# GAMERA -Rebirth- (2023)

> Four Tokyo kids in 1989 watch the giant turtle kaiju Gamera rise to fight human-eating monsters.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/135352

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, action
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Hisako Kanemoto, Subaru Kimura, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Aki Toyosaki, Mamoru Miyano, Saori Hayami
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23730842/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: earnest, tense, awe-inspiring, hopeful

## Synopsis

Gamera -Rebirth- (2023) is a Japanese animated kaiju miniseries produced for Netflix, a reboot of the classic Gamera monster franchise. Across six episodes of roughly 44 minutes each, four Tokyo kids, Boko (Hisako Kanemoto), Brody (Subaru Kimura), Joe (Yoshitsugu Matsuoka) and Junichi (Aki Toyosaki), witness the emergence of the giant turtle kaiju Gamera during a summer in 1989. Their engine is simple and urgent: survive the chaos while the city is overrun by giant human-eating monsters, and watch the lumbering guardian rise to stand against them. Each episode is built around escalating monster clashes and the kids' close-quarters fear and loyalty amid collapsing streets. Tone runs from awe and dread to earnest, big-hearted courage, with spectacle carrying much of the weight. Shape is a compact, self-contained single arc rather than a long saga. The series is a straightforward action-driven piece for fans of kaiju films and anime. Fans of Godzilla: Singular Point and Shin Godzilla will find resonance in its creature-feature scale and Japanese monster tradition.

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