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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, the Giant Monster was released in Japan on November 27, 1965. [1] The project was considered "cheap" and "destined to flop" among filmmakers partially due to the financial situation of Daiei Film. However, the film was a bigger hit than the studio expected, which led to a higher budget for the second film, Gamera vs. Barugon.
This broadcast was part of a syndication package of kaiju films acquired and released by AIP-TV, which included Majin, the Monster of Terror, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, and Godzilla vs. the Thing. [55] Gamera vs. Barugon was one of the few films featured twice on Mystery Science Theater 3000, the first time as part of the initial KTMA ...
In 1991, the English dubbed versions of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (as Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) and Godzilla vs. Megalon were riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. [191] In 1998, Columbia TriStar Television produced Godzilla: The Series ; developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis, the series served as a sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla ...
Gamera vs. Guiron (ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン, Gamera tai Daiakujū Giron, lit. ' Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Guiron ') is a 1969 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, written by Niisan Takahashi, and produced by Daiei Film. It is the fifth entry in the Gamera film series, following Gamera vs. Viras, which was released the previous ...
Producer Shōgo Tomiyama had considered selecting Kaneko to direct a Godzilla film since the filmmaker first approached him with the idea during the development of Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992). [6] Kaneko later impressed Tomiyama by making the critically-acclaimed Gamera film trilogy (1995-1999) and Pyrokinesis (2000).
In October 2015, Legendary announced plans to unite Godzilla and Kong in a film titled Godzilla vs. Kong, set for a 2020 release date. Legendary planned to create a shared cinematic franchise "centered around Monarch" (the secret government agency which debuted in 2014's Godzilla ) and that "brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong ...
Noriaki Yuasa (湯浅 憲明, Yuasa Noriaki) (28 September 1933 – 14 June 2004) was a Japanese director.Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series Gamera, about a giant flying turtle that befriends small boys and battles giant monsters; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them. [1]