Seijuuki Cyguard

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.

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.

CYGUARD MUTHA TRUCKAHS!
Don't listen to the suckers who say this show is a turd. They're turds. Cyguard isn't art. Ok so it isn't "GOOD" from an analytic perspective. The most interesting parts about the setting are barely touched upon. The characters don't do or say enough for you to care about them. Worst of all, English subs are impossible to find and the dub sounds like it was done by 5 college students on a deadline.
But here's the thing:
CARNAGE, JUSTICE, AND MECHA BATTLES WITH AN APE CREATURE. Sound like fun?
You don't need to watch this movie. Nobody does. but if you're up for some hot-blooded ... fisticuffs with rad-tastic music and random decapitations, you WANT to to watch this.
Ok, fair warning: the animation is abysmal outside the action. Hopefully you are only watching this for the action anyway.