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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Daiei Children's Chorus" {{Nihongo|大映児童合唱団|Daiei Jidō Gasshōdan}} | *"Daiei Children's Chorus" {{Nihongo|大映児童合唱団|Daiei Jidō Gasshōdan}} was a group of children who were "randomly gathered".<ref>Shunichi Karasawa, 1995, ガメラを創った男 - 評伝:映画監督・湯浅憲明, Aspect Corporation</ref> | ||
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]] wanted the song to be used in the [[1995]] film ''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'',<ref>Shunichi Karasawa, 2001, 大怪獣ガメラ 秘蔵写真集, ''Interview on Hidemasa Nagata'', Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.</ref> and one of early scripts | *[[Noriaki Yuasa]] wanted the song to be used in the [[1995]] film ''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'',<ref>Shunichi Karasawa, 2001, 大怪獣ガメラ 秘蔵写真集, ''Interview on Hidemasa Nagata'', Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.</ref> and one of the early scripts for the film included the song at the climax.<ref>[[Shusuke Kaneko]], 1998, ガメラ監督日記, Shogakukan Inc.</ref> | ||
*In ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians Anecdote: Heian Hundred Demon Tales'' {{Nihongo|妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚|Yōkai Daisensō: Gādianzu Gaiden: Heian Hyakkitan}}, a spin-off novelization of ''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]''<ref>[https://mwbunko.com/product/322104000075.html 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚]</ref> which gives the Black Tortoise {{Nihongo|玄武|Genbu}} similar abilities to Gamera,<ref>[https://sssp.site/yokaidaisenso-guadians-12-9762 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚 – 齢70歳の安倍晴明が登場! ラスボスとのバトルには玄武(亀)が火炎を吐き、回転しながら空を舞う…って!ガメラ登場か。]</ref> various yokai in Kyoto praise him by singing a modified version of the "Gamera March."<ref>p.183</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/supinomatter/status/1410629355106050049 toko_juya]</ref> | *In ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians Anecdote: Heian Hundred Demon Tales'' {{Nihongo|妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚|Yōkai Daisensō: Gādianzu Gaiden: Heian Hyakkitan}}, a spin-off novelization of ''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]''<ref>[https://mwbunko.com/product/322104000075.html 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚]</ref> which gives the Black Tortoise {{Nihongo|玄武|Genbu}} similar abilities to Gamera,<ref>[https://sssp.site/yokaidaisenso-guadians-12-9762 妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚 – 齢70歳の安倍晴明が登場! ラスボスとのバトルには玄武(亀)が火炎を吐き、回転しながら空を舞う…って!ガメラ登場か。]</ref> various yokai in Kyoto praise him by singing a modified version of the "Gamera March."<ref>p.183</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/supinomatter/status/1410629355106050049 toko_juya]</ref> | ||
==Videos== | ==Videos== |
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The "Gamera March" (ガメラマーチ is a theme song for Gamera Māchi)Gamera introduced in Gamera vs. Viras and subsequently heard in Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, and Gamera vs. Zigra. It succeeded the "Song of Gamera" introduced in Gamera vs. Gyaos. The song was famously parodied in episode 312 of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Lyrics
English translation
Gamera!
Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
M! M! J! V!
M! M! J! V!
Monsters coming from Mars,
Or some other alien world?
Come on, space monsters!
Bring it on!
Let's cut and poke!
Okay, go-go-go!
Using spinning jets,
He will win!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
You are strong, Gamera!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 version
Gamera! Gamera!
Gamera is really neat!
Gamera is filled with meat!
We've been eating Gamera!
Shell!
Teeth!
Eyes!
Flames!
Claws!
Breath!
Scales!
Fun!!
Dr. Forrester is kind of a jerk,
And Frank is really dumb, too
We have to take part in these lame experiments
But do we complain?
No!
No!
Yes!
Huh?
So we hi-keeba all over the place
And talk of a thousand wonderful days
Gamera is really sweet!
He is filled with turtle meat!
Now we have commercial sign!
Trivia
- "Daiei Children's Chorus" (大映児童合唱団 was a group of children who were "randomly gathered". Daiei Jidō Gasshōdan)[1]
- Noriaki Yuasa wanted the song to be used in the 1995 film Gamera the Guardian of the Universe,[2] and one of the early scripts for the film included the song at the climax.[3]
- In The Great Yokai War: Guardians Anecdote: Heian Hundred Demon Tales (妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚, a spin-off novelization of Yōkai Daisensō: Gādianzu Gaiden: Heian Hyakkitan)The Great Yokai War: Guardians[4] which gives the Black Tortoise (玄武 similar abilities to Gamera, Genbu)[5] various yokai in Kyoto praise him by singing a modified version of the "Gamera March."[6][7]
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References
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