Ngokukhishwa okulindelwe kakhulu kwe-Godzilla yokuqalisa kabusha amasonto ambalwa nje, sibona ukuvuseleleka ngentshisekelo kuma-movie kaiju (lawo ngamaJapane wesilo). Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi amafilimu we-Godzilla akudala akhishwa kabusha, kepha amafilimu akwaGamera nawo athola okufanele kwawo. Uchungechunge lwethulwe yiDaiei Motion Picture Company ngemuva kokuphumelela kukaGodzilla. I-Gamera ingacatshangwa njengoLwesihlanu umhla ka-13 ku-Godzilla's Halloween; isuselwe kokunye, kepha lokho akususi enanini layo elikhulu lokuzijabulisa.

Thenga Ku-Amazon Lapha

I-Mill Creek Entertainment ikhiphe amafilimu ayisishiyagalombili ku-Gamera franchise yasekuqaleni (evame ukubizwa abalandeli ngokuthi uchungechunge lwe-Showa) I-Blu-ray okokuqala ngqa. Ifilimu ngayinye yethulwa ngokusikwa kwayo koqobo kwesi-Japanese nemibhalo engezansi yesiNgisi. Lawa mafilimu ake akhululwa nge-DVD ngabakwaSout Factory, futhi lawa abonakala edluliswa okufanayo, kodwa manje sesibona ufudu olukhulu, olundizayo ngokuchazwa okuphezulu. I-Gamera: Ultimate Collection Volume 1 iqoqa amafilimu amane okuqala: i-Gamera, i-Gamera iqhudelana ne-Barugon, i-Gamera iqhudelana ne-Gyaos, ne-Gamera vs. Viras.

Gamera (1965)
AKA Gammera Ongahlulwa

Ukuqhuma kwebhomu le-athomu kuvusa isilo sasendulo esasaziwa ngeGamera. Isilo esikhulu, esifana nofudu sinamandla okuphefumula umlilo nokundiza. (Kunzima ukungakuhleki ukungabi nangqondo kwezigcawu ezindizayo kulo lonke lolu chungechunge.) Kubhubhisa amadolobha amaningi aseJapan ngaphambi kokuya eTokyo, kepha ososayensi bazama ukunciphisa ubudlova ngokuheha lesi silo ukuba sibe yirokhethi elibheke eMars.

IGamera ingukuqhekeka okusobala kukaGodilla, ebeka cishe zonke izici zenkosi kaiju, kepha lokho kunezela ebuhleni bayo kuphela. Le filimu ifaka nomsebenzi omangalisayo ofanayo omncane nemiphumela yakudala “yesudu yesudu yesudu”. Yize ifilimu yombala ibiyinto ejwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi, uGamera uqoshwe ngombala omnyama nomhlophe ukonga imali. Ukushoda kombala kusiza ukufihla ezinye zezinyathelo ezingezinhle zesabelomali, kepha futhi kwenza ukuthi i-movie ibonakale idlulwa kakhulu. Yize kungekho noyedwa ongaphikisana nokuthi uphakeme kunoGodilla, kunesizathu sokuthi uGamera akhiphe i-franchise ephumelelayo esisakhuluma ngayo cishe eminyakeni engama-50 kamuva.

IGamera vs. Barugon (1966)
I-AKA War of the Monsters

Uma i-meteor ishayisana nerokhethi ethwele i-Gamera, lesi silo siyakhululwa futhi sibe namandla kakhulu kunangaphambili. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, iqembu labahambi lilanda lokho elikholelwa ukuthi i-opal ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-4 kufihlwe emhumeni esiqhingini esiseNingizimu Pacific. Kuvele kube iqanda lasendulo, okuthi, lapho livezwe emisebeni, lichamuse iBarugon. Lesi silo sinamandla okuqanda izinto ngolimi lwaso futhi sikhipha uthingo emgogodleni walo ocekela phansi noma yini ngakolunye uhlangothi. Ngokwemvelo, u-Gamera no-Barugon bayayikhipha ukuze banqume ukuthi ubani ophakeme kunabo bonke.

IGamera akuyona i-kaiju ebanda kunazo zonke laphaya, kepha uBarugon ukwazile ukuba ngumpofu. I-monster ye-lizard ifana ne-alligator / tyrannosaurus rex hybrid, ezwakala kahle ephepheni, kodwa imvunulo ishiya okuningi okungahle kufiswe. IGamera vs. Barugon ukungena kokuqala ochungechungeni ngombala, futhi kuyakhazimula. Imiphumela ekhethekile inkulu futhi ukuqhuma kuningi kakhulu. Indaba yiyona kuphela ochungechungeni engafaki ingane njengomlingiswa oyinhloko, kepha ihlala iphoqa, uma kungenzeka. Ngokwenani lokuzijabulisa eliphelele, uGamera vs. Barugon ungumnqobi.

IGamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
I-AKA Return of the Giant Monsters

Ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo engaphansi kwamanzi kudedela isidalwa esikhulu, esinamaphiko esaziwa ngokuthi iGyaos. Okwamanje, uGamera ubuya ngokungachazeki (ngokungathí sina, abazami nokukuchaza). NjengoGodzilla ngaphambi kwakhe, uGamera waba yintandokazi yabalandeli, ikakhulukazi nezingane. Ngenxa yalokhu, le filimu iqala ukuphendukela kuGamera kumuntu omuhle, esindisa iJapan esilo sayo sakamuva (okuyileli phuzu, esenzeka minyaka yonke).

IGyaos yinto efana nelulwane elikhulu, elinekhono lokuthumela imisebe ebhubhisayo, engaphezulu komlomo wayo. Kepha angikwazi ukuyibuka ngaphandle kokucabanga ngomzamo wengane wokudweba i-Toothless kusuka ku-How to Train Your Dragon. UGyaos uyimbangi kaningi kaGamera, naye uvela kokufakiwe okubili kamuva. Le filimu uqobo lwayo ayiyimbi, inikezela ngemiphumela ekhethekile ebonakalayo ekuxubeni abantu ngaphambili nezilo ezingemuva.

IGamera vs. Viras (1968)
U-AKA Ucekele phansi Wonke Amaplanethi

Uhlobo lwangaphandle luhlasela uMhlaba ngezinhloso zokulenza lube ikoloni njengalo. Babheka uGamera - manje obizwa “ngomngani wazo zonke izingane” - njengosongo futhi bezimisele ukukuqeda. Ukuze benze lokho, abafokazi bayabubona ubuthakathaka bakhe bese bathumba amaBoy Scouts. Bese bephoqa uGamera ukuthi enze umonakalo omkhulu eTokyo ngocingo. (Abafokazi bakhuluma isiJapane futhi uGamera ubonakala ekuqonda, akukho mibuzo ebuzwayo.)

IGamera vs. Viras kubonakala kumaka iphuzu lapho kukhishwa ifilimu entsha minyaka yonke iqala ukubamba abenzi bamafilimu. Kuyibhayisikobho emfushane, evala imizuzu engama-81, eziyi-10 zazo ezinemifanekiso yezimpi ezivela kumafilimu angaphambilini. Imidwebo esikhaleni nasemanzini yengeza inani le-kitsch, kepha i-Viras iyisilo esikhubazekile - ngokuyinhloko i-squid alien squid - esilwa kanzima. Kulabo abanentshisekelo ekhempini elifakwe amalambu eMystery Science Theatre 3000, lena indawo enhle abangayibheka.

I-Gamera: Ultimate Collection Volume 1 iqoqo elihle kakhulu labalandeli be-kaiju abalungiselela ukubuya kuka-Godzilla. Nakuba bekungaba kuhle ukuba nezinguqulo zaseMelika futhi, izinguqulo zesiJapane (eziphakeme ngokungenakuphikwa) zibukeka zizinhle ngokumangalisayo ku-Blu-ray. Kunamaphutha ambalwa ohlelo emibhalweni engezansi okufanele ngabe abanjwe, kodwa uma kungenjalo, kunzima ukukhononda ngesethi. Ihlangene, iyathengeka, futhi ingeyekhwalithi enhle.

Qiniseka ukuthi ufunda ukubuyekeza kwethu kwe- I-Gamera: IVolumu Yokuqoqwa Kokugcina.