Guyver - Days Of Future Past (Vol. 1)
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor(2005) is the fifth adaptation of Yoshiki Takaya's long-running manga: the animated feature,Guyver: Out of Controlcame out in 1986, followed in 1989 by a 12-part OVA; Mark Hamill appeared in two live-action movies in 1992 and 1994. While hanging out together, high school sophomore Sho Fukamachi and his friend Tetsuro Segawa find a lost component from a sinister biomedical experiment. Sho inadvertently turns it on, and is seized by an octopus-like creature that gives him the ability to control the super-mecha suit, the Guyver. Without understanding how he's doing it, Sho finds himself battling monstrous "Zoanoids"--and being drawn into a sinister plot to create human bioweapons. A flashy combination of traditional and CG animation,Guyveroffers all the elements of a classicmechaadventure. The extras include interesting juxtapositions of animated scenes and Takaya's original manga panels. (Rated TV MA V, suitable for ages 14 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity, tobacco use)--Charles Solomon