Editing Gamera (section)

===P Productions===
As aforementioned, there have been [[#Conception|contradicting theories regards the original conceptor of Gamera]] where even [[Noriaki Yuasa]] and [[Niisan Takahashi]] and Yonejiro Saito ([[:ja:斉藤米二郎|jp]]) weren't truly aware of. Tomio Sagisu ([[:ja:うしおそうじ|jp]]), a student of [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] and the founder of [[P Productions]], had repeatedly participated in Daiei Film productions most notably ''[[The Whale God]]'' and ''Buddha'' ([[:ja:釈迦 (映画)|jp]]). Sagisu claimed that his 1962 demo reel{{refn|About "a giant, monstrous turtle which flies by emitting flames from its retracted limbs".|group="note"}} for the project ''STOP Series'', could be the original idea of Daiei's Gamera. Sagisu initially showed the demo reel to Eiji Tsuburaya, and [[Toho]] paid attention to it, and the company later brought the project to [[Fuji Television]], however ''STOP Series'' was eventually cancelled. Later, Sagisu instead brought the reel to Daiei Film to launch a project, and believed that this eventually became the prototype of Gamera. Sagisu once inquired [[Yonesaburo Tsukiji]], another student of Tsuburaya and participated in both ''[[Nezura]]'' and ''Gamera'', however Tsukiji didn't agree with Sagisu's claim and instead noted [[Hidemasa Nagata]] as the inventor.<ref name=Ushio />

There is also a testimony about the development of Gamera by the designer Akira Inoue ([[:ja:井上章|jp]]), which might not entirely correspond with Sagisu's claim; Inoue designed over 50 different designs of Gamera for the 1965 film, including drastically different ones from the final version, such as a limb-less monster to crawl on the ground like a centipede.<ref name=Ui />

Despite this, [[P Productions]] and Daiei Film retained a tie and shared various crews{{refn|Such as [[Noriaki Yuasa]], [[Niisan Takahashi]], [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]], [[Tomoo Haraguchi]] ([[:ja:原口智生|jp]]), Nippon Eizo Creative ([[:ja:日本映像クリエイティブ|jp]]),<ref name=NEC /> HIRUMA MODEL CRAFT Production ([[:ja:ヒルマモデルクラフト|jp]]), Fuminori Ohashi ([[:ja:大橋史典|jp]]), Ryosaku Takayama ([[:ja:高山良策|jp]]), Yoshio Watanabe ([[:ja:渡辺善夫|jp]]), Eizo Kaimai ([[:ja:開米栄三|jp]]), Toru Matoba ([[:ja:的場徹|jp]]), Tamotsu Taga, and so on.|group="note"}} where [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]'s co-woker and student from Daiei Film, Ryosaku Takayama ([[:ja:高山良策|jp]]) and Yoshio Watanabe ([[:ja:渡辺善夫|jp]]), were two of founders of P Productions. Additionally, Shinsuke Kojima ([[:ja:小嶋伸介|jp]]) and Tamotsu Taga and others abandoned Daiei Film, which was already at the brink of bankruptcy, and joined P Production after the failure and aftermaths of ''[[Nezura]]''.<ref name=Tajima /> Crews of ''Gamera'' and other Daiei productions including [[Noriaki Yuasa]] later participated in projects by P Productions{{refn|Such as ''[[Denjin Zaborger]]'', ''[[Kaiju ouji]]'', ''[[Ambassador Magma]]'', ''[[Spectreman]]'', and so on.|group="note"}} since before the 1968 incidents on P Productions, and increased their involvements afterward where P Productions was no longer able to produce tokusatsu productions by itself and was forced to make its staffs as contract employees,{{refn|In 1968, P Productions was forced to sell its main studio due to a [[labor dispute]], and its entire office building was lost because of an accidental fire.<ref name=Tajima /> Afterward, the company focused on subcontract tokusatsu productions by other companies.<ref name=Tomoi />|group="note"}} and crews from P Productions projects later joined ''Gamera'' films.<ref name=Ushio /><ref name="Tomoi">Kento Tomoi, Seiji Yamada, 14 November 2011, ''Denjin Zaborger and P Productions Tokusatsu Encycropedia'', "P Productions works 2: tokusatsu subcontracts" (p.64), "Interview on Shinji Hiruma" (p.87), "Interview on [[Tomoo Haraguchi]] ([[:ja:原口智生|jp]]) and Osamu Kishikawa ([[:ja:岸川靖|jp]])" (pp.144–145), Bessatsu Eiga Hiho ([[:ja:映画秘宝|jp]]), Yosensha MOOK, Yosensha ([[:ja:洋泉社|jp]])</ref>

Aforementioned crews, who once abandoned near-bankrupt Daiei Film for P Productions due to multiple troubles and confusions of ''[[Nezura]]'',<ref>{{cite web |author= Michihiro Amano |date=2020-02-04 |title= 第90回『大群獣ネズラ』|url=https://bookstand.webdoku.jp/cinema/amano/202002/04142221.html |website=Book Stand, HAKUHODO Kettle ([[:ja:ケトル (雑誌)|jp]]) |access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref> such as a [[labor dispute]] and near-fatal [[dust mite allergy]] on Michio Mikami ([[:ja:三上陸男|jp]]) and others{{refn|Michio Mikami developed a rodent allergy and was traumatized due to this incident. He later participated in ''Gamera'' and various tokusatsu productions as a member of the Ex Productions ([[:ja:エキスプロダクション|jp]]), however he thoroughly avoided to associate with any rat-based [[kaijin]] ([[:ja:怪人|jp]]) for ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' and other dramas.<ref>Toru Hirayama ([[:ja:平山亨|jp]]), 20 January 1998, ''仮面ライダー名人列伝: 子供番組に奇蹟を生んだ男たち'', pp.153-154, Fujinsha ([[:ja:風塵社|jp]])</ref> [[Noriaki Yuasa]] repeatedly refused Daiei Film's requests to reuse Nezura's model for his Gamera films.<ref name=YuasaInterview />|group="note"}} which were caused by using live rats,{{refn|[[#Productions|As aforementioned]], Daiei Film used live animals for ''Dagora'' and ''Nezura'', presumably due to their attempts to avoid [[Toho]]-styles to deal with the [[Five-Company Agreement|Six-Company Agreement]] led by Daiei Film's [[Masaichi Nagata]] himself.<ref name=Karasawa />|group="note"}} later participated in ''Gamera'' and other Daiei productions. For instance, Tamotsu Taga, along with Noriaki Yuasa and other ''Gamera'' crews, co-participated in projects such as ones by Daiei TV-Film ([[:ja:大映テレビ|jp]]),{{refn|Such as ''[[The Fiend with Twenty Faces]]'' ([[:ja:怪人二十面相 (1977年のテレビドラマ)|jp]]) and ''GO!GO Skyer'' ([[:ja:GO!GOスカイヤー|jp]]) and ''White Fang'' ([[:ja:白い牙 (テレビドラマ)|jp]]).|group="note"}} and ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'' after the bankruptcy of Daiei Film.<ref name=Tajima>Osamu Tajima, 13 March 2016, ''Bessatsu Eiga Hiho: Tokusatsu Hiho'', vol.3, pp.102-109, "Timelines of Souji Ushio and P Productions", Eiga Hiho ([[:ja:映画秘宝|jp]]), Yosensha ([[:ja:洋泉社|jp]])</ref>

[[Shirō Sagisu]], the son of Tomio and the current owner of the company, has also participated in several Daiei TV-Film dramas after the bankruptcy of Daiei Film,{{refn|Such as ''Aoi Hitomi no Sei Life'' ([[:ja:青い瞳の聖ライフ|jp]]) and ''Tears of Swan'' ([[:ja:青春オーロラ・スピン スワンの涙|jp]]).<ref>{{cite web |date= 25 April 1989|title= 仲村知夏 – ひとりぼっちに帰らない 〜I Think We're Alone Now〜|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/21027121-%E4%BB%B2%E6%9D%91%E7%9F%A5%E5%A4%8F-%E3%81%B2%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BC%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AB%E5%B8%B0%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84-I-Think-Were-Alone-Now |website= [[Discogs]] |access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref>|group="note"}} and Shirō, [[Hideaki Anno]],{{refn|He has directed the ''[[GAMERA 1999]]'' ([[:ja:GAMERA1999|jp]]) and below-mentioned ''[[Shiki-Jitsu]]'', and Gamera appeared in ''[[Daicon III and IV Opening Animations]]''.|group="note"}} and [[Shinji Higuchi]] co-participated in [[Toho]] and [[Tsuburaya Production]] projects, which [[#Legacy|have been influecned by the ''Gamera'' franchise]]; ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'', ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'', ''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan]]'', the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' franchise, and the ''[[Gridman the Hyper Agent|Gridman]]'' franchise. Shirō also introduced Higuchi to the pianist Junko Miyagi ([[:ja:宮城純子|jp]]) during the production of ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo]]'' because Miyagi is also a fan of the Heisei Gamera trilogy.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Shirō Sagisu]] |title=『新世紀エヴァンゲリオン』オリジナルサウンドトラック |url= http://www.ro-jam.com/info_past.html |website=Shirō Sagisu Official Website |access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref>