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Films featuring Godzilla and Gamera were made into the 1970s, and a King Kong remake was released in 1976. Awareness of toxic waste and the growth of the environmental movement in the 1970s inspired the release of various horror films, and the giant monster subgenre saw the release of 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah , in which the themes of ...
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.
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.
Kaiju (怪獣, kaijū, literally "mysterious beast") productions primarily feature monsters, or giant monsters (大怪獣, daikaijū). Such series include Ultraman , the Godzilla film series, the Gamera series, the Daimajin series, and films such as Mothra , The War of the Gargantuas , and The X from Outer Space ( 宇宙大怪獣ギララ ...
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.
' Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Battle ') is a 1995 Japanese kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko and written by Kazunori Itō, with special effects by Shinji Higuchi. It is the ninth installment in the Gamera film series , serving as a reboot of the franchise, and is the first entry in the franchise's Heisei period .
Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ, Uchū Kaijū Gamera, lit. ' Space Monster Gamera ' ) [ a ] is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa and produced by Daiei Film . It is the eighth film in the Gamera film series , following the release of Gamera vs. Zigra in 1971.
Gamera, the Giant Monster [5] (大怪獣ガメラ, Daikaijū Gamera) [6] is a 1965 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yonesaburo Tsukiji. [2] Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the first film in the Gamera franchise and the Shōwa era. The film stars Eiji Funakoshi, Harumi Kiritachi, and Junichiro ...