AH HE'S DONE! Absolutely loved this lil comfort project! I haven't drawn Gamera in YEARS, so this was refreshing! Hoping we get more of our big turtle! He's super stylized and I wanted him to be old Japanese yokai inspired! SO SILENCE KAIJU COMMUNITY. Also I listened to sooo much Wagakki Band while drawing this guy and I forgot how much I loveeee them 💚
So the tagline for the new Gamera Rebirth anime is “Gamera vs. 5 Kaiju”, with a poster showing countless Gyaos flying around, certainly more than five. The latest poster also showed Jiger. This most likely means that A) Gyaos doesn’t count as one of the five kaiju (already got plenty of appearences anyway) and B) the 5 are going to be reimaginings of the other Showa foes (Barugon, Viras, Guiron, Jiger and Zigra).
Jiger is my favorite but I think I’m the most exited to see Guiron. While the Gyaos have been portrayed as Gamera’s archnemesis in a “gotta get rid of them or we are all doomed” kind of way (like Ellen Ripley vs. the aliens), Guiron imo is the foe that feels the most like Gamera’s equal. Many have interpreted him as “the” Gamera equivalent of his own planet (he even fights his own species of Gyaos!).
Will Guiron finally live up to his potential as Gamera’s rival? Does Barugon get first-foe-privileges? Only time will tell.