Is a Gamera Reboot(Japanese or US) inevitable?

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Gamera in the Monsterverse isn't outside the realm of possibility but I wouldn't hold my breath.
But a new Gamera movie? I sure hope so. I don't have Twitter, what exactly does that announcement entail?
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Major sssspielberg! wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:04 am Gamera in the Monsterverse isn't outside the realm of possibility but I wouldn't hold my breath.
But a new Gamera movie? I sure hope so. I don't have Twitter, what exactly does that announcement entail?
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About as inevitable as that Godzilla Pacific Rim crossover the way things are going. I want him to return.
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JAGzilla wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:40 pm I'll be shocked if Gamera appears in the Monsterverse. I don't think Toho will allow it, and I've had the feeling all along that there won't be any MV films beyond GvK. Not because of lack of success, but because Toho is going to get back to making its own Godzilla films.
The MV films have been profitable, with no real investment on their part. It's good, easy money and they're a business.
The hope is, the next licensing deal will be set up so they can make their own Godzilla movies and still have the MV continue.

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LamangoKaijura wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:04 pm About as inevitable as that Godzilla Pacific Rim crossover the way things are going. I want him to return.
Much more inevitable than that. Godzilla and Pac Rim will never happen. Gamera coming back at some point is actually going to happen.
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Are they going to adapt the 2016 trailer into a real movie?
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Thatguy4683 wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:00 pm Are they going to adapt the 2016 trailer into a real movie?
I would LOVE that, but probably not. It's like that CGI Ultraman trailer we got around then too vs what Shin Ultraman looks like.
Honestly? We might just get an official Shin Gamera...
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I just hope it’s not a anime show. I might take a anime movie though
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Vakanai wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:47 am
Thatguy4683 wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:00 pm Are they going to adapt the 2016 trailer into a real movie?
I would LOVE that, but probably not. It's like that CGI Ultraman trailer we got around then too vs what Shin Ultraman looks like.
Honestly? We might just get an official Shin Gamera...
The CGI Ultraman 'trailer' was just a short film and didn't become Shin Ultraman.
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LamangoKaijura wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:44 pm
Vakanai wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:47 am
Thatguy4683 wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:00 pm Are they going to adapt the 2016 trailer into a real movie?
I would LOVE that, but probably not. It's like that CGI Ultraman trailer we got around then too vs what Shin Ultraman looks like.
Honestly? We might just get an official Shin Gamera...
The CGI Ultraman 'trailer' was just a short film and didn't become Shin Ultraman.
That's exactly my point - I think the same thing is going to happen here. I think the Gamera trailer will end up just like the Ultraman trailer, with them going in a very different direction instead.
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I know I said this before, but I think that if they make another Gamera film, they should refrain from using Gyaos for once. Also, they should bring Ko Otani back.

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Wow. So hyped! If Kaneko is doing another Gamera project...are we getting an official Gamera 4? Or just something new? Hoping for the former!

Plus, the Heisei Gamera trilogy has been getting a ton of hype and attention for a good few years. Toys, events, rereleases in Japanese theaters...it’s definitely popular and definitey something worth continuing to bank off of.

Please...i beg...i need a Gamera 4
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Jermobooka wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:24 pm Wow. So hyped! If Kaneko is doing another Gamera project...are we getting an official Gamera 4? Or just something new? Hoping for the former!

Plus, the Heisei Gamera trilogy has been getting a ton of hype and attention for a good few years. Toys, events, rereleases in Japanese theaters...it’s definitely popular and definitey something worth continuing to bank off of.

Please...i beg...i need a Gamera 4
I'm hoping for the latter, for something new. I love the trilogy, but that ended 22 years ago! I mean a continuation of "where are they now" might make for a great manga or comic or novel, but a film project after so long as to stand apart from that I think, and I don't care how often it's been rereleased in Japan.

Besides, I'm curious what they'd do and where they'd go if they were to start from the beginning again. Get a different take, a new mythos, change things up and make a different Gamera than we've got before, rather than revisiting something familiar.
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If we are talking about a full length new feature film....do a reboot. Don't create any kind of barrier to a new generation of viewers by connecting it to films from over 20 years ago.

PLEASE lets cut out the "Shin" naming scheme. It is already getting old.

Beyond that...I would be all for a live action film or an anime film. I would be fine with 2D animation or a Gantz:0-esque 3D animation.

If it MUST be something connected to the Heisei Trilogy....then THAT should be something like a 'special'...like some sort of special 20-40 minute "epilogue" to the trilogy that wraps it up. Almost like the "Gamera 4" fan-film but done in a modern, "official" capacity...purely as a send off for that trilogy.

I don't want a TV series of any kind.

Here is SOME news on what Kadokawa is up to these days.

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/ja ... 05135.html

Perhaps an animated incarnation of Gamera MIGHT be in the cards for whatever they may be cooking up?
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Chrispy_G wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 5:57 pm If we are talking about a full length new feature film....do a reboot. Don't create any kind of barrier to a new generation of viewers by connecting it to films from over 20 years ago.

PLEASE lets cut out the "Shin" naming scheme. It is already getting old.

Beyond that...I would be all for a live action film or an anime film. I would be fine with 2D animation or a Gantz:0-esque 3D animation.

If it MUST be something connected to the Heisei Trilogy....then THAT should be something like a 'special'...like some sort of special 20-40 minute "epilogue" to the trilogy that wraps it up. Almost like the "Gamera 4" fan-film but done in a modern, "official" capacity...purely as a send off for that trilogy.

I don't want a TV series of any kind.

Here is SOME news on what Kadokawa is up to these days.

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/ja ... 05135.html

Perhaps an animated incarnation of Gamera MIGHT be in the cards for whatever they may be cooking up?
That’s interesting, I think it’s possible but also doubtful. But anyways, if they make a Reiwa Gamera film, I would prefer Gamera being some type of prehistoric monster that was living in Atlanta much like the Showa Gamera origins. I like a more natural origin.

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Denis wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:59 pm That’s interesting, I think it’s possible but also doubtful. But anyways, if they make a Reiwa Gamera film, I would prefer Gamera being some type of prehistoric monster that was living in Atlanta much like the Showa Gamera origins. I like a more natural origin.
See, I think with Gamera being such a box of goodies like having the ability to fly, do the spinning flight and traditional rocket flight....it just feels weird for that to be "natural"

Meanwhile, the idea that he is some kind of genetically engineered/enhanced creation BUILT for battle is so damn metal
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Denis wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:59 pmThat’s interesting, I think it’s possible but also doubtful. But anyways, if they make a Reiwa Gamera film, I would prefer Gamera being some type of prehistoric monster that was living in Atlanta much like the Showa Gamera origins. I like a more natural origin.
I can see it now, we start off in pre-colonial times when the Europeans meet a group of Native Americans worshiping and fearing a great "sky turtle who breathes flames." The colonists attack the native tribe for their lands and to convert them away from their "primitive" nonsense. Then we fast forward hundreds of years into the present, as a shadow falls over...Atlanta, Georgia. :lol:
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Vakanai wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 4:39 am
Denis wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:59 pmThat’s interesting, I think it’s possible but also doubtful. But anyways, if they make a Reiwa Gamera film, I would prefer Gamera being some type of prehistoric monster that was living in Atlanta much like the Showa Gamera origins. I like a more natural origin.
I can see it now, we start off in pre-colonial times when the Europeans meet a group of Native Americans worshiping and fearing a great "sky turtle who breathes flames." The colonists attack the native tribe for their lands and to convert them away from their "primitive" nonsense. Then we fast forward hundreds of years into the present, as a shadow falls over...Atlanta, Georgia. :lol:
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... an/.173454

Kadokawa with those big animation moves they were recently discussing. Evidently they are making big moves in general.

Gosh...you would have to hope SOME kind of Gamera or Daimajin feature film reboot was in the cards. Two properties with the possibility of a live action film, anime film, Japanese production or US production of EITHER...you would think one of them would get something.

Heck, Gamera getting some amazingly perfect Hollywood debut and franchise that trumps and one-ups Godzilla's debut(G98) and franchise(monsterverse) would almost seem to be borderline destiny at this point....considering how the Heisei Era and "Blu Ray Box Set" battles both played out.
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Jermobooka wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:24 pm Wow. So hyped! If Kaneko is doing another Gamera project...are we getting an official Gamera 4? Or just something new? Hoping for the former!

Plus, the Heisei Gamera trilogy has been getting a ton of hype and attention for a good few years. Toys, events, rereleases in Japanese theaters...it’s definitely popular and definitey something worth continuing to bank off of.

Please...i beg...i need a Gamera 4
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I don't think Kadokawa will have anything more than very tentative plans for Gamera or Daimajin until after the summer release of their new Yokai sequel. If we're talking about history repeating itself, just look at 2005, when Kadokawa's moderately successful remake of The Great Yokai War opened the door for new Gamera and Daimajin content.
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