Editing Gamera (section)

====Gamera the Brave====
The franchise was rebooted a second time with the 2006 film ''[[Gamera the Brave]]'', the 12th entry in the film series. This incarnation was modeled after the [[African spurred tortoise]], and also possesses supernatural traits<ref name=BraveGuide /> such as instant growth, [[telepathy]], comprehending human speech, sensing and foreseeing emerging evil monsters from afar, and [[reincarnation]].<ref name=BravePamphlet /><ref name=Friend>Boogey Toumon ([[:ja:蕪木統文|jp]]), [[Ryuta Tasaki]] (supervisor), 8 May 2006, ''Friend: Gamera the Brave'', pp.209-215, pp.217-218, p.236, [[Enterbrain]]</ref> Gamera's origin is unclear, while a top scientist was utterly shocked with the virtual replica of Gamera's cells and consequently committed a suicide,<ref name=HardLink>Ark Performance ([[:ja:Ark Performance|jp]]), Jun Yanagisawa, Shinji Yamaguchi, [[Shinichiro Inoue]] ([[:ja:井上伸一郎|jp]]) (Issuer), 28 April 2006, ''Gamera 2006: Hard Link'', pp.132-135, Kadokawa Shoten</ref> and one of scientists described the kaiju as a [[deity]].<ref name=Friend /> Governmental officials and scientists try to use him as a weapon against villainous kaiju while protagonists try to save him.<ref name=BraveGuide /> Gamera and Gyaos were designed to be much smaller yet heavier than previous incarnations,<ref name=BraveGuide /> corresponding with the original scripts of ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'' which became the basis for the 2006 film.{{refn|Both Gamera and Gyaos in the 2006 film are 30 to 35 meters in body heights.<ref name=BraveGuide /> The original scripts for the 1995 film depicted that Gamera and Gyaos, who were respective guardians of ancient civilizations in hostility, hatched from artifact-like eggs discovered from ancient underwater ruins and instantly grow to 1 meters to 8 to 10 meters, and eventually become over 20 to 25 meters, akin to the size growth of Toto in the 2006 film.<ref name=Perfection /><ref name=BraveGuide />|group="note"}}<ref name=Perfection />

The opening scene of the film, set in 1973, depicts the original Gamera, called "Avant Gamera", sacrificing himself by means of self-destruction to save a coastal village from four Gyaos.<ref name=BraveGuide /><ref name=midnighteye>{{cite web|last=Mes|first=Tom|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/gamera-the-brave/|title=Midnight Eye review: Gamera the Brave (Chiisaki Yusha-tachi Gamera, 2005, Ryuta Tasaki)|date=29 September 2006|website=[[Midnight Eye]]|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> 33 years later, a young boy named Toru Aizawa finds a glowing heart-shaped rock near his home, with a small egg lying on top of it.<ref name=midnighteye /><ref name=Aiken>{{cite web|last=Aiken|first=Keith|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/gamera-the-brave |title=Gamera the Brave|website=[[SciFi Japan TV|SciFi Japan]] |access-date=2024-12-23}}</ref> A baby turtle hatches from the egg, and begins to grow in size at an alarming rate. The turtle, dubbed "Toto" by Toru after his own nickname by his deceased mother,<ref name=BraveGuide /> quickly forms a bond with the boy and develops the ability to breathe fire and fly.<ref name=Aiken /> After consuming the glowing rock found with his egg, Toto fully transforms into the [[Reincarnation|next incarnation]] of Gamera,<ref name=Friend /> gaining the power to defeat a lizard-like monster known as Zedus. Zedus was once a normal reptile, but turned into a kaiju by feeding on Gyaos' corpse, and was presumably controlled by the vengeful [[Ghost|spirits]] of the villainous flying creatures.{{sfn|Barr|2016|p=173}}<ref name=BravePamphlet>Akihiko Kikawa, Junichi Nakamura, 2006, "これはびっくり!! 大怪獣ガメラ完全解剖図" and "やっぱりびっくり!! 海魔獣ジーダス完全解剖図", Official film pamphlet of ''Gamera the Brave'', Kadokawa</ref>

In one of novelizations, additional mutants spawned from Gyaos Cells made appearances, including Space Gyaos, Barugon,{{refn|Depictions of Toto and Barugon from one of comics for the Heisei trilogy ([[:ja:大怪獣激闘 ガメラ対バルゴン COMIC VERSION|jp]]) somewhat bear resemblances; both characters hatched from eggs and produced multiple jewel-like energy sources and grow rapidly by collecting them.<ref name=Kondo />|group="note"}} Viras, Guiron, Jiger and its offspring, and Zigra, and Toto fought against a legion of these kaiju.<ref name=Friend />