How you handle all this is different from one person to the next. There is no true correct answer to getting along with people. Friends and relatives are a bit trickier than strangers, with strangers you have no obligation to continue knowing them. A friend or relative is different in that you often want those bonds to remain. Me, I still argue. I try to point out logic statistics and whatnot... well at least until I learn it's a wall I'm talking too. I also can't stand blatant lies and misinformation being spread around for personal gain. I often end up fighting one friend online on facebook because he throws around so much propaganda out that it feels so wrong that I have to speak out and try to prevent it's spread. Which is silly because I know people will believe it anyways, they wont change, and that they probably feel that they have to spread that information because it's in their beliefs. Most people try to surround themselves with like minded people, and it's to precisely avoid this problems, to have friends who wont turn on you on an idea, and instead support you. On the other hand, having a friend with different views can be a great thing too, because if you are surrounded by yes men and like minded people 24/7, your ego might explode and you might not realize a mistake you are making because you didn't view it from a different angle. So what do we all have to do? Figure it out ourselves as to what makes us happy. I haven't succeeded yet, maybe you all have found something a bit more workable?

He has been annoyed, but never agry per say. But you do see him exploring alternative means of controlling his zoalords outside of just trusting in Barcus. Apparently Barcus isn't threatening enough while Alky sleeps.

Just give us the prons. We will be pleased with such compensation. Aww, it would be l33t. =P

They made a sequel to Tokyo Ghoul. Tokyo Ghoul: RE

Must have been 1991. The Blockbuster had just recently brought in the first OVA VHS and it would remain that way for a few years. Loved the concept for the first two episodes and kept it in mind. Kept it in mind for a long while, and I remembered how awesome the soundtrack was too. A few years later I eventually came across an advertisement for the re-release with all new animation on the VHS (There hardly was any) but I finally got to see the rest of the VHS series around 1993 and Blockbuster had finally brought over the complete OVA series. What truly won me over was The Enzyme I VS Guyver battle, it was the most raw, horrifying thing I've seen down to a superhero (Death of Superman doesn't come close) and it finally cemented the series for me. I eventually discovered the two live action movies too. Though in all honesty I hated the first one but loved the second. Though I can understand why people would love the first one, it's got a lot of inside jokes from several horror movies, but I'm not a horror movie fan despite Guyver being Horror themed. After that, I would occasionally visit the series in rentals. Knew there was a manga but not much else. It wasn't until the internet became more common that I could finally start keeping track of the series. I spent a lot of years just going on the Guyver fan forums and websites keeping up to date on what I couldn't read only to learn how crazy the series evolved. This eventually leading me to here in Japan Legend. I suppose this makes me a weird breed of fan. Not exactly hardcore, but still dedicated.

I wouldn't bother with the art team from 2005. Just the character designer would be good enough. It would need a better studio, not just funding. Wasn't happy how many corners were cut. The main composer from the OVA series was Reijiro Koroku. I'm in agreement. The main theme and credits for the OVA's were done by another artist though. Hayate Matsuo wasn't too bad in the 2005 anime though. The idea of crowd funding is nice, but it would have to be a project started by someone who already holds the licensing in the US if it's to be started here. Unless someone in Japan decides to do crowd funding fro the same project and has the license there. In this case, it would be the studio that currently publishes the monthly chapters. I would prefer a remake from the scratch, but for it to follow in the footsteps that the 2005 did (plot wise) but add the Guyver clone story arc, and much, much MUCH BETTER PACING.

I have to admit, this is a comically new low for Guyot. He's gone to great extents to escape by doing deep into the earth before. But a Man Hole?! That is just too damn funny. Also, again so bizarre that Sho is not scanning the area.

I totally agree on the animation. In general the hand-drawn animation from the 80's and 90's is far superior to the easily produced digital works used nowadays. Agree. In major movies, they usually still use large detailed paintings for many scenery scenes. They are scanned in High Depth and some are photo realistic. Unfortunately Guyver didn't have that high a detailed painting, and the style to them was a big contrast to the main animation. So yes, it would end up looking washed out. It's a shame too, so much scenery, and a lot of it was cool, but also very forgetful and so very repetitive that eventually you stop caring where the characters are. I should know, I spent a good deal of time taking shots of backgrounds and trying to merge them. I also discovered that interior works had some good detail when NOT INSIDE a cronos facility. Namely Makashima's Mansion.