65 million years ago, an alien race known only as the Creators came to Earth to develop bioweapons. After experimenting with and creating new life forms, they created humans and used them as the base for powerful shapeshifting creatures called Zoanoids, which are the basis for werewolf myths and other such stories. The Guyver itself existed prior to these experiments and was used by the Creators as a space suit of sorts, and through an experiment, a human being activated a dormant Guyver unit and became the very first human Guyver, dubbed Guyver Zero. Guyver 0 surpassed all expectations, the effect of the Bio-Boosted Armor on a human being, which was developed for war, was far greater than the effect on the aliens. Unfortunately, the host was physically uncontrollable, and thus dubbed “Guyver”, which meant “Out of Control” in the Creators' language. The Creators sent the leader of the Zoanoids, a powerful Zoalord called Archanfel to combat Guyver 0, and gave him a Unit-Remover, a tool to revert a Guyver back to the unbonded Unit-G form. Archanfel removed the unit from Guyver 0 and incinerated the human who was in possession of the very first Unit under the Creators' command. But the Creators were now afraid. They decided to destroy humans by throwing a Moon-sized asteroid at Earth, eliminating all traces of their experiments. Archanfel managed to destroy the asteroid, but not before the Creators unleashed a telepathic attack on Archanfel’s mind, severely weakening his powers and body.
Archanfel survived for millions of years in a stasis sleep within a ship of the Creators heavily damaged by Guyver 0, waiting for the day he’d be strong enough to rise again. He is in a weakened state and must rest often, especially if he uses his powers. It is believed a Guyver unit would not only restore him, but make him by far the strongest being in creation as he already is bestowed with the powers of the strongest of all Zoalords. 400 years ago, he encountered Hamilcar Barcas, who helped him found the Chronos Corporation. Archanfel made Barcas the first of twelve Zoalords, beings of vast psychic power, with the ability to transform into battle forms that are all but invincible and also possess telepathic control over lesser Zoanoids. By creating their own Zoanoids from any available subjects, Chronos can place obedient sleeper agents anywhere they wish, and activate them all at once to take over the world.
Chronos discovered three, dormant, surviving Bio-Booster units (Unit-Gs), but a Test Type Zoanoid referred to as a “Malmot” (the Japanese term for guinea pig) stole the Unit-Gs and escaped from Chronos. In the Bandai OVA version, Malmot stole the Unit-Gs for Agito Makishima under the premise that he would be restored to his former self. During a foray with Chronos' troops, the Malmot caused an explosion that scattered the Unit-Gs across the forest they were in. Out of the three units, Chronos only recovered one, but its main control unit, the Control Metal, was damaged by the explosion Malmot set off. This Unit-G eventually went on to become the second Guyver under the control of Oswald A. Lisker. This damage later caused Lisker’s Guyver to malfunction and was eventually destroyed by Guyver I.
Meanwhile, second-year high school student Shô Fukamachi, out with his friend Tetsuro Segawa, found one of the units. After accidentally pressing the control medal, it violently bonded with him, transforming him into Guyver I. The third Unit-G was presumably found soon after by Agito Makishima.
Having the Guyver makes Shô a constant target of Chronos, who first goes after him, then later uses his family and friends as hostages. Shô and his friends gradually learn more about the Guyver and its origins as the story progresses, and even witness the culmination of Chronos' world domination plans, forcing them to fight to free the world from oppression.
Guyver I later gains an upgrade in the form of Gigantic Guyver, capable of killing Zoalords in one-on-one combat. The third Guyver, Agito Makishima, craves this power and eventually gains control of the Gigantic Armor from Shô. Since Shô has a weaker will than Agito, he cannot call the Gigantic armor on to him. Eventually, Shô wrenches control of the Gigantic armor back from Agito when he watches one of his friends die.
The Guyver units are mysterious symbiotic bio-mechanisms that bond with a host, enhancing the host’s own capabilities. Guyver unit was designed as all purpose environment suit for its Creators (believed to be a group of aliens of different species.)
As the human race was developed as a weapon, the unit gives humans super-strength, incredible speed, strong armor, and various weapons:
Vibration Globe(two orbs at the Guyver’s mouth that produce highly destructive sound waves known as the “Sonic Buster”,).
The Mega-Smasher (Two high-power particle cannons contained beneath the Guyver’s chest armor) It should be noted that the Mega-Smasher is considered, in Guyver canon, to be the most powerful particle beam weapon in existence on Earth. It has been shown heavily gouging Mount Minakami, as proof of its raw power. The upgraded version in the Gigantic versions of the armor are even more powerful at 100 times the power of the Mega-Smasher. The Gigantic version of the Mega-Smasher is called the Giga-Smasher. In Bioboosted Armor Guyver, the Mega-Smasher is made somewhat less effective by requiring a significant recharge time after being fired.
Head Beam (A multi-directional laser mounted just above the control metal on the Guyver’s head. Lisker in the 2005 series says it utilizes excess body heat).
High Frequency Swords (blades that extend from the Guyver’s forearms. These blades vibrate at an extremely high frequency allowing them to cut through almost any material with ease.) Also known as Sonic Swords (see vibroblade).
Gravity Control Orb/Controller (the purpose of the gravity Controller is to siphon gravitational energy from a higher dimension. Two main uses include giving the Guyver the ability to fly and to unleash destructive gravity waves in the form of a directed “Gravity Cannon” also known as the “Pressure Cannon”. It could also be used to block attacks like a small temporary shield.)
Other various systems are revealed slowly as the manga continues.
It is the Control Metal (located on the Guyver’s forehead) that regulates the armor - and prevents the alien parasite, that the guyver system is based on, from literally eating its host alive. It also records the genetic structure, and memories of its host, so that if the host is injured or killed, it regenerates that host from even the smallest bits of genetic material. If the control metal is destroyed, the Unit absorbs its host. The control metal has tentacles that reach into the host’s brain, and is the hard wiring of the Unit that allows the host to use the systems of the Guyver. During the joining with the Guyver, the host’s body is changed permanently. The Guyver leaves 2 growths on the back of the host, that act as a form of 'transciever' to Guyver. When the host calls for the Guyver, a signal is sent and the Guyver is activated. When not needed, the armor is stored in what can best be described as a sub-dimension; it follows the host constantly so as to be instantly available when needed.
While extremely hardy, there are a number of things that can damage or destroy a Guyver. The various Enzyme-type Zoanoids were specifically developed to exude a type of acid that dissolves the bio-booster armor. A battle-trained, experienced Zoalord has enough pure power to destroy a Guyver, as do some of the Hyper Zoanoids. And, finally, the Creators developed a tool called the 'Unit-Remover'. It actually deletes host data from the control metal, forcing the Guyver to return to its inactive state. Unlike the Zoanoids, the Guyver is humanoid in form - mostly because its hosts are human. The Guyver would have been used by the command crew element of Creator spaceships, and in later chapters, Shô uses his Control Metal to speak telepathically with one of the craft.
A Guyver unit itself is semi-sentient and can act on its own to a limited extent, if its host is unable to direct it. In this mode it will usually take no action except to defend itsel from what it perceives to be a threat. Guyver I was in this mode when he first assumed his bioboosted form, when he was regenerated by the Control Medal in Chronos headquarters, and when he killed the Zoanoid his father had been turned into.
The first Guyver was an experiment by the Creators aeons ago. They were curious as to how their newly developed weapons would react to their standard armament (Guyver unit). However, the Guyver (dubbed Guyver 0) attacked the Creators, destroying one of their ships. The human would not remove the armor when ordered to. The Creators programmed the humans to be telepathically controlled by them and so, as this human would not listen, the bio-boosted human was named 'Guyver' (a word meaning “out of control” in the Creators' language, though other versions give it as “beyond the norm," and Bioboosted Armor Guyver gives the meaning as “not to specification”. They gave the 'unit remover' to Archanfel who then proceeded to remove the unit from the human and incinerate him.
An upgrade module for an active Guyver unit was later created from the remnants of a relic ship. It doubles a Guyver’s abilities (bringing it from 100x the norm to 200x), giving it sufficient power to battle and overwhelm a Zoalord. The wearer doubles in size, the upgrade thus being dubbed “Gigatnic." Only one Upgrade exists thus far, however both Guyver’s One and Three are able to use it. While Guyver One was the first to use the Gigantic upgrade, Guyver Three has “more control” over his Unit and is able to call the upgrade even if it is currently active with Guyver One. [[1]]
"Guyver Genesis Begins”
The series had its last episode broadcast on Saturday, February 18th. However it ended on a cliffhanger with the last image being Shô, who had just reverted to human form after defeating Neo ZX-Tole as Guyver Gigantic, in the arms of Mizuki who gets the last line, “Okaerinasai!" or “Welcome home”.
At this point, the possibility of there being a second season of episodes to continue the story seems to only be speculation. However, a possible hint at a second season could be found in the phrase “Guyver Genesis Begins..." that appears in the beginng of the opening credits.
But as of this writing, neither WOWOW nor ADV Films have said anything confirming a second season.
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. They gave the 'unit remover' to Archanfel who then proceeded to remove the unit from the human and incinerate him.
