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Daikaijū Gamera = Gamera the invincible (大怪獣ガメラ)
Noriaki Yuasa
1965. DVD (85 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 1
Summary: A plane carrying an A-bomb crashes into the Arctic Ocean. The atomic explosion releases a giant turtle, "Gamera," which had been sealed in the ice for thousands of years. In its search for petroleum, coal and geothermal energy as food, Gamera attacks Japan.

Gamera tai Barugon daikaijū kettō = Gamera vs Barugon: chilling monster (ガメラ対バルゴン 大怪獣決闘)
Shigeo Tanaka
1966. DVD (106 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 2
Summary: Sequel to the first Gamera. The capsule to Mars which contains Gamera collides with a meteor, and Gamera is released and returns to the Earth. Meanwhile, three Japanese visit New Guinea to capture a giant opal hidden deep in the jungle in "the Valley of the Rainbow." The opal is an egg of a mysterious creature, and on the way to Japan infrared rays incubates the monster "Barugon." Barugon's death rays draw Gamera into a fight.

Gamera tai daiakujū Giron = Gamera vs Guiron giant evil monster (ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン)
Noriaki Yuasa
1969. DVD (87 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 5
Summary: Two boys, Akio and Tom, find a spaceship in a forest. The spaceship leaves the Earth with the two boys, and they find themselves on the tenth planet, "Tera," where they meet two aliens, Barbella and Flobella. The aliens try to kill the two boys, but Gamera comes to the rescue and fights the aliens' watchdog monster, Guiron.

Gamera tai daimajū Jaigā = Gamera vs Jiger (ガメラ対大魔獣ジャイガー)
Noriaki Yuasa
1970. DVD (86 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 6
Summary: The statue called "the Devil's Whistle" on Wester Island is the key to the mystery of Mu Continent. When the statue is about to be moved to be exhibited at Expo 70 at Osaka, Japan, Gamera suddenly appears and interferes, but in vain. After the statue is removed, a giant monster, Jiger, appears at the site of the statue. Jiger defeats Gamera and heads to Japan, following the statue.

Gamera tai Gyaosu daikaijū kūchūsen = Gamera vs Gaos (ガメラ対ギャオス 大怪獣空中戦)
Noriaki Yuasa
1967. DVD (90 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 3
Summary: The Fuji volcanic range becomes suddenly active and awakens a giant flying monster, Gyaos. When Gyaos attacks the young boy Eiichi, Gamera comes to save him.

Gamera tai shinkai kaijū Jigura = Gamera vs Zigra deep sea monster (ガメラ対深海怪獣ジグラ)
Noriaki Yuasa
1971. DVD (92 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 7
Summary: Kenʼichi and Helen, kidnapped by a spaceship from planet Zigra, learn that the oceanic aliens intend to colonize the Earth because their ocean is too polluted. They escape from the spaceship and are saved by Gamera. When Gamera destroys the spaceship under the sea, a monster Zigra appears and fights Gamera.

Gamera tai uchū kaijū Bairasu = Gamera vs Viras (ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス)
Noriaki Yuasa
1968. DVD (95 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 4
Summary: Aliens from the planet Viras attempt to conquer the Earth. They take capture two boys hostage in an attempt to use Gamera to destroy the Earth. But two boys escape, and Gamera attacks the aliens' spaceship. The aliens become a space monster Viras and fights with Gamera for revenge.

Purugasari densetsu no daikaijū (プルガサリ 伝說の大怪獣 = 불가사리)
1985. DVD (95 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .P87 1985
Summary: When oppressed peasants unleash a metal-eating demon in the hope of fending off an invading army, their would-be savior becomes a nightmarish monster! Soon the entire country-side is laid waste as the towering behemoth does what giant monsters always do when visiting South Asia.

Uchū kaijū Gamera super monster = Space monster Gamera (宇宙怪獣ガメラ super monster)
Noriaki Yuasa
1980. DVD (104 min.) Region code 2
Call#: DVD PN1997 .G264 2001 vol. 8
Summary: The pirate spaceship Zenon attempts to conquer the universe and targets the Earth. The pirates mobilize six monsters to destroy the cities. Gamera comes back to the Earth from deep space and fights with the monsters.

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