Gamera: Guardian of the Universe story
It's Gamera to the rescue when a plutonium carrying ship crashes into a floating atoll, resulting in the release of giant, menacing birds. It is the ninth installment in the Gamera film series, serving as a reboot of the franchise, and is the first entry in the franchise's Heisei period.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial being | major | Asahi's hunch that the Gyaos were genetically engineered was proven correct when a scientific analysis revealed it was genetically perfect and had only one chromosome. |
| child power | major | Gamera needed the school girl Asagi's strength to defeat Gyaos. |
| giant monster | major | The giant pterosaur-like creature Gyaos attacked Japan. The Japanese military also mobilized to fight Gamera, although it turned out that Gamera was helping them to defeat Gyaos. |
| human vs. monster | major | The giant pterosaur-like creature Gyaos attacked Japan. |
| the dangers of unfettered scientific advancement | major | The accidental release of plutonium into the ocean resulted in the wakening of giant, flying, dinosaur-like monsters. Mayumi and Naoya deduced that an ancient civilization genetically engineered Gyaos and it destroyed them. |
| Atlantis | minor | Asagi discussed with a man about how the legend of a sunken continent could have spread all over the Ancient World, which might have led to some ancient sources naming the continent Atlantis, and others the Continent of Mu. |
| father and daughter | minor | Asagi and her father Naoya. |
| journalism | minor | Mayumi, a newspaper reporter, risked her life by opening a helicopter door to snap a clear shot of one of the Gyaos. |
| lost continent of Mu | minor | Asagi discussed with a man about how the legend of a sunken continent could have spread all over the Ancient World, which might have led to some ancient sources naming the continent Atlantis, and others the Continent of Mu. |
| photography | minor | Mayumi, a newspaper reporter, risked her life by opening a helicopter door to snap a clear shot of one of the Gyaos monsters. |