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unusual facts about Gamera: Guardian of the Universe


Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Naoki Manabe, Jun Suzuki as Gamera - The films titular kaiju, Gamera is a giant fireball breathing turtle that was created by an advanced civilization to exterminate the invading Gyaos.


Dick O'Neill

His film credits include The Mugger, Gamera the Invincible, Pretty Poison, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Buddy Holly Story, MacArthur, House Calls, Posse, The Jerk, The Mosquito Coast, Loose Cannons, Prizzi's Honor, and Wolfen.

Gamera

Gamera has made an appearance in Toriyama's manga, Dragon Ball.

In 2010, Shout! Factory acquired the rights from Kadokawa Pictures for all eight of the Showa Gamera films to release the uncut, Japanese versions on DVD for the first time ever in North America.

Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris

Akira Ohashi as Irys - The show's main kaiju antagonist, Irys is a creature that must feed on bodily fluids to survive, and forms a spiritual bond with Ayana, using her hatred for Gamera to feed his strength.

Gamera the Brave

This is the twelfth 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 responsible for the Gamera films.

Precipitated by the premise that Gamera self-destructed to destroy several Gyaos in 1973, the tale picks up thirty three years later, when the son of one of the survivors of that incident finds an unusual egg, from which a baby turtle hatches.

Toshinori Sasaki as Toto/Gamera, the titular Gamera, Toto is the brave Son of the Gamera that died in the 1970's killing three Gyaos

Heart Electric

The music video for Heart Electric was directed by Shusuke Kaneko who is known for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, and the live-action film adaptation of Death Note.

Japanese popular culture

The most popular Japanese films is the giant monster films (Kaiju Eiga) of Godzilla, Gamera, and the Ultraman Series.

TIM Defender of the Earth

TIM, Defender of the Earth is a young adult science fiction novel by Sam Enthoven, written in the spirit of classic monster movies such as Godzilla and Gamera.


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