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Gamera (Japanese: ガメラ, Hepburn: Gamera) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, originating from a series of Japanese films.Debuting in the 1965 film Gamera, the Giant Monster, the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho's Godzilla film series.
Gamera Rebirth (stylized as GAMERA -Rebirth-) is a Japanese original net animation (ONA) series directed and co-written by Hiroyuki Seshita.Produced by Kadokawa Corporation and animated by ENGI, it is a reboot of the Gamera franchise following Gamera the Brave (2006), the first animated entry in the franchise and the first entry in the franchise's Reiwa era.
Naoki Manabe and Jun Suzuki as Gamera, the film's titular kaiju, Gamera is a giant flying, fireball-breathing turtle that was created by an advanced civilization to exterminate the invading Gyaos. Yuhmi Kaneyama as Gyaos, a species of malevolent man-eating bird creatures reawakened by environmental pollution. Akira Kubo as Captain of the Kairyu ...
Other countries have their own giant monster movies such as the United Kingdom and Denmark with Gorgo and Reptilicus, both released in 1961. Films featuring Godzilla and Gamera were made into the 1970s, and a King Kong remake was released in 1976.
Nezura 1964 (ネズラ1964, Nezura Ichikyūrokuyon) is a 2020 Japanese crowdfunded kaiju biopic film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa ().The film was based on Daiei Film's unfinished 1964 Gamera precursor Giant Horde Beast Nezura and stars Yukijirō Hotaru as a character based on the president of Daiei, Mai Saito (), Mach Fumiake (), and Shirō Sano.
In 1973, a young boy named Kousuke evacuates his home in the picturesque seaside city of Shima, Mie, which is under attack by a swarm of bat-like monsters, Gyaos (), so-called "Original Gyaos", [3] until a benign kaiju resembling a turtle, named Gamera ("Avant Gamera") [3] intervenes to buy time for the evacuation.
Gamera vs. Jiger (ガメラ対大魔獣ジャイガー, Gamera tai Daimajū Jaigā, lit. ' Gamera vs. Giant Devil Beast Jiger ' ) [ a ] is a 1970 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa , written by Niisan Takahashi, and produced by Daiei Film .
' Gamera 2: Invasion of Legion ') [a] is a 1996 Japanese kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko, with special effects by Shinji Higuchi. Produced by Daiei Film and distributed by Toho , the film is the 10th entry in the Gamera film series , as well as the second film in the franchise's Heisei period , serving as a direct sequel to the 1995 film ...