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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

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Gamera Films
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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
The Japanese poster for Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Gamera 2: Legion Invasion (1996)
Flagicon United States.png Gamera: Attack of Legion (DVD 2003)
See alternate titles
Directed by Shusuke Kaneko
Producer Miyuki Nanri, Naoki Sato, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Written by Kazunori Ito
Music by Kow Otani
Distributor TohoJP,
ADV FilmsUS
Rating Not Rated
Box office ¥700,000,000[1]
Running time 99 minutes
(1 hour, 39 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
“
Who will be extinct, Japan, or Legion? (消滅するのは、日本か、レギオンか。)
„ 

— Tagline

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (ガメラ２ レギオン襲来,   Gamera Tsū Region Shūrai, lit. Gamera 2: Legion Invasion) is a 1996 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company and the tenth entry in the Gamera series, as well as the second entry in Shusuke Kaneko's Heisei Gamera trilogy and the second Gamera film to be distributed by Toho.

Plot

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Staff

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

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Toshiyuki Nagashima   as   Colonel Watarase
  • Miki Mizuno   as   Midori Honami
  • Mitsuru Fukikoshi   as   Obitsu
  • Ayako Fujitani   as   Asagi Kusanagi
  • Tamotsu Ishibashi   as   Hanatani
  • Hiroyuki Okita   as   Sasai
  • Yukijiro Hotaru   as   Osako
  • Yusuke Kawazu   as   Nojiri
  • Hatsunori Hasegawa   as   Colonel Satake
  • Tomorowo Taguchi   as   Subway Driver
  • Ishi Rasale   as   NTT Worker
  • Akira Ohashi   as   Gamera
  • Mizuho Yoshida and Toshinori Sasaki   as   Mother Legion
  • Tomohiko Akayama   as   Soldier Legion
  • Yuji Kobayashi   as   Soldier Legion
  • Yoshiyuki Watanabe   as   Soldier Legion
  • Akihiro Nakata   as   Soldier Legion

English Dub

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Jay Hickman   as   Colonel Watarase
  • Shelley Calene-Black   as   Midori Honami
  • Chris Patton   as   Obitsu
  • Illich Guardiola   as   Hanatani
  • Luci Christian   as   Asagi Kusanagi
  • Rob Mungle   as   Colonel Satake

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races


Gallery

Main article: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (Soundtrack).

Alternate Titles

  • Gamera 2: Legion Invasion (Literal Japanese title)
  • Gamera 2: The Real Guardian of the Universe (Early English title)
  • G2: Gamera vs. Legion (Early English title)
  • Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (Alternate English title)
  • Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion (English Japanese title)
  • Gamera 2: Assault of Legion (Japanese 4K Blu-ray English title)
  • Gamera: Attack of Legion (U.S. DVD Title)
  • Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (U.S. Blu-ray Title)

Theatrical Releases

Video Releases

ADV Films DVD (2003)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (5.1 Surround), English (5.1 Surround)
  • Special Features: Interview with Shinji Higuchi (32 minutes), two press conferences (7 minutes), six trailers, ten TV spots, behind the scenes footage (3 minutes), Yubari Fantasy Film Festival premiere (6 minutes), footage from the film's opening day in Japanese theaters (4 minutes), Gamera Promotional Events featurette (5 minutes), outtakes (4 minutes; dubbing gags rather than on-set mistakes), Lake Texarkana Gamera (13-minute gag dub of the film)
  • Notes: A full-length version of the Lake Texarkana Gamera dub is available on a 2004 re-release packaged with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris in the Gamera Complete DVD Collection. Out of print.

Mill Creek Blu-ray (2011)

Mill Creek DVD (2014) [Gamera: Legacy Collection]

Kadokawa Blu-ray (2016) [Heisei Gamera 4K Digital Restoration Blu-ray Box]

  • Region: A/1
  • Discs: 6
  • Audio: Japanese (DTS HD 5.1 Surround and DTS HD 2 Stereo)
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Special Features: Two "Special Contents" discs consisting of over 760 minutes of bonus footage for all four Heisei Gamera films; 200-page "G I-III SFX & Art Photographs" booklet featuring 750 unreleased photos from the Heisei Gamera trilogy; 32-page "G I-IV Complement Books" booklet featuring interviews, plot summaries, Laserdisc cover artwork, and more for all four Heisei Gamera films
  • Notes: Packaged with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, and Gamera the Brave.

Box Office

The film did fairly well, with a gross of $6,500,000.

Reception

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion is considered one of the best Gamera films, and is highly favored by fans. The film has an audience percentage of 84%, with an average rating of 3.8 out of 5, on the movie reviewing site Rotten Tomatoes.[2] It also has a score of 7.3 out of 10 on IMDb.[3]

Videos

Japanese trailers and TV spots
Clip from the A.D.Vision redneck dub

External Links

References

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Films
 
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King Kong films
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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
Reiwa period
 
Other Japanese films
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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) • A*P*E (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
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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