The online shops in Japan are now taking pre-orders.
Detailed spec of the box set is up on HMV Japan.
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=1423217
Gamera 40th Anniversary Z-Plan DVD Box
Release date : August 31, 2006
Price : 49,875 yen
Product number : DABA-229
Number of discs : 13
Running time : 993 minutes
Region code : 2
Limited edition / Reservation is due May 15, 2006.
Product info
Showa Gamera series (8 discs)
Sound format : Linear PCM
Disc 1 : Giant Monster Gamera (1965) / 78 min.
Disc 2 : Gamera vs Barugon (1966) / 100 min.
Disc 3 : Gamera vs Gyaos (1967) / 87 min.
Disc 4 : Gamera vs Viras (1968) / 81 min.
Disc 5 : Gamera vs Guiron (1969) / 82 min.
Disc 6 : Gamera vs Jiger (1970) / 83 min.
Disc 7 : Gamera vs Zigra (1971) / 88 min.
Disc 8 : Space Monster Gamera (1980) / 91 min.
Heisei Gamera series (3 discs)
HD remastered, DTS sound
Disc 9 : Gamera - Guardian of the Universe (1995) / 96 min.
Disc 10 : Gamera 2 - Advent of Legion (1996) / 99 min.
Disc 11 : Gamera 3 - Revenge of Iris (1999) / 108 min.
Supplemental materials (2 discs)
Disc 12 (approx. 120 min.)
1. Gamera 3 camera test footage
2. Director Noriaki Yuasa interview
Disc 13 (approx. 120 min.)
1. Making of Showa Gamera series interviews : director Noriaki Yuasa, screenwriter Niisan Takahashi, special effects director Yonesaburo Tsukiji, production designer Akira Inoue
2. Heisei Gamera series supplements : Reissue from the previous LD boxes
Exclusive collectibles
1. Sealed in the Z-capsule! Gamera figure : Materializes a scene from the first Gamera film where Gamera was captured in the Z-capsule. The figure is 20 centimeters tall and was sculpted by Tomoo Haraguchi, from the Showa Gamera suit sculpted by Keizo Murase.
2. Gamera shell replica : A part of Gamera shell from the same suit sculpted by Keizo Murase. 15 centimeters long.
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