Gamera

Gamera (ガメラ) is a giant, tusked, flying turtle from a popular series of tokusatsu kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho's Godzilla during the first "Kaiju Boom" of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has become the other famous Japanese giant monster.

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Regardless of the film series he appeared in, Gamera's origins were tied to the lost city of Atlantis. In the Sh?wa version, Gamera was created to protect and befriend children (as children represent mankind's future). In the Heisei version, Gamera was a guardian of the Earth created to combat the Gyaos which Atlantis created as well.

Tokusatsu: Tokusatsu (??) (sometimes just called "Toku") is the Japanese term for special effects and often used to classify Japanese live-action sci-fi/fantasy/horror movie/TV productions....

Kaiju: Kaijū (怪獣), literally meaning strange beast or mysterious beast, is a popular Japanese term referring to strange creatures, especially giant monsters as portrayed in Japanese fantasy films (tokusatsu and anime), more precisely termed daikaijū (???). The similar term kaijin (?...

Daiei Motion Picture Company: Daiei Motion Picture Company, Ltd. (大映株式会社) was a Japanese movie studio that existed from 1942 to 2003. It is now owned by Kadokawa Shoten and known as Kadokawa Pictures....