List of Gamera film continuities
This is a list of the various continuities in the Gamera series, along with the films and other official media that are confirmed to take place within them, listed in the order in which they chronologically take place.
Showa continuity
| Setting | Entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) | Year shown onscreen on newspapers. |
| 1966 | Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) | Set half a year after the end of Giant Monster. |
| 1967 | Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) | Year shown onscreen on a newspaper. |
| ≥1967 | Gamera vs. Viras (1968) | Parts of Giant Monster and Gyaos are recounted in flashback. |
| ≥1969 | Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) | A newspaper report of Apollo 9 reaching orbit hangs on Tom's wall. Parts of Giant Monster, Gyaos, and Viras are recounted in flashback. |
| 1970 | Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) | Set shortly before the opening of Expo '70. |
| 1971 | Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) | Year stated in dialogue. The English dub moves the setting to 1985. |
| ≥1980 | Gamera Super Monster (1980) | Keiichi and his friends look through the February 18, 1980 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. |
Additional notes:
- In the 1995 video game Gamera: The Time Adventure, which is set in "super-futuristic" times,[1] the player goes back in time to influence the events of the first seven films, then returns to the future for a final mission which utilizes scenes from Super Monster.
- The 1994-1995 Tokuma Shoten manga Gamera the Giant Monster is set after the events of Gamera Super Monster and depicts Gamera's resurrection.
Heisei Trilogy continuity
| Setting | Entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) | Year shown onscreen on a newspaper. |
| 1997 | Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) | Year shown onscreen on newspapers. |
| 1999 | Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) | Year established onscreen. |
Heisei Trilogy tie-ins
- Legend (1995) - Comic by Mahiro Maeda which depicts the fall of Atlantis thousands of years before the events of Gamera the Guardian of the Universe, published in the book Gamera the Guardian of the Universe Full Record.
- Gamera (1996) - Four-issue Dark Horse miniseries set one year after Gamera the Guardian of the Universe.
- Gamera vs. Morphos (1999) - Manga set after Gamera the Guardian of the Universe.
- Gamera Gaiden Ver. 2.5 (1999) - Manga set between Gamera 2 and Gamera 3.
- Gamera: Gigantic Creature Council (1999) - In-universe documentary seemingly set after Gamera 3.
- Gamera vs. Barugon: Comic Version (2003) - Set between Gamera 2 and Gamera 3.
- The Last Hope (2017) - Comic by Matt Frank which provides an alternate telling of the fall of Atlantis, originally self-published as fan fiction. However, it has since been reprinted officially in both Japan and the United States.
It is unknown if any of these tie-ins are canonical to each other. There are some contradictions, like the diverging stories of Atlantis in Legend and The Last Hope, and Zigra's differing origins in Gamera and Gamera vs. Barugon: Comic Version.
Gamera the Brave continuity
| Setting | Entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Gamera the Brave (2006) | Year established onscreen. Also includes a prologue set in 1973. |
| Gamera 2006: Hard Link (2006) | Includes an altered version of Gamera the Brave's prologue. The rest of the manga is set in the middle of that film. |
Short film continuity
| Setting | Entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | GAMERA (2015) | Most of the short is set 10 years before the present day. |
See also
References
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