Terra
Terra (テラ Tera), otherwise known as Planet No. 10 (第十惑星 Daijū Wakusei), is a fictional rocky planet which is the 10th planet from the Sun (including Pluto) in the 1969 Gamera film Gamera vs. Guiron.
Name
"Terra" is Latin for Earth.
Appearance
Terra is a rocky and inhospitable planet. Much of the surface is covered in sharp, stalagmite-like rocks that vary in appearance, typically brown or grey, though some rocks have a faint purple coloration. As the Terrans can control the weather, they are able to make the surface colder and are able to cover parts of it with snow, which Gamera later used to ice wounds he sustained in battle with Guiron. The planet also sports a vast complex of structures built by the Terrans, most of which resemble silver and red domes with long corridors to connect them. Conical teleportation structures are seen both outside of and within these buildings.
Although very little grows on the planet's surface, Terra's waters appear to host a variety of different plants and corals, as shown when Gamera falls into the water and becomes unconscious.
The exterior of the planet is never shown from space.
History
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Showa era
Gamera vs. Guiron
After a spaceship transports two Japanese children, Akio and Tom, to Terra, they meet two of the planet's native aliens. The aliens explain that Terra is on the opposite side of the Solar System to Earth, and that they are the last of their kind. They also reveal that the planet is being plagued by swarms of Space Gyaos, and send out Guiron to fight one. After Guiron kills the Gyaos, the true intentions of the aliens are revealed: they desire to eat the children's brains. Shortly afterward, Gamera arrives to fight Guiron, and loses the first battle. Akio and Tom formulate a plan to escape, and free Guiron from his lair underground. The kaiju goes berserk and attacks the Terrans' base, killing both aliens. Gamera is successfully revived, and battles Guiron again, killing him, then taking the two kids home. It is assumed that after this, Terra became a home for the swarms of Space Gyaos.
Video games
- Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) - Nintendo Game Boy
- Gamera: The Time Adventure (1995) - Bandai Playdia
- CR Gamera: The Battle Pachinko (2009) - Pachinko
Gamera the Guardian of the Universe
Guiron battles Gamera on Terra in the third stage of this game.
Gamera: The Time Adventure
Terra appears in the fifth level of Gamera: The Time Adventure, depicted exclusively through film stock footage.
CR Gamera: The Battle Pachinko
Gamera battles Guiron on Terra. Unlike in the film, Terra is set under a deep purple sky while most of the buildings are also absent from the surface save for various conical structures resembling the Terrans' teleportation machines.
Gallery
A Space Gyaos rampaging on Terra's surface
Guiron confronts Space Gyaos on Terra
Terrans on the surface of Terra
Gamera underwater on Terra
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