![]() ![]() Toto soon reveals himself to be no ordinary turtle, as he flies and shoots fireballs from his mouth. The only people he tells are his friends and his next-door neighbor, a girl named Mai who is slightly older than Toru and looks after him. Toru takes Toto home but keeps him a secret from his father who doesn't allow pets in the house. Toru names him " Toto", which is what his mother used to call him. When he picks up the egg, a baby turtle hatches. Toru finds an egg lying on top of a strange red rock with patterns carved into it. When playing on the beach with his friends, he sees a strange red glow emanating from a nearby rock formation. Toru's mother has recently died in a car crash, and this is his first summer without her. Thirty-three years later, the little boy has grown up and owns a small restaurant in Shima, which has recovered from the extensive damage caused by the battle over the ensuing three decades. In 1973, Gamera self-destructed to kill a flock of Gyaos, which were attacking the rural city of Shima in Mie Prefecture. Gamera is finally set to make his return in 2023 with the animated Netflix series GAMERA -Rebirth-, though Gamera the Brave so far remains the franchise's most recent feature film. Perhaps as a result of this, another Gamera project was not produced for close to two decades, with the exception of an anniversary short film shown at the New York Comic-Con in 2015. While generally well-received, Gamera the Brave was a financial failure and the lowest-grossing Heisei Gamera film. When Zedus appears in Tokyo even larger than before, Toru, his father, and his friends fight to help Toto as he engages in a final confrontation with Zedus. Japanese authorities capture Toto to try and find a way to revitalize him before Zedus attacks again. Toto springs into action when the giant man-eating monster Zedus threatens Toru's village, but is badly wounded in the conflict. Toru forms a strong bond with Toto, and as his pet turtle grows quickly and demonstrates unusual abilities learns that he may be another Gamera. Thirty-three years later, and young Toru Aizawa discovers an egg atop a red stone which hatches into a baby turtle he names Toto. In 1973, Gamera sacrifices his own life to save a small village from a flock of Gyaos. Media Blasters released it to DVD in the United States in 2008 as part of its Tokyo Shock label. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Shochiku on April 29, 2006. It stars Ryo Tomioka, Kaho, Kanji Tsuda, Susumu Terajima, Kaoru Okunuki, Megumi Kobayashi, Shingo Ishikawa, and Shogo Narita. It is also the first and only Gamera film to be produced by Kadokawa following its acquisition of the assets of Daiei in 2002. Funded by the Gamera the Brave Production Committee-consisting of Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Japan Film Fund, Nippon TV, and Yahoo! Japan-and produced by Kadokawa Herald Pictures, it is the 12th entry in the Gamera series as well as the fourth and final produced during the Heisei era, though it does not share continuity with Shusuke Kaneko's Heisei Gamera trilogy. " The Little Braves: Gamera") is a 2006 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Yukari Tatsui, with special effects by Isao Kaneko. I also urge anyone to check out the previous trilogy of films as they are amongst the best Kaiju films ever made.Gamera the Brave (小さき勇者たち GAMERA ( ~ガメラ~ ), Chīsaki Yūsha-tachi: Gamera, lit. Recommended for all fans of giant monsters. It can be obtained easily through sites like eBay though. At present it is only available with English Subtitles and not readily available in the west. Sadly I have yet to find a dubbed version of the movie. A bit more Monster action would always have been nice and restoring Gameras proper roar a must for fans of the series. If the film has it's flaws they are few in my books for the market it was aming at. ![]() Gamera himself has been completely redesigned and is presented in a more family orientated image. The villainous monster of the film Zedus is menacing and the effects are great if not as good as the previous trilogy. In all it is a good strong heartfelt story. The relationship and bond between Gamera and children and that of Father and son. This film is a far more family orientated affair than the previous trilogy with greater importance being placed on the relationships between a small boy and the Baby Gamera he finds. Unlike the previous Gamera trilogy, Gamera the Brave is a stand alone film that reinvents the legend that is Gamera but never states if it is set in the same universe as the previous 3 films. Gamera the brave (2006) was the 4th and at present last Gamera film of the millennium series as it has become known. ![]()
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