Gamera (Jepang: ガメラ, Hepburn: Gamera) adalah sebuah monster fiksi, atau kaiju, yang berasal dari seri film Jepang. Gamera debut dalam film tahun 1965 Gamera, the Giant Monster. Karakter dan film perdana tersebut ditujukan untuk bersaing dengan kesuksesan seri film Godzilla karya Toho. Sejak itu, Gamera menjadi ikon Jepang atas haknya sendiri, tampil dalam total 12 film yang diproduksi oleh Daiei Film dan kemudian Kadokawa Daiei Studio, serta berbagai media.
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| Gamera |
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Penampilan
perdana | Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) |
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Penampilan
terakhir | Gamera the Brave (2006) |
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| Pencipta | |
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| Pemeran |
- Teruo Aragaki
- Umenosuke Izumi
- Naoaki Manabe
- Jun Suzuki
- Akira Ohashi
- Hirofumi Fukuzawa
- Toshinori Sasaki
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| Alias | Teman Semua Anak[3]
Teman untuk Semua Anak[5][6]
Penjaga Alam Semesta[7] |
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| Spesies | Kura-kura raksasa |
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Tutup
Gamera digambarkan sebagai monster kura-kura prasejarah bernapas api raksasa yang bermutasi akibat ledakan senjata nuklir. Dalam film perdananya, Gamera digambarkan agresif dan merusak, meskipun ia juga menyelamatkan anak-anak.
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- Mamiya, Naohiko (May 20, 2006). 「小さき勇者たち～ガメラ～」超全集 [Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works] (dalam bahasa Japanese). Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-105108-1.
Sumber
- Ragone, August; Varney, Jason (2010). Gamera vs. Barugon Audio Commentary (DVD). Shout! Factory.
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