Cybernetics Guardian...
Long ago, I picked up the VHS version of Cybernetics Guardian...
This "Beauty and the Beast"-esque story features a somewhat "Guyver"-ish character (the Guardian) as the beast and a Leyla (a scientist involved in developing the Guardian armor) as the beauty. The story is a bit darker than "Guyver" and there's a decent amount of bloodshed and gore and a couple of nice fights. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I gave Cybernetics Guardian a 2 out of 5. Even though Cybernetics Guardian didn't impress me all that much, when I happened to come across a DVD at substantially reduced price, I found that I couldn't resist repurchasing this title on DVD.
According to Anime Movie Guide by Helen McCarthy (page 120). ISBN# 0-87951-781-6:From the creator of M.D. GEIST and the director of GENOCYBER comes a new tale of futuristic combat and cybernetic monstrosities!
Cyberwood - The City of Tomorrow. A majestic forest of steel and concrete which stands as a monument to human progress - a collective techno-organism being eaten away from within by the parasitic slum its inhabitants call ... Cancer.
It is the dawn of the twenty-first century, and the city is being ripped apart by the violence bred in its hellish slums. When the Federal government hires the Central Guard Company to devise a method of cleaning-up Cancer, researchers Leyla and Adler compete to find an effective solution. But while Leyla favors a non-violent method based upon her powered Guard Suit, Adler pushes for his Genocyber Killing Machine. When Leyla's assistant, John Stalker, is sent to test the new Guard Suit, Adler sees the perfect opportunity to win the bid and eliminate a romantic rival.
But neither scientist could have predicted the dark secret lurking within John Stalker - and even he doesn't understand the connection between himself and the satanic followers of the Doldo Brethren, who wait and plot in their secret base hidden in the slums. In the end, all are drawn into the bowels of Cancer, where John will meet his nightmarish destiny.
Inspired by Jackie Chan's "Armor of God" and by old horror movies.
This "Beauty and the Beast"-esque story features a somewhat "Guyver"-ish character (the Guardian) as the beast and a Leyla (a scientist involved in developing the Guardian armor) as the beauty. The story is a bit darker than "Guyver" and there's a decent amount of bloodshed and gore and a couple of nice fights. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I gave Cybernetics Guardian a 2 out of 5. Even though Cybernetics Guardian didn't impress me all that much, when I happened to come across a DVD at substantially reduced price, I found that I couldn't resist repurchasing this title on DVD.
