The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
Original Title	強殖装甲ガイバー (Kyōshoku Sōkō Gaibā)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Magnitude 8 Post
Dubbing Studio 2	World Wide Sound
Voice Director 1	Kevin Seymour
Voice Director 2	Raymond Garcia
Voice Director 3	Robert Napton
Translation & Adaptation	Kevin Seymour Raymond Garcia Robert Napton
Recorded	1992-1993 1994
Dub Country	United States United Kingdom
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	12
Year	1989-1992

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (強殖装甲ガイバー Kyōshoku Sōkō Gaibā) is a 12 part anime OVA loosely based on Yoshiki Takaya's manga, Bio Booster Armor Guyver. It was released in Japan from 1989 to 1992. It is the second animated adaptation, following the 1986 OVA Guyver: Out of Control.

Synopsis Sho and his friend Tetsurou stumble upon an odd alien artifact while walking through the woods. Then, the alien artifact breaks free of its metallic bonds and enters Sho's body, turning him into the Guyver. With this new power, Sho must do battle with the evil Chronos corporation and their genetically enhanced Zoanoids, who seek to get the Guyver back into their labs. No one close to Sho is safe from Chronos. He must fight.

Dubbing History

The OVA series was first released in the United States by U.S. Renditions in 1992. L.A. Hero, which released the first OVA, Guyver: Out of Control, provided the translation. It was released on 6 VHS tapes dubbed in English. All tapes had two episodes per tape with the first part of the series on the first three tapes and the second part on the last three tapes.

After U.S. Renditions rights expired, the series was later picked up by Manga Entertainment and released one episode per VHS. They later condensed the series onto two DVDs with each series on a separate DVD. The DVDs featured both English and Japanese audio tracks.

Although much of the original audio tracks for the English dubbing were kept from the U.S. Rendition version, there were some minor edits to the videos. The opening intro was slightly edited and gray boxes with English credits were placed over the original credits that were in Japanese, though unedited introductions were included in the special features. Some of the voices were re-dubbed with U.K.-based voice actors. The final episode was also edited, mainly the nudity was removed. However, an unedited version of this episode was included in the special features, with Japanese audio only (though the episode was available uncut with English audio for the US Renditions releases previously). All subsequent US releases have used this version.

Cast

Animaze

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Shō Fukamachi / Guyver I	Takeshi Kusao	Tom Fahn
	Mizuki Segawa	Yūko Mizutani	Melissa Fahn
	Tetsurō Segawa	Kōzō Shioya	Victor Garcia
	Agito Makishima / Guyver III	Hideyuki Tanaka	Steve Blum
	Natsuki Taga	Chieko Honda	Debra Jean Rogers
	Mizusawa	Tomoko Maruo
	Genzo Makishima	Jun Hazumi	David Hart
	Oswald Lisker / Guyver II	Norio Wakamoto	Gary Dubin
	Rehalt Guou	Hidekatsu Shibata	Bill Kestin
	Zector	Ikuya Sawaki	Gary Dubin
	Derzerb	Daisuke Gōri	Dan Lorge
	Elegen	Jūrōta Kosugi	Martin Ferguson
	Masaki Murakami	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Steve Cassling
	Fumio Fukamachi	Yutaka Shimaka	Marvyn Byrkett
	Dr. Hamilcar Barcas	Seizō Katō
	Barcas' Secretary	Chieko Honda	Susan Byrkett
	Shizu Onuma	Maria Kawamura	Debra Jean Rogers
	Yōhei Onuma	Kenichi Ogata	Dan Lorge
	Aptom	Issei Futamata	Gary Dubin
	Narrator	N/A	David Hart (eps. 1-6)
			Hal Cleaveland (eps. 7-12)

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep.
	Gregole	Kōji Totani	Steve Blum	1
	Vamore	Ken Yamaguchi	Bill Kestin
	Zerbebuth	Kōichi Yamadera	Dan Lorge	3
	Gaster	Banjō Ginga	Bill Kestin	4
	Zancrus	Masashi Hironaka	Steve Blum

Additional Voices

• Steve Blum
• Tom Fahn
• Raymond Garcia
• David Hart
• Dan Lorge
• Yutaka Maseba
• Kevin Seymour
• Lee West
• Mimi Woods

Manga UK Additions

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Genzo Makishima	Jun Hazumi	Bob Sessions
	Zector	Ikuya Sawaki	Stuart Milligan
	Gaster	Banjō Ginga	Garrick Hagon

Notes

• The debut roles of Steve Blum, Tom Fahn, and Melissa Fahn, along with much of the rest of the cast.
• Richard Guyot's name is mistranslated as "Rehault Guou", this can be attributed to the Japanese romanic spelling as Riharuto Gyuō.
• Stuart Milligan only redubs Zector in the 4th Episode, every episode after retains Gary Dubin in the role.
• In the original version, Bill Kestin's voice for Guou is digitally pitched down, but in the Manga UK version, it remains in its original pitch.
  • All of the vocal effects are also mixed differently.
• Despite redubbing the role with Garrick Hagon, Gaster's last line of dialogue ("No, not the liquid!") is still the original voice actor.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Version	Region	Country
U.S. Renditions	1992-1993		The Complete Series	L.A. Hero	NTSC	United States
			6 Volumes
Manga Entertainment	1996-1997		The Complete Series	Manga
			12 Volumes
	2003		The Complete Series		1 NTSC
			2 Volumes

See Also

• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor

External Links

• The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor at the Internet Movie Database
• The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia