Normally this spot is reserved for Godzilla goodies, thus GOvember. Today is the 59th Anniversary of Gamera, so I'll give him his spot in the limelight, thus GAvember. Here is a fairly recent UFO Catcher score featuring regular and Fire-Gamera ,(which isn't actually a thing. Clear colour version.)
The box is pretty cool though the figure itself is about a third of its size.
I dunno. On the box, I feel Fire-Gamera looks more intimidating, though the regular Gamera is more so as a figure. What do you think?
I also managed to collect all five of the mini-tote bags folded up inside a Gatcha capsule.
Hey, I don't remember a Gamera movie titled Rebirth. Holy Heck! I had forgotten all about the Anime revival, Gamera Rebirth. Dang, I'll have to track this down! Oh, it's on Netflix...
Apart from having Gamera on in the background, I didn't really view any of the movies. Instead I watched Gene Rodenberry's Genesis II, a TV pilot from the 70s. It's not great but Mariette Hartley is! A ton of cast extras from Star Trek show up in this.
I watched the Daimajin trilogy today and it is the same movie with much of the same cast and characters done three times in three different settings. #1 is the best, 2 is second best and 3 is third best. Funny how that works out. I wrote a little bit about this Golem last year and I've scammed two photos from that blog entry.
Here is their protectorate God in its statuesque form.
And here he is when he gets all vengeful and smashy.
One thing they're missing from this figure is the spike driven in its forehead.
That would be awesome.
Here, check out a preview for yourself.
In non-Kaiju news, I performed some nuptials today and an ex-student from Tokiwagi was the keyboardist and the singer is a current teacher at Tokiwagi. Sort of a reunion for me.
I often run into former Tokiwagi gals from time to time even though I was only there for two years from 2000-2002. I was at their rival school Seiwa for three years from 2005-2008 yet I rarely ever bump into former students from that school. (Or maybe they ignore me. The Tokiwagi gals don't.)
In other news, here is a picture of a pub with a bunch of pigs in it.
Furthermore, here is the latest offering from Mr. Donuts.
I need to investigate further as to whether you get a little figure or just the consumables.
Meanwhile, I have spent the evening playing Trivia, Cribbage and Scrabble and slowly getting drunk on those beers I bought the other day. I finished watching the 5th season of Lower Decks (to date). It is just getting wackier and that is a good thing.
This is what has just started on my Twitch channel: A Gamera marathon. #1 is really quite brutal before it got too kid-friendly.
‘Gamera: The 59th Anniversary Monstrous Marathon’ – GIANT MONSTER
GAMERA (1965) [9:00 am ET] • GAMERA VS. BARUGON (1966) [10:25 am] •
GAMERA VS GYAOS (1967) [12:00 pm ET] • GAMERA VS. VIRAS (1968) [1:35 pm]
• GAMERA VS. GUIRON (1969) [3:00 pm ET] • GAMERA VS JIGER (1970) [4:30
pm] • GAMERA VS. ZIGRA (1971) [5:55 pm] • GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER (1980)
[7:30 pm] • GAMERA: A RETROSPECTIVE [9:00 pm] • GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE
UNIVERSE (1995) [9:30 pm] • GAMERA 2: ADVENT OF LEGION (1996) [11:15 pm] • GAMERA 3: AWAKENING OF IRIS (1999) [12:50 am ET] • GAMERA THE BRAVE (2006) [2:45 am ET]
Today, I'm going to start with my Gatcha Capsule catch at the beginning (a Turtle) and go all the way down from there.
These world turtles are pretty neat.
*not THE world turtle!
These turtles (tortoises) carry World Wonders upon their shell. Such as this one carrying 3 Moai statues upon its back.
This one carries Pyramids and a Sphinx.
There are a few more, but I haven't acquired them yet.
Today's Yokai is from Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima. I've been there a few times, often enough that you'll find a label off to the side to click and investigate. 亀姫 (かめひめ) or Kame Hime (Turtle Princess.) The name Kame hime comes from Inawashiro Castle’s nickname: Kame shiro (“Turtle Castle”).
I like this picture.
Kame hime is said to be the younger sister of Osakabe hime, the spirit who haunts Himeji Castle. In the play Tenshu monogatari, Kame hime is depicted visiting her older sister at Himeji Castle and bringing a severed man’s head as a souvenir.
Not really a Turtle, more of a young dinosaur, Gachapin was my garb of choice for today's Volleyball game.
I have a towel around my wrist for I bruised my palm. Those volleyball balls are a lot harder than when I played back in University 40 years ago!
I'm getting lazy again. My Junji Ito tale is just a photo of a boy with a red Turtleneck scammed from the internet. When I have time (THIS weekend) I'll delve into Tomie.
Just a quick post about Gamera because I want to get back to watching Monarch. The first episode was AMAAAZING! I feel bad that the only mention of Gamera earlier was in selling him off. Not much of an acknowledgement of his Anniversary.
Last week while organizing all my Kaiju, I separated the Ultraman and Gamera Kaiju into their own individual boxes. Thus it was easy to access this gang. What if all of Gamera's foes attacked at once?
Here's a breakdown. I'm going to try it from memory and then Google it and correct if necessary.
This Rodan-clone is Gyaos. YAY! I got one right.
This Calamari-Kaiju is Zigra. NOPE. This is Viras.
This swordfish-face is Jiger. NOPE. This is Zigra.
Not sure is blade-head Guiron? YUP! Got another one right!
This horny guy is Barugon/ Baguron? I'm going to give myself credit for this one. Barugon.
Or is this doubly horny guy Baguron? NOPE. THIS is Jiger!
And the King of Kaiju, Gamera, of course! (I got this one right as well.)
I got 3/6 of the baddies right. Of the 3 I got wrong, at least I got their names correct just mismatched, so that's something.
Nice. I managed to get them to hang out together.
Okay, back to Monarch #2! (Edit: Nope I'll watch this after school tomorrow)
