Gunhed's video presentation is pretty standard for a live-action ADV release, which means one should brace themselves for a disappointment. The colors on this release, for example, tend to be anything but vibrant, and look rather muted. The colors are also off on this release, with the entire movie appearing overly green and brown. The brightness level is just right, though, with details during the, numerous, scenes that take place in the dark corridors being easy to see. However, the contrast level is too low here, most noticeable from the lack of any true black in the film. As for digital inconsistencies, they plague this release pretty bad, as they do with most of ADV's discs. Artifacting is a huge problem here, with the film looking noticeable pixilated, while edge enhancement is apparent as well, with the movie appearing overly blurry. Shimmering, a rainbow band of colors on fine details, is also a problem on this release, most noticeable on things like metal grids and ammo bands in the film. As for noise levels, there appears to be a good amount of grain present combined with other issues coming from the amount of artifacting.

In regards to the print used in the transfer, it's the international version of the film. This means the credit sequences are done in English. Sadly, like ADV's VHS release, the text that appears on the screen has a jarring error where it appears to jump in place. The text is overly blurry too, almost unreadable sometimes unless you have a partial clue as to what it's trying to say. Here is the opening credit for Brenda Bakke, as an example. As for the shape of the print, it's not perfect. Scratches do appear on occasion during the course of the film. To end on a positive note, the movie is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, although it isn't Anamorphic for widescreen TVs.

As for Gunhed's audio presentation, no real complaints. Contained on the disc is a 2.0 stereo presentation of the film's original Japanese audio track along with a 2.0 stereo presentation of the film's international dubbed track. Both tracks could have stood to be better, though, with the stereo presentation sounding a little flat, especially the English dubbed track which sounds as if the upper levels of the audio track had the volume reduced. Overall, though, it's not bad. There are no pops or crackles in the audio track, or static hisses in the background. The subtitles, which compliment the Japanese audio track, are well done. Color distinctions also appear when more than one character is talking, with the second set of text appearing white, which is a nice addition. Unlike earlier ADV releases, like The Hypnotist, the subtitles here are removable if needed.

The extras on this disc are a mixed bag, which is actually giving the disc more credit than it deserves. On one hand, I almost want to praise ADV for actually going out of the way to secure the original Japanese trailer for the film and sticking it on this DVD, which tends to be a rarity on region 1 Toho releases. In fact, the trailer looks better than the quality of the film itself, with much more vibrant colors present along with no discoloring (example here). Sadly, this extra appears like it might have been a comprise for a chapter selection menu, which is notably absent from this release. The chapters are there, thirteen in total in fact, but there is no menu to select them on. Looking beyond the lack of a chapter select, the only other extra on this disc are six stock trailers ADV created for some of their other (none of them Toho) releases.

It should be addressed, though, that there are two "extras" that appear in print copy on this disc. One, and it's a odd feature, is an alternate cover for the DVD case, which is printed on the back. One can simply remove the current cover and flip it over if they want to change it out, although it's vastly inferior to the one ADV went with. The other feature is on the insert inside the DVD, which can be flipped over for detailed stats on the Gunhed mech from the film, including dimensions and armament.