Editing Gamera (section)

====Heisei Trilogy====
In the franchise's [[#Heisei era (1995–2015)|Heisei period]], which began with the 1995 [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] film ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', Gamera's in-universe origins were changed. In the Heisei films, Gamera is portrayed as an ancient, [[bio-engineered]] creature from [[Atlantis]], created for the purpose of defending the people of Atlantis from [[Gyaos]] ([[:ja:ギャオス|ギャオス]]), a bat-like creature which breathes a destructive supersonic beam to attack.<ref name=sequart />{{sfn|Rhoads|McCorkle|2018|p=175}} Human researchers find Gamera floating in the [[Pacific Ocean]], encased in rock, and mistaking him for an [[atoll]].<ref name=Ebert>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gamera-guardian-of-the-universe-1997|title=Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe Movie Review (1997)|date=29 August 1997|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> Within the rock, they discover a large [[monolith]] explaining Gamera's origins, along with dozens of [[magatama]] made from [[orichalcum]], which allow for a [[psychic]] link between Gamera and humans. In ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'', an undersea graveyard containing numerous Gamera-like fossils is shown, suggesting that Gamera was not the only one of his kind. One character in the film refers to these fossils as "beta versions" of Gamera, possibly failures in Atlantis' attempts to create the final version.

This iteration of Gamera has retractable claws within his elbows,<ref name=sequart /> and is shown to be able to shoot [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] fireballs from his mouth.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Clarke|first=Frederick S.|date=1995|title=Cinefantastique|volume=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vQHAQAAMAAJ|magazine=Cinefantastique|page=39|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kikuchi|first=Daisuke|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/02/national/science-health/mysterious-green-fireball-observed-skies-japan-halloween-likely-meteor/|title=Mysterious green fireball observed in skies above Japan on Halloween likely a meteor|date=2 November 2016|work=The Japan Times|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> Gamera has also been shown as being able to absorb [[Mana (Oceanian cultures)|mana]] from the Earth,{{sfn|McKee|2007|p=14}} to fire a plasma beam from his chest, and to manipulate energy to create a pseudo arm composed of fire to destroy a foe. Within the first and the third films of the trilogy, Gamera magically healed harmed humans including reviving temporarily deceased or near-death individuals, although he was unable to revive humans whose corpses were physically destroyed.<ref name=Vanishing /> In the 2003 comic, he was depicted to be supernaturally capable of triggering eruptions in [[volcano]]es.<ref name=Kondo>[[Kazuhisa Kondo]], 25 December 2003, ''Gamera vs. Barugon: Comic Version'' ([[:ja:大怪獣激闘 ガメラ対バルゴン COMIC VERSION|jp]]), p.55, p.232, pp.237-238, KADOKAWA</ref> Within the comic book adaptaion of the 1999 film by [[Kazunori Ito]] and [[:ja:Moo.念平|Moo. Nenpei]], who had also published another Gamera manga ''Gamera vs. Morphos'' in 1999, Gamera performed extreme regeneration to restore his head from mimicked plasma fireballs by Iris, and defeated the antagonist with either an empowered fire blast or fireball instead of the "vanishing fist".<ref>[[:ja:Moo.念平|Moo. Nenpei]], [[Kazunori Ito]] (story), 1999, ''Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'', Vol. April 1999, p.301, [[Shogakukan]]</ref> In ''Gamera vs. Morphos'', Gamera performed additional abilities including [[telepathy]] without a [[magatama]], an [[earthquake]], and a powerful fireball with himself glowing red, akin to the "Toto Impact" in ''[[Gamera the Brave]]''.