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Is this GAMERA 4: THE TRUTH or GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES

posted 19 years ago by junkySTL
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Okay, so I'm confused...

I'm super-psyched for this movie called DEEP SEA MONASTER REIGO, which I read about on Fangoria.
I watched the trailer for it and now I'm doubly psyched.
And, I hear the director (Shinpei Hayashiya) is attached to direct GAMERA 4: THE TRUTH (which I hear is its tentative title and will pick up right where the amazing GAMER 3 left off).

However, then I hear (on Monsterzero.us) about a sort of prequel called GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES.
I watched the trailer and it looked kinda cool. However, I guess my questions are:

1.) Which one is Shinpei Hayashiya directing: GAMERA 4 or GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES?

2.) Which one is coming out first?

3.) Which one is this imdb entry for?

4.) Are GAMERA 4 and LITTLE BRAVES the same thing or two totally different projects?

I gots to know...

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] jadow81 16 years ago

By now you may already know, but just in case...

1.) Which one is Shinpei Hayashiya directing: GAMERA 4 or GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES?

GAMERA 4 was the one directed by Shinpei Hayashiya.

2.) Which one is coming out first?

GAMERA 4, in 2003.

3.) Which one is this imdb entry for?

GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES,

4.) Are GAMERA 4 and LITTLE BRAVES the same thing or two totally different projects?

They are two totally different projects.

GAMERA 4 is an independent movie made by an amateur.
Shinpei Hayashiya is not a professional director, but a rakugo artist.
(He also appeared in several movies as an actor, albeit minor roles only.)
He loves kaiju movies, so he made it with his own money.
Kadokawa Pictures, the current holder of GAMERA rights, allowed him to do it
on the condition he never receives any money by showing it.
So the movie was seen in very limited way, and of course not in the official GAMERA stories.

LITTLE BRAVES is an official movie made by Kadokawa Pictures.
It's not a prequel nor a sequel to any previous GAMERA movies.