Editing Gamera (section)

=== Reiwa era (2023) ===
{{Main|Gamera Rebirth}}
An anime series, titled ''Gamera Rebirth'', was released globally on [[Netflix]] in 2023.<ref name="November Rebirth">{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/11/16-1/legendary-kaiju-gamera-gets-new-work-gamera-rebirth-on-netflix|title=Legendary Kaiju Gamera Gets New Work GAMERA -Rebirth- on Netflix|first=Mikikazu|last=Komatsu|work=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=16 November 2022|access-date=17 November 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118023841/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/11/16-1/legendary-kaiju-gamera-gets-new-work-gamera-rebirth-on-netflix}}</ref><ref name="Variety 3-24-23"/> A number of references to previous films and scrapped projects were made, including the reuse of the ''[[Gamera March]]'' ([[:ja:ガメラマーチ|ja]]), the iconic Showa song.<ref name=RebirthArtbook /> For example, designs of Gamera and Gyaos and the scene for Gamera to shoot down a flock of smaller Gyaos with his fireball in the first episode are reused from the 2015 short film, and [[Katsuhito Ishii]] was credited as the designer of Gamera.<ref name=RebirthArtbook /> It yet again suffers insufficiency in budget; it features poorly done 3D models for humans,<ref>{{cite web |author=Sean Barry |date=2023 |url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/09/anime-review-gamera-rebirth-2023-by-hiroyuki-seshita/ |title=Anime Review: Gamera Rebirth (2023) by Hiroyuki Seshita |website=Asian Movie Pulse |access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref> and lacks an [[opening animation]] ([[:ja:オープニングアニメーション|jp]]) which is a common feature of Japanese [[anime]].<ref>KADOKAWA Anime, 9 September 2023,
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdFGYI-g4WY 『GAMERA -Rebirth-（ガメラリバース）』オープニング映像｜WANIMA「夏暁」], Youtube</ref> The battle scenes were also cut in half from what was originally intended to be,<ref name="Dengeki" /> including cancellations of a number of monsters' abilities and characteristics,<ref name=RebirthArtbook /> and Seshita noted that inserting kaiju battles in every episode was very difficult for budgetary problems.<ref name=RebirthArtbook /> While crews are willing to produce additional seasons (potentially up to 5) with more budgets and increased fighting scenes,<ref name=Interview4>Kadokawa Anime, 12 October 2023, ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEiw_7NcayU GAMERA -Rebirth- | Special Interview Part 4]'', at 01:37 and 06:15, Youtube</ref> the future of the series is uncertain.<ref name=RebirthArtbook /><ref name="Dengeki">{{cite web |website= [[Dengeki Hobby Magazine]] |date=2023-09-06 |url=https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/2064376/ |title=Netflix『GAMERA-Rebirth-』"シーズン5まではいける"瀬下寛之監督は早くも実写化に意欲！金元寿子さん・松岡禎丞さん・豊崎愛生さんたち声優陣も登壇したトークショーをレポート！ |access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref> [[Hiroyuki Seshita]] ([[:ja:瀬下寛之|jp]]) also pointed a possibility of the series to be adapted into live-action productions,<ref name="Dengeki" /> and expressed his wish for the series to contribute to the revival of the franchise.<ref>KADOKAWA Anime, 5 October 2023, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIzv8HJwoHs 『Making of "GAMERA -Rebirth-"』ガメラリバースインタビュー映像③【Netflix世界配信中】], at 04:24, Youtube</ref>