A new Netflix project was in the works with the Gamera -Rebirth- property, which was announced at the end of January 2023. It was set as a six-episode series that will focus on a fight against five kaiju. The show saw a September 7th, 2023, premiere through the service. The series is now getting its first broadcast run in Japan as NHK has taken the original run and broken it out into a twelve-episode version that begins on April 5th, 2025.
With the series making its debut on April 5th, 2025, the production has now brought out its first preview of the tenth episode ahead of its June 7th, 2025 release.
Hiroyuki Seshita is directing it with Keisuke Ide assisting from the series composition by Kenta Ihara and Hiroshi Seko. Atsushi Tamura is handling the character designs with ENGI working on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Hisako Kanemoto as Boko
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Joe
- Aki Toyosaki as Junichi
- Subaru Kimura as Brody
- Saori Hayami as Emiko
- Mamoru Miyano as Tazaki
The opening theme song is “Natsuake” while the ending is “FLY & DIVE” with WANIMA performing both of them.
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Plot Concept: The last summer. Friends. And Kaiju–. In the summer of 1989, Boko, Joe, and Junichi, all sixth grade elementary school students, were having their last summer vacation. Each of them is worried about their future. Brody, the son of a US military commander, appears before the three of them and steals away the money they have saved together. Boko and his friends are furious and plan a plan to get their money back. As they are about to carry out the plan, the town is threatened. The kaiju Gyaos suddenly attacks Tokyo. The four are petrified in a town ruined by Gyaos. As Gyaos sets its sights on them, a huge kaiju appears. Its name is Gamera. This is the beginning of their “Summer of Kaiju.” Kaiju appear one after another, and Gamera fights back despite his wounds. The boys witness the legend.
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