#the guyver

[iuciferic]

[deepdreamnights]

Bio-Booster Armor Garfield (1985)

A classic of the 80s, hyper-violent anime boom.

Prompts were mostly built on this prompt format: in 強殖装甲ガイバー, Guyver: Out of Control, 1986, anime screen capture

Some photoshopped screencaps were used for image prompting purposes, and these are, of course, edited and captioned in post.

[gorillageek27]

Let me tell you about one of my favorite kicks in movies

The guyver kick.

First appearaed in the 1991 scifi movie "the guyver"

Then popularised in the 2006 prison fight movie "undisputed 2" by martial artist stunt/actor scott adkins playing the character Yuri Boyka

[classichorrorblog]

Joe Bob Briggs - Monstervision - The Guyver - 3/13/99

[brokehorrorfan]

The Guyver will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 21 via Unearthed Films. Also known as Mutronics, the 1991 sci-fi superhero film is based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Yoshiki Takaya.

Special effects legends Steve Wang (Predator) and Screaming Mad George (Society) co-direct from a script by Jon Purdy. Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, Jimmie Walker, Michael Berryman, David Gale, and Jeffrey Combs star. Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator, Society) produces.

The Guyver has been newly restored in 4K from the original, R-rated 35mm camera negative with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 options. The 4K edition includes a soundtrack CD and a booklet. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, moderated by Budget Biomorphs: The Making of The Guyver Films author Dom O’Brien (new)

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, moderated by Budget Biomorphs: The Making of The Guyver Films author Dom O’Brien (new)

Interview with producer Brian Yuzna (new)

Interview with co-director Screaming Mad George (new)

Suit tests with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)

Outtakes with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)

Gag geel with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)

Production & artwork gallery (new)

Alternate title sequence

Trailers

Disc 3 - CD:

Original soundtrack composed by Matthew Morse (Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker)

When a researcher at the Chronos Corporation is mysteriously killed, his daughter (Vivian Wu), her boyfriend, Sean (Jack Armstrong), and a rogue CIA agent named Max Reed (Mark Hamill) all suspect foul play. Sean discovers a top-secret suit of Chronos armor called "the Guyver," which fuses to his body when he tries it on, turning him into a supremely powerful cyborg. Chronos' evil CEO, Fulton Balcus (David Gale), is enraged and sends a crew of mutant alien monsters to get the Guyver back.

Pre-order The Guyver.

[ruinedholograms]

(1994)

[vectorworm]

[comic-art-showcase]

Guyver by Tyrell Cannon

[flowerprintundies]

Doctor East✨️

[unidentifiedprimate]

Dr. East - The Guyver 1991 (Part 1)

for @shecaughtthekaty

[vladdyissues]

I once read the post where Vlad said: "This anime is obviously a romantic school comedy! Danny and I are the main characters, so it means we are love interests. (to Jazz, Tuck, Sam) You guys are the heterosexual support cast, so make sure do not across the line" (I saved screenshot but Idk how to add photo in ask). Developing the subject, how do you see this anime au? Sailor moon alike relationship? Should it also be a horror cause of creepy natural ghosts?

I've never seen Sailor Moon so I can't comment, but it definitely seems like Danny Phantom was heavily influenced by Yu Yu Hakusho, so it wouldn't take a lot of mental gymnastics to envision an anime version of DP being a lot like this, mixing humor and drama and the supernatural. I'd love to see some actual horror thrown in, though. Animes like Vampire Hunter D and Bio-Booster Armor Guyver come to mind. Guyver's not actually billed as horror, but there's enough body horror, gore, and horror elements in it to qualify, in my opinion. I mean, look at this thing, it's terrifying:

Aside: This ask got me nostalgic for Guyver and I went and watched a few episodes. (The last time I saw it was in the 90s on VHS.) I was floored. There is so much it has in common with DP that I wonder if Hartman wasn't inspired by it as well.

Compare: the black-haired, blue-eyed MC (Sho) who's not the best student, had a disfiguring experience involving something with lots of power and now has two different personas, human and non-human, the latter having incredible strength and unearthly energy that he uses to combat threatening entities that are Not Of This World; best friends are a glasses-wearing geek and a girl who's also the show's love interest, completing the trio. Of course Sho spends a great deal of time protecting his friends, but they also cheer him on from the sidelines and offer help when able, much like Tucker and Sam.

But get this: The only other person with a Guyver armor happens to be the villain (spoiler: not really the villain, it's all an act, and eventually they team up). This is the guy:

Long hair. V-hairline. Sideburns. Thick black eyebrows. The English dub isn't that good, but this guy's voice is deep and nice to listen to. He's supposed to be a student but looks like he's 35.

Anyway. DP anime.

I don't see much changing at all plot-wise. Upping the rating to at least PG-13 is definitely prescribed, so there can be things like blood and fantasy violence and adult humor. Let Danny say "hell", "damn", "bastard", and the occasional "shit", like in YYH. Naturally, Vlad and Danny would start out as rivals before laying aside their differences and teaming up to save the world—which is exactly the formula that YYH and BBAG follow in terms of enemies-to-allies.

I'm imagining a steady progression of saving each other's butts and fighting increasingly powerful enemies until it comes to a point that they both realize they'd die for each other. (Literally Kuwabara and Yusuke lmao.)

In fact, just do a DP/YYH wardrobe swap for all the characters, because Dan Dan Phantom Show is something I'd pay money to see 😂

[flexingtyger99]

The Guyver 2: Dark Hero

[omercifulheaves]

Behind the scenes photos from The Guyver (1991)

Courtesy of Dom O’Brien on twitter.

[90ssuperheroes]

[deepdreamnights]

Bio-Booster Armor Garfield Bonus

Whenever I wind up doing a big project like Bio-Booster Armor Garfield (or even a little one) I wind up having a lot of extra stuff as prompts rarely work on the first go and a lot of variations just don't work for the job at hand.

The top three pics are edited Bio-Booster Garfields, included per request of folks that wanted them sans subtitles.

The rest are dead ends for Jon, Garfield, Liz, and the US Acres Farmanoids Roy, Wade, Bo and Lanolin.

[ruinedholograms]

(1991)