Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

I was just wondering, having never actually seen a Gamera movie, how many Gamera films are there? And what is the liklyhood of starting a collection in the U.K, while I'm waitng for GMMG to come out on DVD?

There are 8 showa Gamera films and 3 Heisei films, making 11 total. Just ask and we can give you a list of them. Or I'm sure you can search around and find a list in another thread.

You'll have to ask James about the availability of Gamera stuff in the UK.

All the Showa releases are available on Region-2 (UK compatiable) DVD from Japan, complete with English subtitles (bar GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER, for some bizarre reason). The two box sets ("1965-1968", and "1969-1980") carry a hefty price tag although make a wonderful collectors piece, however at the same time Showa Gamera just isn't for everyone. Perhaps you should consider picking up one or two individual discs first: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search.html?ty ... ord=gamera - I'd suggest some of the earlier films such as "GAMERA" or "GAMERA VS. GYAOS" personally.

As Keith said, Kaneko's 90's trilogy is/will be available in the UK. "GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE" was dubbed with those stereotypical "BBC voices" and a load of UK techno music replaced Kow Otani's score. It was released by Manga on VHS quite a few years ago, and also had a short theatrical double-bill with "THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK" in the UK back in 1997. I'd really suggest picking up ADV's disc from the States instead, as it's both DVD and un-butchered (sans the title card). "GAMERA 2: ADVENT OF LEGION" was released on DVD back in January in the UK. I picked it up, and it's very good, I'd highly recommend it. "GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS" is due for release this time next week.

Unfortunately, Manga still hold the copyright to "GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE" in the UK, so we're stuck with their badly edited version which they ended up giving away on DVD free with a PlayStation 2 magazine "PLAYNATION" a while back. You can usually pick it up off eBay if you're interested - it holds an odd nostalgic charm for myself being the first version of the film I saw, but it's really a terrible release in all reality.

@James Ballard:

If PAL is an issue, one could try to buy the German "2 disc edition" of GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE. Forget about the second disc, but the first one is basically the same as the ADV DVD with all extras having burnt in German subtitles. However, the movie has a German and an English audio track (taken from the ADV DVD).

Uh, did a few posts from here just dissapear?

EDIT: Ah! Nevermind, I just read kinggoji's announcement.

They dissapeared, I wrote "Uh, did a few posts from here just dissapear?", then THAT dissapeared and our posts came back, then our posts dissapeared AGAIN and the "Uh, did a few posts from here just dissapear?" came back".....

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Says it all really .

Uh-huh. Sure...

Ah-ha! Thou did not notice the sarcasm in his[/u] above post!

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Or I'm not noticing said sarcasm in [i]your post, meaning I'm the butt of the joke...dammit.

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So yeah, R2's rock, now go buy them.