Gamera vs. Garasharp

Gamera vs. Garasharp

Written by

Nisan Takahashi

Distributor

Tokuma Japan Communications^JP

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Gamera vs. Garasharp (ガメラ対ガラシャープ, Gamera tai Garashāpu) is a 1991 short film created for the Gamera Permanent Preservation Plan LaserDisc set.

Plot

A giant serpent-like monster called Garasharp appears and starts destroying Tokyo. Gamera soon appears and kills Garasharp. Then, two baby Garasharps crawl out of their mother's carcass. The military tries to kill them, but Gamera lets them crawl onto his back and he flies them to a remote tropical island. He breaks off their horns and fangs and leaves them to live freely on the island.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Supervised by Noriaki Yuasa
Story and drafting by Nisan Takahashi
Illustrations and kaiju design by Akira Inoue

Gallery

Production

Screenshots

Merchandise

Trading cards

Garasharp
trading card
Marukobukarappa trading card

Alternate titles

Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Garasharp (ガメラ対大邪獣ガラシャープ; Gamera tai Daijajū Garashāpu)

Videos

Gamera vs. Garasharp special feature

Trivia

It is a common misconception that Gamera vs. Garasharp is a condensed version of a scrapped Gamera film and not an original short. According to the short's supervisor Noriaki Yuasa, "The creator of the film announced that it was the un-produced Gamera movie. But Garasharp is a character which was made specifically for the bonus tr[a]ck of the LD set."^[1] Had Daiei not gone bankrupt in 1971, Gamera's next opponent was intended to be a serpent, but it was a two-headed beast codenamed W.

References

This is a list of references for Gamera vs. Garasharp. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

↑ Ishizuka, Daisuke (November–December 2002). "Gamera's Godfather - Noriaki Yuasa". G-Fan. No. 59. p. 53.CS1 maint: date format (link)

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) • Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo (2024)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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-{{Film Infobox Unmade
+{{Infobox Film|ratings=yes
-|type1            =Grass
+|type1        =Machine
-|type2            =Dark
+|type2        =Fighting
-|header           ={{Scrapped}} {{Film}}
+|image        =Garasharp title card.png
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+|caption      =The title card for Gamera vs. Garasharp
-|caption          =Garasharp
+|name         =''Gamera vs. Garasharp''
-|name             =Gamera vs. Garasharp
+|dt           =''Gamera vs. Garasharp'' (1991)
-|alternatetitles  =None
+|director     =
-|planned          =[[1972]]
+|writer       =[[Nisan Takahashi]]
-|replaced         =[[Gamera: Super Monster]]
+|distributor =Tokuma Japan Communications{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}
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-'''Gamera vs. Garasharp''' {{Nihongo|ガメラ対大邪獣ガラシャープ|Gamera tai Daiyokoshimajū Garashāpu|lit. ''Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Garasharp''}} is an unmade [[1972]] [[Kadokawa|Daiei]] [[:Category:Films|film]].
+'''''Gamera vs. Garasharp''''' {{Nihongo|ガメラ対ガラシャープ|Gamera tai Garashāpu}} is a [[1991]] [[:Category:Short films|short film]] created for the ''Gamera Permanent Preservation Plan'' LaserDisc set.
 {{TOC}}
-==History==
+==Plot==
-''Gamera vs. Garasharp'' was cancelled when Daiei went bankrupt.
+A giant serpent-like monster called [[Garasharp]] appears and starts destroying [[Tokyo]]. Gamera soon appears and kills Garasharp. Then, two baby Garasharps crawl out of their mother's carcass. The military tries to kill them, but Gamera lets them crawl onto his back and he flies them to a remote tropical island. He breaks off their horns and fangs and leaves them to live freely on the island.
-The scrapped monster [[Marukobukarappa]] would have also made an appearance. The role and purpose of the monster was never revealed.
+==Staff==
-==Plot==
+{{Staffs
-A giant serpent-like monster, called [[Garasharp]], appeared and started destroying [[Tokyo]]. Gamera soon appears and kills Garasharp. Then, two baby Garasharps crawl out of their mother's carcass. The military tries to kill them, but Gamera lets them crawl onto his back and he flies them to a remote tropical island.
+|Supervised by|[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
+|Story and drafting by|[[Nisan Takahashi]]
+|Illustrations and kaiju design by|[[Akira Inoue]]
+}}
 ==Gallery==
-===Concept Art===
+===Production===
 <gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
+Garasharp_stuff.jpg
+</gallery>
+===Screenshots===
+<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 1.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 2.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 3.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 4.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 5.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 6.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 7.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 8.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 9.png
+Gamera vs. Garasharp 10.png
+Marukobukarappa.png
 Gamera vs. Garasharp Storyboard 1.png
 GARASHARP IS A GUY - 0002.jpg
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 Gamera vs. Garasharp Storyboard 9.png
 Gamera vs. Garasharp Storyboard 10.png
-Marukobukrappa.jpg|Marukobukarappa suit concept art
-</gallery>
-===Production===
-<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
-Garasharp_stuff.jpg|Making of DVD special feature movie
 </gallery>
-===Screenshots===
+===Merchandise===
+====Trading cards====
 <gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 1.png
+g6819737.jpg|[[Garasharp]]<br>trading card
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 2.png
+g6819738.jpg|[[Marukobukarappa]] trading card
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 3.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 4.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 5.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 6.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 7.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 8.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 9.png
-Gamera vs. Garasharp 10.png
-Marukobukarappa.png
 </gallery>
+==Alternate titles==
+*'''''Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Garasharp''''' (ガメラ対大邪獣ガラシャープ; ''Gamera tai Daijajū Garashāpu'')
 ==Videos==
 {{videos|
-{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/nsSiFtSjN-c</youtube>|Gamera vs. Garasharp Special Feature}}
+{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">nsSiFtSjN-c</youtube>|''Gamera vs. Garasharp'' special feature}}
 }}
-{{Unmade}}
+==Trivia==
-{{Era|SCR|KAD|SHO|FIL|GAM}}
+*It is a common misconception that ''Gamera vs. Garasharp'' is a condensed version of a scrapped ''Gamera'' film and not an original short. According to the short's supervisor [[Noriaki Yuasa]], "The creator of the film announced that it was the un-produced Gamera movie. But Garasharp is a character which was made specifically for the bonus tr[a]ck of the LD set."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ishizuka|first=Daisuke|title=Gamera's Godfather - Noriaki Yuasa|work=G-Fan|issue=59|date=November-December 2002|p=53}}</ref> Had Daiei not gone bankrupt in 1971, [[Gamera]]'s next opponent ''was'' intended to be a serpent, but it was a two-headed beast codenamed [[W]].
-[[Category:Unmade]]
+==References==
-[[Category:Unmade Films]]
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Kaiju Movies|tab=Gamera}}
+{{Comments|scroll=yes}}
+{{Era|HEI|FIL|GAM}}
 [[Category:Gamera Films]]
-[[Category:Kadokawa]]
+[[Category:Short films]]
+[[Category:Direct-to-video Releases]]
+[[Category:1990's Films]]

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