Guyver1

Again I need to ask, does this means that this first issue of Shonen Captain was on sale not on 18th feb, but on18th jan? I just need to know an actual day when first Guyver was published Based on the advertisement Yuki translated, I would think that it would be fist out in January but dated February 18,1985.

Oh wow! Thanks so much Yuki! I appreciate you taking the time to do that. I am super excited to be apart of this forum and can't wait to get my nerd on with you all

I am interested in why it says 3D as well. Hopefully Yuki can translate when time permits. I can't wait for the Figma figure to be released. Should be pretty sweet! Thanks for checking out the Shonen Captain pics

LOL! How did you know I had an Amazing Fantasy 15?! Good luck to the cat burgalars on getting to them!! Thanks!

Hello again, I will post more pics now. It looks like I will have to do this in a few posts, so please be patient I have attached a pic of the spine clearly showing the year of 1985, the front cover, some pics of the title page, the side of a page, and note where he is breaking Gregole's arms, in the original there is no blood spatter. It was added in the tankouban. Let me know if any other pics are needed. I hope to hear how they are translated. Thanks all!! - Guyver1

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 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!