Thread:The King of the Monsters/@comment-831485-20150608143803/@comment-831485-20150804063727

I've known about "Gamera 3D" for a while, but all information on the project was lost, and overlooked. Then Corroded Vault featured some sketch art I did for Deathla, and discovered this fantastic article, which salvaged tons of the previously lost tidbits. For example, Gaira / Namagon / Nature Goddess is a very different character from Deathla, who was a pure alien villain in the Hedorah mold. Though the Namagon design looks and sounds a lot like what was planned for Deathla.

I'd compare this situation to the TWO Bagans, the first being a chimera-like Japanese shapeshifter ("The Return of Godzilla"), with the latter being a Chinese dragon beast and guardian of nature ("Mothra vs Bagan"), except more extreme and thankfully not sharing the same name...Even if Namagon and Gaira is almost the same as Namegon (from "Ultra Q") and Gaira the Green Gargantua (from "War of the Gargantuas").

Baragon and Barugon.

But the presence of Son Gokuu was a new one for me, and interesting to see an actual ally monster for Gamera, which is rare for the poor turtle. Son Gokuu role in the film also reminds me of the bizarrely planned cameo for the Thunder and Wind Gods, in "Godzilla 3D". Thankfully, Son Gokuu actually fighting alongside Gamera, is way cooler than a still image superimposed over Godzilla in the stormy sea: http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/08/07/the-long-evolution-of-godzilla-3-d/