Gamera the invincible
In Bandai's 1995 Gamera: High Grade toy line, Gamera's English name was spelled Gamara. Viras spelled his English name as Gamela. In the United States theatrical release of his debut film, Gamera's name was spelled as Gammera, with an additional "m." All subsequent American releases of Gamera's films dropped the second "m." Latin scriptwriting in Gamera's debut film and English-language materials for the film Gamera vs.
The "k-" sound at the beginning of Gamera's name may have been changed to a "g-" sound to avoid making the monster's name sound like the word "camera," which is spelled カメラ in Japanese. Gamera's name comes from the Japanese word kame (カメ), meaning "turtle," and -ra (ラ), a common suffix in kaiju names.
A stand-alone film, it told the story of a young boy named Toru who came upon a bizarre glowing egg on a small island, which hatched into a baby turtle he named Toto.
Gamera's most recent onscreen appearance was the 2006 film Gamera the Brave. In his darkest hour, Gamera was able to triumph over Iris and bring humanity back to his side, just in time to face an oncoming swarm of thousands of Gyaos. To make matters worse, the destruction Gamera caused in his crusade against Gyaos led humanity to turn against him and deem him an enemy. By 1999, the Gyaos had begun to overrun the world, while an ancient demonic creature called Iris was awakened from its shrine by a vengeful young woman who blamed Gamera for her parents' deaths. While the human race feared Gamera at first, they eventually joined his side to battle Gyaos and the extraterrestrial Legion creatures that arrived on Earth a year later. Gamera remained sealed away inside a rocky atoll for thousands of years before rising again in the modern day to battle the Gyaos, which had been reawakened by humanity's rampant pollution of the Earth. Gamera was able to keep the Gyaos under control, but the Atlantean civilization was completely destroyed in the struggle. This time, Gamera was a guardian genetically engineered by the ancient civilization of Atlantis to defend the world from their previous creations: the man-eating flying monsters known as Gyaos.
#GAMERA THE INVINCIBLE SERIES#
The Gamera series was rebooted in 1995 with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Eventually, Gamera was seen as a full-fledged hero and friend to the children of the world instead of a rampaging monster. He also developed a strong affinity for the children of Earth, coming to their aid whenever they were placed in danger by other monsters or alien invaders. Gamera would return several times to fend off these creatures, be they ancient reawakened evils or extraterrestrial invaders. This quickly established Gamera as the lesser of two evils compared to the other monsters that would frequently menace Japan, such as Gyaos, Viras, Jiger and Zigra. Barugon, after the rocket carrying him to Mars was struck by a meteor, causing an explosion that destroyed the rocket and freed him, Gamera returned to Earth, where he battled the monster Barugon. Gamera came to Japan and rampaged across the nation, but was trapped inside a rocket and launched into space on a one-way trip to Mars. In his first onscreen appearance, Gamera was an ancient creature disturbed from his rest under the Arctic ice by a nuclear blast. Gamera (ガメラ, Gamera) is a giant flying turtle kaiju who first appeared in the 1965 Daiei film Gamera. Inscription from the obelisk found on Gamera's atoll ( Gamera: Guardian of the Universe) Yonejiro Saito, Masaichi Nagata, Hidemasa Nagata, Noriaki Yuasa, Tomio Sagisu Shell diameter: 60 meters (long) GGU- G3, īarugon, Gyaos, Viras, Guiron, Jiger, Zigra, Zanon, Legion, Iris, Zedus, Underwater speed: 50 knots GAM- GSM, 180 knots GGU- G3