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Originally Posted by Mesnick

When watching Guyver 1991, I also thought of a live-action adaptation of the Turtles from the 90s. I would actually rank the first Guyver among the best American anime adaptations. And overall, it?s a pretty good movie, if you don?t take it seriously.

Man, I dunno if I myself would rank it that high. But ya know, when you think of the competition of the time period, then like, yeah, surprisingly more faithful of an adaptation than most.

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Originally Posted by ZeroWolf

I think this is the first time I've seen someone with positive opinions about both the Out of Control OVA and the first live action movie . Most other people I've encountered hate how much both differ from the original manga.

First off, welcome to the boards! Hope you enjoy your stay!

As for comparing to the manga, I have no real interest in reading it. So I'm mainly approaching this from the idea of Out of Control being the baseline, since it came out first amongst the anime stuff.

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As for me I like what they were able to do with the practical effects on the budget they had (something that would carry over to the second live action film) plus seeing Mark Hamil turn into an ant is worth it.

Oh for sure. The suit design in general is rather good. And speaking of FBI Guy's' mutation, I watched the censored version of the movie. And it's so weirdly because like, the violence got toned down, but yet the horrific body mutations were a-okay, apparently.

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Oh a word of warning about the 2005 anime series. You're going to find it very familiar...for the first 16 episodes or so as it adapts the manga from the very beginning, again.

Yeah I figured as much. Thanks for the heads up though.