#gamera march

[thezanyarthropleura]

More artwork for Gamera vs. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mikey meets his hero.

He let out a breath, looking up at the creature that loomed over him. One that had done all this for the sake of protecting the humans, as a defender. Perhaps it was a True Gamera, after all.

The four small silhouettes at its center shifted, and one of them parted from the others, swimming up through the projection’s neck and out through its mouth. A thinner orange chain threaded between two lower teeth as the small, humanoid creature lowered itself by it, clinging to some small wooden stick the chain was apparently projecting from the end of.

It was a turtle.

They were turtles. How strange, and curious that was. He could resolve more with it so close to his eyes, the glowing orange lines across its green body and the bead hanging from its necklace, glowing orange itself and projecting the echoes of four more beads around it in a circle of five that resembled some sort of medallion.

“Hey, Gamera. Big fan,” it said, clearly the orange-tinted voice he’d been hearing all along. Mikey, if he recalled correctly. “Well, maybe big isn’t the right word, considering. But I’m kind of my own big deal too, you know? Turtle Titan? Anyway, don’t know if you can understand, but… Karai’s our family. Save her, don’t hurt her.”

Weakly, as it was difficult with the angle his neck was at, Gamera nodded.

Mikey smiled, albeit clearly trying to contain either excitement or shock, perhaps both. “Alright, big fella, good talk. High thr—” He looked down at one of Gamera’s hands still bound by chains, frowning. “Hey, if we’re both turtles, why do you get five?”

He mocked a momentary pout, then gave a soft smile and pulled another wooden stick from his belt, this one attached by a much shorter metal chain to another identical stick. He swung it around in the air for a bit, before angling it so the other end tapped against the tip of Gamera’s claw in a gesture of comradery.

[pyrasterran]

Gamera, 3rd place winner of the poll #MonsterMarch2024

[jasonheichel]

Monster March 2024 8. Iris (Gamera III)

Playing catch-up after being ill for a week.

[deceitful-eyes]

Gamacosta (Gamera + Carracosta) for Monster March Day 15!

[tyrannoraptorrex]

Monster March Day 8 = Iris

"I'm going to raise him and he'll take revenge"

@pyrasterran

[zillavader]

Monster March 2024 Day 29: Gamera

[katyvern]

Day Ten of Monster March with the Strange Shark, Zigra!

[avartwork]

Some Gamera and friends from Monster March!

[indragonsaur]

Monster march 2023 Day 21 - Zedus as X drake if he ate the Ryu Ryu No Mi, Kaiju Type: Model: Zedus

[vermilllionsands]

Only known photos taken from the Godzilla vs. Gamera stage show, March 1970.

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Stereolab / Tortoise / Broadcast - The Forum, London, England, March 14, 1996

Not sure if you could dream up a better mid-1990s triple bill than this — Stereolab, Tortoise and Broadcast?! Holy moses. These decent audience tapes take us back to those heady days. Broadcast, of course, was just getting started at this point. I'm not even sure if their debut single had been released! But they must've had some buzz to get this choice opening slot. Anyhoo, their brief set suggests they already were a more-than-solid live act, with Trish Keenan's crystalline vocals wafting out over the crowd. Stereolab obviously liked what they heard; they'd put out the "Living Room" / "Phantom" seven-inch on their Duophonic label shortly thereafter.

And speaking of Duophonic, Tortoise open up their portion of the evening with an absolutely soaring rendition of "Gamera," which had been released as a 12-inch on the label in '95. The Groop and Tortoise would be closely knit for a few years there, with John McEntire working extensively on several Stereolab albums. In London, they were promoting their then-brand-new masterwork Millions Now Living Will Never Die; they sound fucking killer.

And finally, Stereolab! Emperor Tomato Ketchup was just about to come out and they take the opportunity to play a bunch from that great record, in addition to some welcome dips into their already swelling back catalog. It's amazing how much the 'Lab got done in such a short time back then; they really had a serious work ethic! "We've got 10 more minutes," Laetitia Sadier announces at the end of the show. So, Stereolab embark on an absolutely wild "Super Electric" that lasts about 16 minutes. Things get loose, things get psychedelic, things get LOUD.

[thezanyarthropleura]

With the epilogue chapter posted, Gamera vs. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now a COMPLETE WORK on AO3! It’s done! It’s turtles! It has art!

72,216 words

Pairings:

Karai/Shinigami (TMNT)

Asagi/Yukino (Gamera)

Rating: M

Content Warnings:

canon-typical violence including blood

various types of implied abuse including sexual abuse (Karai) and injury/dismemberment (Baxter Stockman)

Synopsis (short version):

The turtles and Karai’s girlfriend get in a fight over whether Gamera is allowed to eat the Shredder

Synopsis (long version):

When Gamera reappears after a seven-year absence, the turtles discover his startling connection to the ancient builders of their own hidden lair! Embarking on a research expedition to the underground city, Donatello and Michelangelo cross paths with Shinigami and her ally Ayana, both on the warpath in their desperate plan to use Gamera to save Karai from her father’s abuse. Meanwhile, the Shredder is chosen by a mysterious anti-monster cabal to develop countermeasures against Gamera, Asagi and Yukino follow the trail of Shinigami’s magic to New York, and Baxter Stockman hatches schemes of his own.

When their plan to take control of Gamera goes awry, sending him into a rampage across New York City, Shini and Ayana must join forces with the turtles and their allies to find a way to return him to his senses so he can complete his mission. Four turtles haven’t yet managed to take down the Shredder and the Foot for good… so how about five?

[pyrasterran]

Iris #MonsterMarch2024

[jasonheichel]

Monster March 2024 29. Gamera (1999)

[deceitful-eyes]

Baruleon (Barugon + Kecleon) for Monster March Day 16!

[corndogninja]

Did you know? The classic Homestar Runner "Everybody, Everybody" song was indirectly inspired by Gamera!

The songs "Everybody, Everybody" and "Homestar Runner Theme Song" feature high-pitched childlike voices (actually series co-creators the Brothers Chaps' voices sped up):

Both songs were inspired by the children's chorus of "Gamera March":

This was revealed in a 2001 interview with retro CRUSH:

What was the influence for the Everybody theme song?  It almost reminds me of something Shonen Knife would have done. Mike: We had the music done and were going to leave it at that, but as i was listening to it, i started singing the 'everybody, everybody' part. So we recorded it and sped up our voices. Matt: With both that and the Homestar Runner theme song I was thinking of the English-language version of the Gamera theme song. You know, "Gamera is really neat, Gamera is turtle meat" and all that. Japanese kids are awesome.

Matt's mention of "Gamera is really neat..." lyrics suggests he learned of the song from Mystery Science Theater 3000, where it was memorably featured in episode 312 (Gamera vs. Guiron).