GAMERA (2015)
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GAMERA (
Plot
In Tokyo, a young boy named Manafu and his father are among the citizens fleeing from swarms of Gyaos attacking the city. Manafu's father pushes his son out of the way just before he is eaten by a Gyaos pursuing them. As the Gyaos prepares to consume the boy, a second Gyaos smashes through a nearby building and attacks it. This Gyaos turns its attention to the boy as well, only to be crushed underfoot by Gamera. Gamera then turns to an approaching swarm of Gyaos and takes in a huge breath of air before unleashing a gigantic blast of fire that annihilates them all.
10 years later, Manafu, now an adult, watches as an eight-limbed creature devastates Tokyo. Suddenly, Gamera appears once again to challenge the monster.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Katsuhito Ishii
- Planned and produced by Tsuyoshi Kikuchi[1]
- Music by Kenji Kawai[1]
- Production design by Yuji Tsuzuki[1]
- Monsters designed by Kan Takahama[2]
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Rui Takahashi as Manafu
- Kankuro Kudo as Manafu's father
Appearances
Monsters
Development
The project was first revealed in early 2014 when retailers such as Amiami listed that the May 16 issue of Kadokawa's Tokusatsu Newtype magazine would be having a lead feature on it.[3]
Marketing
On October 8, 2015, Kadokawa Senior Managing Director Shinichiro Inoue and producer Tsuyoshi Kikuchi held a 50th anniversary presentation for Gamera at New York Comic-Con. Handbills and T-shirts were distributed at the event, which culminated in a screening of GAMERA. An official website dedicated to the short was also launched, and it was reported that the short would be screened at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival later that month, along with restored versions of Gamera vs. Gyaos, Gamera the Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.[4]
Gallery
- Main article: GAMERA (short film)/Gallery.
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Trivia
- The design of this Gamera and his role in the 2015 short film presumably became the basis for Gamera's design and appearance in the first episode of GAMERA -Rebirth-, with Katsuhito Ishii also involved in the 2023 anime series.[5]
- The sequence of Gamera's fire blast in the 2015 short film strongly resembles Gamera's oxygen-powered plasma fireball in Sapporo in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, with both Gamera strongly inhaling the air and causing winds while charging their breath attacks.
- Ishii's idea for Gamera's flight mode bears similarities to both the scrapped idea for the Heisei Trilogy and the depiction in GAMERA -Rebirth-; Gamera was planned to emit jets from all limbs in the 1995 film Gamera the Guardian of the Universe,[6][7] and the 2015 Gamera was planned to emit "boosters" (ブースター būsutā) from his shell to support his flight[8] while Gamera in the 2023 Netflix series also emits additional jets from his arms.[9]
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References
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