What is Gamera (character)?
{{Infobox character | name = Gamera | series= Gamera movie series | image = File:Turtle meat.png | first = ''Gamera, the Giant Monster'' (1965) | last = ''Gamera the Brave'' (2006) | creator = Yonejiro Saito | portrayer = {{Plainlist| * '''Shōwa era''': * Teruo Aragaki * Umenosuke Izumi * '''Heisei era''': * Naoaki Manabe * Jun Suzuki * Akira Ohashi * Hirofumi Fukuzawa * Toshinori Sasaki }} | alias = Friend of All Children<br/>the Friend to All Children<br/>the Guardian of the Universe | species = Giant prehistoric turtle monster }} '''Gamera''' ({{lang-ja|ガメラ}}) is a giant turtle [[kaiju]] from the Japanese movie series of the same name, starting off with 1965 film ''Gamera, the Giant Monster''. He was originally designed to compete against [[Toho]]'s [[Godzilla]], but the series eventually became its own thing, now spanning 12 movies and other media such as anime and novels. == Movie appearances == * ''Gamera, the Giant Monster'' (1965) * ''Gamera vs. Barugon'' (1966) * ''Gamera vs. Gyaos'' (1967) * ''Gamera vs. Zigra'' (1968) * ''Gamera vs. Guiron'' (1969) * ''Gamera vs. Jiger'' (1970) * ''Gamera vs. Zigra'' (1971) * ''Gamera: Super Monster'' (1980) * ''Gamera, Guardian of The Universe'' (1995) * ''Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996) * ''Gamera 3:Revenge of Iris'' (1999) * ''Gamera The Brave'' (2006) [[Category:Japanese movies]] [[Category:Monsters]] [[Category:Godzilla]] [[Category:Fictional turtles]]