Seijuuki Cyguard

A military experiment goes wrong, resulting in a huge armored heavy metal guy with a battleaxe and shrieking gargoyle pauldrons going on a rage-fueled rampage. This is what's advertised on the cover and this is what you should expect to see when watching it. It's not everyone's thing, but it's definitely my thing. Biotechnology settings rock, the action is good, the music is great. Ohata is a genius, I wish there was more work from him.

Just like any other fifty minute long 80s action OVA, it's like, just watch it. At worst you get a sleazy action romp, and that's not really a bad thing.

It's okay. It's not got a particularly good story. But it's ok.
There's far better anime out there, but there's much, much, worse, also.

The way John Stalker transforms is good and unusal. The cyber demon form, good.

The art and animation is good quality.

It ends well.

The detective has epic facial hair.
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Watch it for some light viewing.

Well, it's not the worst show in the world, so I guess it has that going for it. But it is among the endless string of similar type of anime stories that were vomited out of Japan during this time period.

Set in the far, far, far distant future world of 2019, in the shining megapolis of Cyber-Wood, as a miracle new material is found that converts psychic energy into real energy. While testing out a new cyber-suit developed to help the slums known as Cancer, an ancient power is unleashed and the wearer of the suit is ... possessed and turned into a cybernetic warrior.

Pretty much every other show during this decade involved some sort of secret ESP/psychic powers. Add in the craze of anything "cyber", mix in a heavy dose of Robocop and William Gibson, and you end up with this concoction. Fairly normal artwork and animation, heavy metal soundtrack, paper-thin characterizations, and more unnecessary blood and gore than you can shake a cyber-stick at. If you're into the this type of action-gore that Ohata specializes in, go for it. Otherwise, there really isn't much here worth watching.