A deep dive look into the entire franchise of our favorite giant kaiju turtle…. GAMERA!!!
00:00 – Introduction
10:29 – Timeline Board Intro
18:56 – GAMERA
28:43 – GAMERA VS BARUGON
38:18 – GAMERA VS GYOAS
48:30 – GAMERA VS VIRAS
59:16 – GAMERA VS GUIRON
1:10:54 – GAMERA VS JIGER
1:20:48 – GAMERA VS ZIGRA
1:31:28 – GAMERA SUPER MONSTER
1:45:35 – Other Media Intro
1:50:13- MST3K And GAMERA
1:55:51 – GAMERA Anniversary Short
1:57:00 – Cancelled Movies
1:59:40 – GAMERA VS GODZILLA?
2:03:08 – GAMERA Comics
2:12:44 – GAMERA Games
2:17:19 – References In Other Media
2:19:09 – Heisei Intro
2:20:52 – GAMERA GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE
2:31:02 – GAMERA 2 ATTACK OF LEGION
2:41:44 – GAMERA 3 REVENGE OF IRIS
2:55:52 – GAMERA THE BRAVE
3:07:02 – GAMERA REBIRTH
3:14:45 – Future of the Franchise
3:17:00 – TIER LIST
3:36:21 – Outro
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31 Comments
bro did a 4 hours long video about gamera and then he said that he's not the most hardcore gamera fan lmao
Great vid.
I love these videos, keep up the good work
what you say at 4:52 is incorrect, I've been waiting my whole life for this
I loved Gamera as a child, he was an alternative to Godzilla when I couldn't find a movie I hadn't seen already
For a shorter video I would like to see your opinion on 13 with Jason Statham, I never see anything from anyone on it
I remember a decade ago or so when I was in middle school or high school I joked that Gamora was a better Kaiju monster
The Gamera heisei trilogy are some of my favorite movies exited to see toku content on this channel.
🐢 🐢 🐢 🔥🔥🔥
There was an "Godzilla AND Gamera" crossover STAGE-PLAY at some EXPO in Japan in nthe 70´s. Thrre are only a few pics surviving of this on the internet. It was OOFFICIAL and approved by both studios. google it up
Thanks for this awesome retrospective! I am from Russia and I've never seen Showa films but when I was in a middle school (early 00s) one of the wildest TV-channels (soft-porn after midnight, ancient aliens in the afternoon) screened Heisei trilogy so millenials in Russia were introduced to the great stuff from the get-go. I remember that one of my classmates stormed into the class one morning and rushed to me and was like "HAVE YOU SEEN A GIANT TURTLE MOVIE YESTERDAY? IT WAS DOPE AF!" Gladly, there was a re-run that day so I've managed to see all three and I remember till this day how great they were. I've rewatched Heisei films last month for the first time since then and ooh my god they are still "DOPE AF"
Pog champ
Spoilers for Gamera 3
Gamera rescues Ayana because she asked for help, in essence praying. Kaneko has stated that his Gamera is intended as a direct analogue for the God of Abraham. Gamera 3, in particular is a story of maintaining faith in a seemingly disconnected god as he allows, or even causes vast acts of destruction. Ayana and the followers of Iris are essentially malthiests, and so turn to the devil, or antichrist, of this universe, Iris to kill Gamera, believing him to be evil. It's only when Ayana directly witnesses Iris's cruelty first hand (his killing of Moribe and her foster family) that she realizes her error and, in her darkest, most lost moment, she prays for help. And Gamera answers.
Ayana and Moribe are killed by Iris, but Gamera performs his final miracle and raises the dead before marching off towards his likely death, much like Jesus carrying his cross.
These Christian symbols shouldn't be too surprising, considering special effects director Sinji Higuchi is one of the main creative voices on Neon Genesis Evangellion, with Shinji Ikari even being named after him.
@RealLifeRyan Ive been watching your vids long enough now and enjoying them, that ill watch a gamera retrospective for you haha keep up the great work bro! Think we could ever get a retrospective of any of these 🙏(If youve seen any of them of course):
– Lost
– Arrowverse
– Matrix
– Cloverfield franchise
– Red Dwarf
– Netflix Marvel (Daredevil & Others)
– Revolution
– Animated DC movies
– MCU
ryan i'm not sure how you somehow entirely missed my favorite film in the franchise. it's called gamera vs the skibidi gyatt(1972). it's the one where the japanese government decides gamera has L rizz (clearly wrong) and sends him to ohio to get fanum taxed. you should watch it.
Can't wait to watch this, favourite channel on YouTube
I’m a huge Goji fan, don’t think I’ve ever seen a Gamera movie. You’ve got me sold on giving them a try.
Im loving these videos keep up the great work can’t wait for the next one
Never really gotten into monster films but listened to this at work and your passion about it is awesome 👊🏼
I looked thru a few comments and didn’t see it mentioned, so I thought I’d mention it.
1:26:41 Gamera eats fire, shoots plasma. That’s why he can use his ranged attacks under water
It was a helicopter, not a plane that was zapped and bisected by Gyaos' sonic beam… The highway construction subplot in "Gamera vs Gyaos", was relevant to Japanese audiences… At the time this movie was made, Japan was in process of upgrading the country's roads, railways and other infrastructure. That program was nationally mandated by the government. There were lots of protests (sometimes riots) by villagers / rural folk whose property and/or livelihoods, would likely be altered by the changes they would experience.
Beautiful retrospective, it made me want to buy Gamera CDs
Awesome video as always mate
The Gamera anime was way better than expected.
Peaked early, but still rad throughout.
He has green and scaley feet.
He is filled with turtle meat.
We all love you Gamera!
Commenting for the algorthim. I really didn't watch much of your content for a long time but your deep dives into series like this and your break down of nosferatu are so interesting. You are bound to make a deep dive that blows up eventually but your dedication to the media you personally enjoy rather than just doing what you think is going to be popular is very much respected by me and I'm sure many many of your followers.
I FUCKING LOVE TURTLES
2:15:45 Godzilla BL was kinda meh at first but when the Shin collab happened I was into it and then when they dropped the Gamera collab, I’ve already invested actual money during the part 1&2 collab (as of the time of the comment the last season of BL was pt. 2 of gamera rebirth collab) much more than I possibly ever did in any mobile game since smart phones started even counting pokemon go. Yeah it may be really stupid to invest in a mobile game but I honestly believe Toho is testing the waters with this and see how much attention it got. Here’s to hoping they got a lot of it seeing how we actually got a Pt. 2 of it.
EXHAUSTIVE! GREAT JOB!
It took me a couple of days to watch it all, but I finally got through this retrospective. Gamera is my jam, and I really enjoyed watching your thoughts on this franchise. I got into Gamera the same way as you, through MST3K, and I own both the box set of all their Gamera episodes, as well as the complete Arrow Gamera-set with all of the films, as well as tons of extras, including the comics. I just enjoy these films so much, for all sorts of reasons, and it was especially fun to see your reaction to Gamera the Brave, as it mirrored my own. It's a truly excellent and heartfelt family film, but with giant monsters. It just doesn't get any better. Now I need to get around to watch Gamera Rebirth, as I actually haven't seen that one yet! Keep up the good work! 🤘
Thanks for the video. I can not get enough of Gamera.
Heh, going to see Oxygen Destroyer tonight