Daiei, based in Kobe, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni Corporation and ÆON Co., Ltd., another Japanese supermarket chain....
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Giant turtleTurtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield...
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The Invincible
The Friend of All Children
Super Monster
The Guardian of the Universe
The Brave |
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60-80 metres |
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80-120 tons |
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Mach 3 |
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Arctic The Arctic is the region around the Earth's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. The Arctic includes the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Greenland , Russia, the United States , Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.The word Arctic comes from the Greek αρκτικός , "near...
(ShowaShōwa is the name of several places, times, people and things in Japan.* Hirohito , the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa...
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AtlantisAtlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC...
(Heiseiis the current era name in Japan. The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989, the first day after the death of the reigning Emperor, Hirohito. His son, Akihito, succeeded to the throne...
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Egg (MillenniumA millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years...
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Barugon
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
Viras
Guiron
Space Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
Jiger
Zigra
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
(Heisei)
Super Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
Legion
Symbiotic Legion
Iris
Hyper Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
Zedus
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
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Children of Earth
Asagi Kusanagi
Toru Aizawa |
| First appearance |
Gamera is a 1965 daikaiju eiga about a giant turtle named Gamera. The film is similar in nature to the popular Godzilla films, and is also the first in a series of films about Gamera...
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Yonejiro Saito |
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Showa series
Teruo Aragakiis a Japanese actor.- Films :* 1966 - Gamera vs. Barugon* 1967 - Gamera vs. Gyaos* 1968 - Gamera vs. Viras* 1968 - Destroy All Monsters- TV :...
Umenosuke Izumi
Heisei series
Naoaki Manabe
Jun SuzukiJun Suzuki may refer to:* Jun Suzuki , Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka* Jun Suzuki , former Japanese football player currently coaching Japanese club Albirex Niigata...
Akira Ohashiis a Japanese actor.-Films:* 1991 - Zeiram * 1994 - Zeiram 2 * 1996 - Gamera 2: Attack of Legion * 1999 - Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys...
Hirofumi Fukuzawais a Japanese actor. He is an affiliate of Red Action Club and a former affiliate of Japan Action Enterprise. He is most known for his work in the Super Sentai series as a suit actor...
Mireniamu series
Toshinori Sasakiis a Japanese actor.-Films:* Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as Legion* Homo erectus pekinensis Who are you? as the Mammoth* Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Stunt Baragon...
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Gamera is a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of
kaijuis a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
(Japanese giant monster) films produced by
Daiei Motion Picture Companyis a Japanese movie studio.-History:Founded in 1942 as , the studio went bankrupt in 1971. In 1974 it was bought by Tokuma Shoten; and in 2002 was sold to Kadokawa Shoten and renamed Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co. Ltd., later Kadokawa Pictures. In March 2004, Kadokawa Pictures acquired a 44%...
in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios'
Godzillais a daikaijū, a fictional Japanese giant monster. His first film was Ishiro Honda's 1954 film Gojira, and since then, he has made many more appearances, and has become a pop-culture icon. In total, Godzilla has appeared in 28 films, all of which were produced by Toho Company Ltd...
series during the monster boom of the mid-to-late 1960s
Appearance
Gamera has the general configuration of a turtle, albeit a tremendously large one that is capable of bipedal locomotion. He occasionally walks quadrupedally in his first three films. Gamera demonstrates the ability to manipulate objects with his forepaws. His mouth is filled with teeth, a precedent for which exists in several types of extinct prehistoric turtles, with a pair of large tusks protruding upward from his lower jaw.
Origins
In the
Shōwa eraIn the terminology of daikaiju eiga the Shōwa Era refers not to the actual reign of the Shōwa emperor but to all daikaiju eiga made between 1954 and 1980...
series, Gamera was a titanic, fire-breathing
antediluvianThe antediluvian period is that period in Biblical history between the Creation of the earth and the Deluge...
species of
tortoiseTortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by...
who fed on flames, reawakened by an accidental atomic blast in the Arctic during an aerial assault by US fighters on Soviet bombers caught crossing into North American airspace. The narrative points out that Gamera had appeared in the past, revealed in an ancient stone etching. Gamera was already capable of flight and breathing fire (rather than atomic rays like Godzilla) when he was reawakened.
In the
Heisei eraIn the context of Japanese monster cinema the Heisei Era refers not to the current era in Japan but to all daikaiju eiga made between 1984 and 1999...
series, however, the origin of Gamera was tweaked to make the theme much more directly heroic: a bio-engineered Guardian of the Universe created by Atlantis with the purpose of defeating
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
, another ancient creation capable of killing all human life. The giant turtle is found floating adrift in the
PacificThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and...
, encased in rock and mistaken for an atoll. Within the rock, investigators discover a large monolith explaining Gamera's purpose, as well as dozens of
magatamaMagatama , are curved beads which first appeared in Japan during the Jōmon period.They are often found inhumed in mounded tumulus graves as offerings to deities . They continued to be popular with the ruling elites throughout the Kofun Period of Japan, and are often romanticised as indicative of...
, which allow a psychic link between Gamera and humans. In the third film of the series, an undersea graveyard is found with many other Gamera fossils, suggesting Gamera was not the only member of his kind created. One character in the film refers to these fossils as "beta versions" of Gamera, possible failures in Atlantis' attempts to create the final version. Another scene provides Gamera with a link to Asian folklore, with a character relating a story in which a giant tortoise is considered the Guardian of the North, with separate, rival creatures defending the East, West and South.
Gamera's continuity was rebooted again in the only film of the
Millennium eraIn the terminology of daikaiju eiga the Millennium Era refers not to the third millennium but to all daikaiju eiga made since 1999, beginning with Toho's Godzilla 2000, which was jumpstarted in response to the America Godzilla film. The most recent film of the era is Daiei's Gamera the Brave...
. The film begins with the original Gamera sacrificing himself to destroy several
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
in 1973. 33 years later, a young boy finds a strange, glowing red rock near his home, with a small egg lying on top of it. A fairly normal looking baby tortoise soon hatches from the egg, but begins to grow at an alarming rate. The turtle, now named "Toto" by his preadolescent owner, quickly develops Gamera's classic abilities to breathe fire and fly, and attempts to ward off another attacking monster, Zedus, but is too weak to succeed. Only after eating the glowing rock found with his egg does the new Gamera achieve his full power, defeating Zedus and flying off into the sky.
Capabilities
Gamera's shell is extremely resilient and strong. Missiles and other weaponry merely bounce off it, along with most of his opponents' attacks. There have been a few times where his shell has faltered, most notably when the alien cyborg Guiron hammered at the same spot several times and began cutting through. The flying monster
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
' sonic beam, the alien shark Zigra's paralyzing beam, and the mutant lizard Barugon's rainbow ray cannot penetrate Gamera's shell, shown in the films when he withdraws into his shell to avoid the attacks. Gamera's underbelly, however, is softer and not as resilient, and he has been cut and gouged in his stomach to the point of bleeding.
In the Showa series, Gamera fed on fire and was attracted by other heat sources, such as power plants and Barugon's rainbow ray attack. He could breathe intensely hot streams of flames from his mouth when caught in a more serious situation. The Heisei version, on the other hand, could blast off mighty plasma fireballs from his mouth, usually very quickly, and with varying accuracy; they were highly explosive. The Heisei version could also absorb a great deal of
manaMana is both a word in indigenous languages of the South Pacific and more recently a New Zealand English word. See Māori influence on New Zealand English. Translating the indigenous word encounters difficulty as it reflects a non-Western view of reality....
, or the living essence and energy of life on Earth, and release an extremely powerful stream of pure plasma from his chest. In the final film of the Heisei series, Gamera blasted his own arm off and absorbed plasma fireballs shot by the mutant Gyaos Iris and used his stump to grow back his arm in a plasmic form.
Gamera also has the ability to fly. Generally, Gamera pulls in his arms, legs, head, and tail into his shell, fires flames out of his arm and leg cavities and spins around like a flying saucer. This mode of flight had an added advantage in the later films, where he used the sharp edges of his shell to cut enemies while spinning, similar to a circular saw. He has a second way of flying, where he only pulls in his legs and/or tail, fires flames from the leg cavities, and flies like a jet. In the Heisei era films, Gamera's arms would extend and stretch out into wings similar to the flippers of a sea turtle whilst using this form of flight, giving him added aerodynamics and control.
The Heisei films gave Gamera one more additional weapon: a pair of sharp spikes protruding from his elbows. In his first Heisei appearance, these spikes were hidden during the majority of the film, extending only when needed in battle. In later appearances they were permanently extended.
When seriously or gravely injured, Gamera can enter a coma-like state in order to heal. This often fools his opponents into thinking that he is dead. This ability has been used in almost every Gamera film.
Gamera's only major weakness is cold. Barugon was able to achieve success against Gamera using his freezing spray, and scientists nearly defeated Gamera during his first appearance using special freezing bombs. This weakness was only shown in Gamera's earliest films.
Showa series
Gamera made his first appearance in 1965's
Gamerais a 1965 daikaiju eiga about a giant turtle named Gamera. The film is similar in nature to the popular Godzilla films, and is also the first in a series of films about Gamera...
, which was also the only
Gamera film to be in black-and-white. Subsequent films, usually directed by
Noriaki YuasaNoriaki Yuasa was a Japanese director, most notable for his involvement in the Gamera film series. Yuasa was a special guest at G-Fest in 1999, 2000, and 2003, and was the recipient of the Mangled Skyscraper Award at the latter...
and written by Nisan Takahashi, quickly became a big hit with children, who loved watching Gamera fight monsters. A seventh sequel was slated for a 1972 release, tentatively titled
Gamera vs Garasharp. Gross mismanagement of Daiei, however, put the company into
bankruptcyBankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors. Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against a debtor in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed or initiate a restructuring...
, and the
Gamera films were forced to cease production.
After Daiei was purchased by
Tokuma Shotenis a publisher in Japan, that was established in 1954.The company was one of the largest entertainment publishers until the 1990s. Some of their products included music, computer and game software, movies , magazines, manga and books. One of their most famous subsidiaries was Studio Ghibli...
in 1974, the new management wanted to do a new
Gamera film in 1980, so
Gamera: Super Monster, a 1980 daikaiju eiga , was the belated final entry in the Shōwa Gamera series, and the last Gamera film written by Nisan Takahashi and directed by Noriaki Yuasa. It relied heavily on stock footage from previous Gamera films. This is regarded by many fans of the series to be the worst of all the...
was produced. The majority of the film used
stock footageStock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures and file footage are film or video footage that is not custom shot for use in a specific film or television program. Stock footage is of beneficial use to filmmakers as it is far cheaper than shooting new material. A single piece of...
(with limited new scenes of Gamera flying), and acted as a "recap" of Gamera's history. However, Yuasa and Takahashi felt that they had done all they could with the monster, so they respectfully killed off Gamera at the end of the film.
Heisei series
This series began with
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, is a 1995 reboot of the Gamera series. It is the ninth entry in the Gamera film series and first in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.In 1998, BBC2 used the footage of the final battle between Gamera and Gyaos during its Monster Night...
.
During the course of the first film, three
Gyaos, is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
are discovered on a remote island. The Japanese government discovers that they are all female, and decides that since they are the last of their kind, they should be captured and studied. So a trap is set for them. Meanwhile, a search has been assembled for a moving atoll in the Pacific. They find it, staying still and search the surface, finding many small gems made of an unknown metal. They also discover a stone sticking up out of the center of it, and they attempt to dig it out. They manage to take pictures and collect some of the strange gems, but the stone crumbles and the atoll takes off towards Japan at high speeds. It ends up that the atoll is actually an ancient monster, made by the Atlanteans, called Gamera. He attacks the Gyaos, killing two, but one escapes. It feasts on the other newly born Gyaos and grows to Gamera-like proportions. The two battle and Gamera manages to defeat it, heading back to the seas.
In
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion, Earth was attacked by an alien force known as the Legion.
In
Gamera 3: Awakening of Irysis a 1999 kaiju film, the last of the Heisei Gamera trilogy, and the last to be released by Toho.-Plot:Three years have passed since the attack of the Legion, and the world is once again plagued by Gyaos attacks. The flying monsters, thought to have been wiped out by Gamera, are now reappearing in...
, Gamera had to face hordes of Gyaos and his ultimate foe, Iris.
Millennium series
Gamera the BraveGamera the Brave, released in Japan as , is a kaiju film released in 2006, produced by Kadokawa Pictures. This is the 12th Gamera film and the first produced by Kadokawa Pictures after they purchased a percentage of the remaining assets of Daiei Motion Picture Company, the original company...
returns Gamera to his Showa roots, but with a modern twist. In the film, Gamera is first seen defending Japan back in the 1970s from the Gyaos, but sacrifices himself to destroy them by self-destructing. In the present, the child of a man who witnessed that battle finds a turtle egg that hatches into a baby Gamera that he names Toto. When a giant lizard monster named Zedus appears, Toto tries to fight the beast, but ends up being gravely wounded and taken by the military for study. He ends up escaping and growing to a larger size to try and fight Zedus again, this time succeeding against the monster.
In popular culture
- Gamera appears (under the name Ghamoo-ra) as a guardian beast in the Blackfathom Deeps instance dungeon in the World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of computer role-playing games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
. Additionally, a smaller tortoise named Gammerita is seen patrolling the eastern coast of The Hinterlands, and is the focus of two separate quests.
- Gamera, along with Godzilla
is a daikaijū, a fictional Japanese giant monster. His first film was Ishiro Honda's 1954 film Gojira, and since then, he has made many more appearances, and has become a pop-culture icon. In total, Godzilla has appeared in 28 films, all of which were produced by Toho Company Ltd...
and some other monsters, appear in side stories of Dr. Slump.
- One of the bosses in Space Harrier 2 resembles a giant turtle hovering in its shell. Unlike Gamera, the turtle has three heads.
- An episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited had a team of superheroes consisting of Supergirl, Green Lantern, Star Girl and Stripe briefly battle a nuclear-powered giant turtle in Japan that was a homage to Gamera, right down to the flame-spinning flight.
- In an episode of Dragon Ball, the turtle hermit Muten-Rôshi summons a baby Gamera to use as a means of transportation.
- In the popular webcomic Megatokyo, Gamera has a descendant named Gameru who is an alcoholic that is constantly in and out of rehab.
- Gamera is a bonus track on the album Millions Now Living Will Never Die by post-rock band Tortoise.
- Gamera has made a few cameo shots in The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
, for instance the episode 30 Minutes Over Tokyo and Lisa on Ice"Lisa on Ice" is the eighth television episode of The Simpsons
' sixth season. It was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on November 13, 1994. In the episode, Principal Skinner hands out academic alerts to the Springfield Elementary students, and Lisa discovers that she is...
.
- Gamera made an appearance in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy movie Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure and his spoof Cragera appeared in the episode Giant Billy and Mandy All-Out Attack.
- Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book publisher.Mike Richardson, the owner of several comic book shops in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, began to publish in 1986 with an anthology series called Dark Horse Presents, investing profits from his stores into Dark...
, which also held the license for Godzillais a daikaijū, a fictional Japanese giant monster. His first film was Ishiro Honda's 1954 film Gojira, and since then, he has made many more appearances, and has become a pop-culture icon. In total, Godzilla has appeared in 28 films, all of which were produced by Toho Company Ltd...
, created a four issue mini-series based on the Heisei Gamera, which took place between the events of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, is a 1995 reboot of the Gamera series. It is the ninth entry in the Gamera film series and first in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.In 1998, BBC2 used the footage of the final battle between Gamera and Gyaos during its Monster Night...
and Gamera 2: Advent of Legion.
- Gamera's trademark roar was utilized by Toho
is a Japanese film and theatre production/distribution company. It is headquartered in Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group...
studios for the roar of the Godzillasaurus, a form of pre-Godzillais a daikaijū, a fictional Japanese giant monster. His first film was Ishiro Honda's 1954 film Gojira, and since then, he has made many more appearances, and has become a pop-culture icon. In total, Godzilla has appeared in 28 films, all of which were produced by Toho Company Ltd...
before mutation from the exposure of an atomic blast, in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, alternatively spelled Godzilla vs. King Ghidora, is the 18th installment in the Godzilla series of films. This is the fifth film to feature King Ghidorah and the only film to feature Mecha-King Ghidorah. The movie was released theatrically in Japan on December 14, 1991. It was directed by Kazuki...
.
- In the Detective Conan series, there is a parody of Gamera called Gomera. However, the monster looked more like Godzilla then a turtle, but had tusks pointing upwards.
- In the Pokémon anime
is animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime originated about 1917.Anime, like manga , has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world...
, Squirtle performs the move Hydro Pump in much the same way that Gamera flies.
- The Digimon
, short for , is a popular Japanese series of media and merchandise, including anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media. Digimon are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication...
JumboGamemon is an homage to Gamera.
- In the Mecha-Streisand
"Mecha-Streisand" is episode 12 of first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central's animated series South Park in the United States on February 18, 1998.-Plot:...
episode of South ParkSouth Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become infamous for its crude, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, Sidney Poitier transforms into a Gamera-like monster to battle Mecha-Streisand.
- Gamera appeared in the videogames Gamera 2000, Gamera: Daikaijuu Kuuchuu Kessen and Gamera, Gyaos: Gekimetsu Sakusen. These games were released only in Japan.
- Five Showa-era Gamera movies, including the original, were featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc...
.
- In The Shining Force 2 for the SNES a member of the shining force
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, more commonly referred to as Shining Force, is a 1992 turn-based strategy role-playing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console and later re-released in Sega Smash Pack 2...
is a small bipedal turtle creature named Tort. When Tort gets promoted to Monster class he greatly resembles Gamera and attacks with a fire breath weapon.
- The Sailor Moon
is the title of a Japanese media franchise created by Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a sentai of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical girl genre itself.The story of the various metaseries revolves around...
Episode "Storm of Love! Minako's Grand Two-Timing Plan" features a movie called Gazula. The titular monster looks like Gamera but roars like Godzilla.
Films
- Gamera (film)
is a 1965 daikaiju eiga about a giant turtle named Gamera. The film is similar in nature to the popular Godzilla films, and is also the first in a series of films about Gamera...
a.k.a. Gammera, the Invincible. 1965
- Gamera vs. Barugon
is a 1966 daikaiju eiga featuring the giant turtle Gamera created by the Daiei Motion Picture Company. The film is the second to feature Gamera. Gamera vs. Barugon was released in the United States by AIP-TV as War of the Monsters, and then later by Sandy Frank as Gamera vs. Barugon...
a.k.a. War of the Monsters. 1966
- Gamera vs. Gyaos
is a 1967 daikaiju eiga featuring the giant turtle Gamera by the Daiei Motion Picture Company. Gamera vs. Gyaos was released in the United States by AIP-TV as Return of the Giant Monsters, and later by Sandy Frank as Gamera vs. Gaos...
a.k.a. Return of the Giant Monsters. 1967
- Gamera vs. Viras
is the fourth entry in the original Gamera film series. It is also known by the title Destroy All Planets.-Plot:A deadly alien force approaches earth...
a.k.a. Destroy All Planets. 1968
- Gamera vs. Guiron
, is a 1969 daikaiju eiga , the fifth entry in the Gamera series. It was one of five Gamera films to be featured as episodes of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000....
a.k.a. Attack of the Monsters. 1969
- Gamera vs. Jiger
, also known as Gamera vs. Monster X is a 1970 daikaiju eiga by the Daiei Motion Picture Company. It is the sixth entry in the Gamera film series....
a.k.a. Gamera vs. Monster X. 1970
- Gamera vs. Zigra
is a 1971 daikaiju eiga featuring the popular Gamera character created by Daiei Motion Picture Company. Gamera vs. Zigra was released in the United States by AIP-TV, and later by Sandy Frank...
1971
- Gamera: Super Monster
, a 1980 daikaiju eiga , was the belated final entry in the Shōwa Gamera series, and the last Gamera film written by Nisan Takahashi and directed by Noriaki Yuasa. It relied heavily on stock footage from previous Gamera films. This is regarded by many fans of the series to be the worst of all the...
1980
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
, is a 1995 reboot of the Gamera series. It is the ninth entry in the Gamera film series and first in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.In 1998, BBC2 used the footage of the final battle between Gamera and Gyaos during its Monster Night...
1995
- Gamera 2: Advent of Legion a.k.a. Gamera 2: Attack of Legion. 1996
- Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
is a 1999 kaiju film, the last of the Heisei Gamera trilogy, and the last to be released by Toho.-Plot:Three years have passed since the attack of the Legion, and the world is once again plagued by Gyaos attacks. The flying monsters, thought to have been wiped out by Gamera, are now reappearing in...
a.k.a. Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. 1999
- Gamera the Brave
Gamera the Brave, released in Japan as , is a kaiju film released in 2006, produced by Kadokawa Pictures. This is the 12th Gamera film and the first produced by Kadokawa Pictures after they purchased a percentage of the remaining assets of Daiei Motion Picture Company, the original company...
2006
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