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Kadokawa will release the new Gamera DVD box set next summer. Below is the info I collected for now :

Gamera 40th Anniversary Z-Plan DVD Box Set

Release date : August 31, 2006
Price : 47,500 yen

The set will include all Showa and Heisei Gamera films (total of 11).
Spec, features, exclusives has not yet been revealed.

Resevation will begin November 27, 2005. It's the birthday of Gamera, when the first Gamera film was open back in 1965.

More info when it's available.

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Personally, I am very interested in special features and exclusives.


Loomis,

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.


Loomis,

PCM & DTS audio? AWESOME! If it wasn't so expensive I'd buy it.

As for GAMERA SUPER MONSTER (or SPACE MONSTER GAMERA), I recently got a great subtitled copy of it and enjoyed the movie quite a bit. :color:

We're counting on you James . If the set has subtitles, I guess I'll just have to save my tenner-a-week pocket money for..........I'm not good at maths, so I'll just say a very long time.