Is the Eustace Foundation aliens or not?

Whenever I listen to Gamera’s sounds, I always get this deep emotional vibe when I listen to them. It might just be that his sounds are more high pitch than Godzilla and King Kong’s, but I’m not sure.

So apparently guiron might have Japanese damascus steel on his head to slice things and apparently the ancient civilization artificially or genetically formed that on his head,This is a feat for how sharp guiron 's head is because he apparently sliced a warship in half,zigra's head,a sentry gun,a piece of building and was able to stab right through gameras chest and shell

comparison between the similar details of these folded sharp steels on them

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Give me any Kaiju and quote and I'll draw that Kaiju saying that quote in any context I see fit.

Personally, I think an animated family movie would be the best way to go (given how out-there the series is and the sheer craziness they can get away with.) And as much as I would love for DreamWorks to spearhead it, Sony would probably be the more realistic choice but hey! They made the Spiderverse movies and Mitchells vs. The Machines (among other bangers imo) so it still works out.

Happy Gamera Day folks.

Wikizilla has recently created the page "Gamera in popular culture".
https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Gamera_in_popular_culture

I'm currently busy to return to Wikizilla, therefore I haven't touched it yet. But there are literally SEVERAL HUNDREDS OR MORE of Gamera references among various other medias and productions. Literally numerous especially in Japanese medias and franchises.

If you are interested in but feel reluctant to edit Wikizilla, you can edit the corresponding page on Gamera Wiki (I'm an admin, but haven't touched it for long).

It's much easier to participate the Gamera Wiki than Wikizilla, and ANY trivias, even ambiguous ones, are welcome. If you have edited the Gamera Wiki page, I will later add your information on Wikizilla.

https://gamera.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Gamera_homage_and_spoofs

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It's honestly annoying that the military is ordered to attack Gamera when he is the one protecting everyone from the much larger threat. Can someone explain to me, is there a reason behind this or is it just for the plot of the movie.

How would who (yes you) reboot the Guardian of the Universe with the film being based on the 2015 short film.

Hey there I have a quick question. What is Gamera Day

Always loved Gamera, this new variation is wild and inspired me to fo a piece on him. Enjoy -

November 27 is publicly called Gamera Day in Japan.

Gamera 2.5, officially titled as "Gamera VS Barugon", is a canon manga that took place in-between Heisei Gamera 2 and 3. It was heavily inspired by the VS Barugon movie of the Showa era.

Gamera 2.5 is pretty much just like the VS Barugon movie with a different set of characters and a few plot changes, but it's still the same story about human greed that resulted in Barugon destroying cities.

However, there were some weird parts in the manga.

Let's start with the ending, because it's the one that'll make you think the most and have you looking back at previous pages. Aya dies, which marks the first time Gamera had to kill a human he was saving in the first place in order to defeat Barugon. When Aya died, the MC woke up in the very same cave they found "Barugon's opal egg". At first, it made me think if the whole event was just a nightmare the MC had but he had the same bandages on his face during the events. Did he somehow teleport back to the cave?

Another weird part is when the MC and Aya were rescued by the military. The MC had been with Aya ever since she found him half-dead in the cave in the beginning of the manga. When the MC was rescued by the army, he's still Aya BUT the military personnel doesn't see her at all. From their perspective, it's just the MC talking to himself (when from the MC's POV, he's speaking with Aya). When I reached this part of the manga somewhere in the middle, I knew this was going to be a sadder story.

Lastly, "Barugon's opal egg". It actually wasn't an opal, not was it the kaiju's egg. Aya specifically said it was Barugon's soul, and it needed it to be complete. During the fight between Gamera and Barugon, Aya got trapped (tied) onto Barugon's horn with the "opal egg" (I won't be calling this its soul to help you visualize it as an egg instead, because that's what it looked like). In order to defeat Barugon, Gamera was left with no choice but to blast its head with Aya tied to its horn. When Barugon died, so did Aya. And the MC saw Aya's soul leaving, still clutching the "opal egg" as she thanks him and bids farewell. It made me ask, is Aya Barugon's soul? Are they one and the same?

To those who've read this manga, how do you interpret the story? Because it led me to believe Barugon is a female kaiju, and Aya was its spirit. As to how the MC got back to the same cave where it all started? I don't think the whole event was a nightmare, given how the MC had the same exact bandages on his face. But that could also work as a story, to teach the possible dangers of human greed. What do you think?

And to people who haven't read it yet, please do! It's on its Wikizilla page!

In Your Guy’s opinion, what could be a good franchise that Gamera could make a good crossover with. Explain your ideas in the comments below.

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Hey, guys! I finally finished watching all of the Showa Gamera movies after getting into the franchise this week, and I just want to share my thoughts on them.

Now, I know there are movies that are low in my tier list. That doesn't mean they're bad, as I actually still enjoyed them. It's just that the other movies are better for me.

To start, I thought the VS Jiger movie was the PERFECT Showa Gamera movie. I'll be explaining why in a bit.

Giant Monster is also high in my list because it reminded me of the '54 Godzilla movie. I see no major issues with it besides having some stupid moments, like when the kid went up the lighthouse, and Gamera destroys it, only to save the kid he initially put in danger. Besides that, it's your classic kaiju movie. It had a kaiju wrecking havoc, but it also showed Gamera's character of being a friend of all children. That solidified Gamera's character and separated him from Godzilla.

The VS Gyaos movie didn't add much to the story and there wasn't anything special about it particular. It's your basic kaiju vs kaiju movie, but a good one. Definitely had the best kaiju fight scenes for me, but a major downside is Gyaos' cheap costume. I'll have to say it now that this will be a downside we'll also see in the other Showa Gamera movies except for VS Jiger, Giant Monster, and VS Zigra. I can understand that perhaps the budget in these movies weren't high, and they're honestly movies targeted for children in Japan. But look at the costumes for Jiger, Gamera, and Zigra. Try to look at the monster costumes of the Godzilla movies during the same era as well. They weren't terrible because they still solidified these kaijus as iconic ones in movie history.

As I've mentioned, Zigra's costume and design is among the best during Gamera's Showa run. The only downside for me in VS Zigra was the lack of fight scenes, and some stupid moments as well. One that I can think of right now is when Gamera was in a trance that rendered him motionless, but by the grace of Jesus a lightning struck his foot recovering him from the trance lol

My biggest gripe with VS Viras is the use of scenes from past movies in a part where the aliens tried to look for Gamera's weakness, and they looked at its past battles. I thought they were being lazy with it because they played long fight scenes from past movies, which is something I'll also be mentioning for Super Monster later. There wasn't also a significant amount of fight scenes, as Viras came late in the movie with the surprise of being the boss monster and leader of this particular alien race. But what I did love about this movie (and VS Guiron) is how creepy some scenes were, which was definitely a surprise. Like whenever the aliens would speak with their eyes, it was kind of like an analog horror. Or when Viras just took off their heads near the end. I won't be mentioning the poor-looking costume of Viras as well as the other kaijus (except for Jiger) moving forward.

Next is VS Barugon, Gamera's first kaiju battle after the events of Giant Monster. The movie had a good amount of fight scenes between the two kaijus, and I loved how Barugon had the spotlight most of the time. Barugon is also the perfect antithesis to Gamera. As mentioned in Giant Monster, Gamera's weakness is cold and being frozen, which just so happened to be Barugon's ability. Barugon is also weak to water, which is one of Gamera's home turfs. Their fights looked boring though, but I can understand that knowing this is the franchise's first kaiju fight scene. And similar to a few of Gamera's Showa movies, this one also had some stupid moments bordering to being straight up weird. One of which is during a fight scene between two human characters in a traditional Japanese diner. While they were brawling it out, the woman character was just standing there watching them. Said woman would later on try to help the bleeding MC after the fight and gave this very erotic look towards him. Regardless, it's still a movie I very much enjoyed. I could put this right next to VS Gyaos, it's just that VS Zigra and VS Viras had a lot more to offer cinema-wise.

Now we're in the AIDS tier of my Gamera movies, featuring VS Guiron and Super Monster — movies that I also enjoyed watching (like I said, there are NO bad Gamera movies). VS Guiron suffers from a lot, from bad acting to having the worse kaiju vs kaiju scenes. The Space Gyaos VS Guiron scene was FANTASTIC, I admit. But his fight against Gamera was worse than Barugon's. Not to mention... Lacking. We were finally given Gamera's strongest opponent yet, and we see this when Guiron cut CLEAN that Space Gyaos. This is something we've never seen so far, and we were given this feeling that Gamera might get SERIOUSLY hurt. This even gets amplified when Guiron shot his shurikens to Gamera's face, and our turtle friend let out a haunting cry. But the rest of their fight was poorly done though, which fortunately didn't ruin the whole movie for me. The bad acting that I mentioned a while ago probably came from the fact that these had kid actors, and I watched it in English dub. But how come the other movies with kid actors did so well? Lastly, this movie had the worst effects. Like that one scene where one of the aliens betrayed her comrade, and there was this really lame beam that came from her pistol.

And then we get Super Monster, marking the end of Showa Gamera. I thought VS Viras reusing scenes from past movies was lazy until I saw this. It essentially reused scenes from past Gamera movies to put in this movie, and NO, it wasn't for something like remembering an event. They basically had a new story set up for Gamera, where he started off as a pet turtle that was released in the wild. It was completely different from Giant Monster's origin for Gamera. And then Super Monster's Gamera had to protect earth from another alien race with their monsters (the monsters from the previous movies). So each time Gamera would fight, they would reuse fight scenes from the previous movies instead of shooting newer ones. And because this is what they did for this movie, we were given the same costumes when they had the opportunity of perhaps creating new ones and shoot new scenes. Making Gamera fight all past kaijus in an hour and a half movie also meant that the pacing is too fast, so it didn't help me with appreciating its new story more. But while the pacing ruined the story for me, I'd say that I prefer this origin story for Gamera better compared to Giant Monster's.

So that's my journey in the Gamera franchise so far, and I do apologize for the extremely long post. It's just that I loved these movies even with their flaws, and I don't have anyone to discuss it with. Obviously, I want to explore more Gamera content. Any recommendations/suggestions would be greatly appreciated which one(s) to check out first. I've been a kaiju and tokusatsu fan growing up, and I just got into Gamera recently (a week ago or even less like I said) and our turtle friend has already grown to me. Money wasn't easy growing up so I never got a kaiju toy, but since I'm working now I was able to order myself a Movie Monster Series Gamera Rebirth as well as pre-order SHMA Advent of Legion Gamera. These would be my first kaiju toys, and that's how much I love Gamera right now. I sincerely hope we get another Gamera project in the near future!

After Gamera becoming unconscious after battling with Irys what is this red-orange light stuff in Gamera's Belly or Stomach after being stabbed by Iris?

Also why we can't see the wound visible going from his back even if the wound was that big in his stomach.

So, I got into Gamera yesterday after hearing the Netflix flopped. I watched it, and I thought it was amazing. I've always been into kaijus and tokusatsus, but never watched a Gamera movie until now. I made a post here in this subreddit, and I got a lot of great suggestions on where to start. So far I've seen Giant Monster, Heisei trilogy, and Brave. Here's my tier list:

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Advent of Legion and Brave were perfect/flawless for me. The rest, even though being A-tier in my list, I consider TOP TIER, especially Revenge of Iris.

Like I said in my previous post, Rebirth was PEAK. Some reviews mentioned that the animation was bad, but I kindly disagree. Some parts it looked janky with low FPS, but it didn't badly affect the show for me.

I also enjoyed Giant Monster. The Godzilla '54 movie is one of my top 3 Goji movies, but I liked Giant Monster a bit more. It had its weird stupid moments, but it still nicely depicted Gamera who's a friend to all children. I also think the production for this movie was great for its time.

Anyway, I'll continue watching the Showa Gamera movies. I'm enjoying the ride so far, but it's truly a shame that I just got into Gamera now thanks to Rebirth. I even pre-ordered the SHMA Advent of Legion Gamera. I hope we get another Gamera project soon, because it's been 18 years since Brave, and I'm craving for another anime.