Oswald A. Lisker

Lisker in the Anime.

Lisker as Guyver II.

Oswald A. Lisker(オズワルド·Α·リスカー Ozuwarudo Ēi Risukā) or simply known as Lisker, is a Kronos agent, or as he describes himself to Shō, "an inspector from Kronos HQ". Lisker was in Japan to supervise the transfer of the inactive Guyver Units to Kronos headquarters and was considerably annoyed to discover Makishima had managed to lose them. When one damaged unit was recovered, he insisted on taking a look at it and involuntarily became its host. As the second known activated Unit, he was called "Guyver II".

A man vain of both looks and martial arts skills, he decided to take on the task of retrieving the Unit Shō had bonded with. His Control Metal, which had been damaged when the Unit was initially lost, malfunctioned under the stress of combat. Shō took advantage of his weakened state and struck the metal, causing further malfunction. The control metal burst out of his head and the organism that made up the armor began to consume Lisker's body. Shō then used his Mega-Smasher to put him out of his misery(only in the Manga and OVA). Lisker is tall, with blond hair.

Lisker in canon

Lisker has appeared in three canon continuities of the Guyver series.

The Manga and OVA

Lisker in the OVA.

Lisker in the Manga.

Appearing suddenly at the main Chronos branch in Japan, likely dispatched from their main base in Arizona, Lisker was sent to keep an eye on the progress of Genzo Makishima in his efforts to reacquire the Guyver units that had been stolen some time ago.

Arrogant, bad-tempered and with a rather pronounced sadistic streak, it didn't take Lisker long to get on Genzo's bad side. Not that the man had much of a good side, but Lisker was worse than even him, though not by a very large margin. Not long after his arrival, Chronos' only recovered Guyver unit was fully prepared for inspection. And so, with a last, mocking threat to Genzo, Lisker and he headed off to examine it.

As soon as the case was opened, however, the damaged Unit immediately sought a host to bond with. Likely the closest form, owing to his directive to personally inspect the Unit, Lisker was selected and then forceably bonded with. This granted him the full abilities of a Guyver, but his damaged Control Medal would prove to be his undoing in the future.

And not very far in the future, either.

Declaring that he was now the leader of the mission to retrieve - or destroy - the first Guyver, Lisker was confronted by Genzo as he left to handle the situation in a way that he thought best. Genzo, arguing that Lisker's possession of Chronos' only recovered Unit was of the utmost importance, tried to persuade the inspector to stay and allow the scientists to complete their reasearch on his Unit. Lisker, however, argued that it was only a matter of time before Guyver I returned to attack them, or until he brought Chronos to the attention of the world at large.

In the end, Lisker left to arrange an attack on the high-school that Sho and his friends attended.

He brought only a pair of Ramotith with him, a pair that were swiftly disbatched by Sho himself. Telling Sho that he had been impressed by the boy's performance was more than likely a ruse to get him to let his gaurd down, and informing him of the Guyver's capabilities seemed to be an attempt to entice him to come to Chronos quietly. It is not know whether this attempt would have succeeded if Sho had been given time to consider it, but Lisker's sudden attack on Tetsuro - firing a shot from his Head Beam that would have caused severe injuries to the boy - ensured that it would fail.

The Anime

Lisker in the 2005 anime shares the same, antagonistic relationship with Genzo that he does in all of the other media he's made an appearance in, but added to that is a relationship with Agito, who he does not encounter in the OVA or Manga. He also is never killed by Guyver I's Megasmasher, but is killed when Chronos Japan's HQ blew up from Agito activating the building's self-destruct sequence.

Lisker as a Zoanoid in The Guyver(live action film).

The Guyver(live action film)

Fulton Balcus(left) and Lisker(right) in The Guyver(live action film).

Lisker in the live action film is a very different character, almost as if he's not the same person as in the Manga, OVA, and Anime. One major difference is that he is not a Guyver, but a Zoanoid. His back story is completely unknown besides the fact that he's the leader of an elite team of Zoanoids(possible reference to the Hyper Zoanoid Team 5). In human he's also very different in design(due to the fact he's portrayed by Michael Berryman). He is never dressed in the tradional suit and tie but a long, black, coat-like, uniform that shows his leadership to his team, and he's also entirely bald.

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