Relive the classic adventures of everyone's favorite fire-breathing flying turtle-monster with this new discounted collection of Gamera films

This 8-Movie Gamera Blu-Ray Collection Is Over 50% Off At Amazon

Relive the classic adventures of everyone's favorite fire-breathing flying turtle-monster with this new discounted collection of Gamera films

This Blu-ray collection features eight Gamera movies released between 1965 and 1980, presented in high-definition 1080p with options to watch with original Japanese or dubbed English audio tracks, as well as optional English subtitles. Here's a look at the films included:

• Gamera The Giant Monster
• Gamera Vs. Barugon
• Gamera Vs. Gyaos
• Gamera Vs. Viras
• Gamera Vs. Guiron
• Gamera Vs. Jiger
• Gamera Vs. Zigra
• Gamera Super Monster

The package features reversible sleeves with original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank. There's also a long list of special features included for each movie, which we've outlined below.

Gamera: The Showa Era Collection 4-Disc Special Edition Blu-Ray Special Features

Disc One: Gamera the Giant Monster

• Commentary and newly filmed introduction by August Ragone
• High-definition transfer of Gammera the Invincible, the American theatrical version of the film
• Remembering the Gamera Series: An archive featurette from 1991 that includes interviews with director Noriaki Yuasa, writer Nisan Takahashi, and others
• Interview with Noriaki Yuasa, filmed by Jörg Buttgereit, in 2002
• Gamera Special: An hour-long best-of compilation supervised by Noriaki Yuasa in 1991
• Alternate English credits
• Trailer and image galleries

Disc Two: Gamera Vs. Barugon and Gamera Vs. Gyaos

• Commentary on Gamera vs. Barugon by August Ragone and Jason Varney
• Commentary on Gamera vs. Gyaos by Stuart Galbraith IV
• Newly filmed introductions to both films by August Ragone
• 1080p transfer of War of the Monsters, the shorter American edit of Gamera Vs. Barugon
• Alternate English credits for both films
• Trailer and image galleries

Disc Three: Gamera Vs. Viras, Gamera Vs. Guiron

• Choice of three different versions of Gamera vs. Viras via seamless branching
• Commentary on Gamera vs. Viras by Carl Craig and Jim Cirronella
• Commentary on Gamera vs. Guiron by David Kalat
• Newly filmed introductions to both films by August Ragone
• New featurette with actor Carl Craig showing his souvenirs and props from Gamera vs. Viras
• Highlights from the G-FEST X convention in 2003, featuring Noriaki Yuasa and Carl Craig
• The 4th Nippon Jamboree, a promotional film for the Boy Scouts of Japan directed by Yuasa in 1966
• Alternate English credits for both films
• Trailer and image galleries

Disc Four: Gamera Vs. Jiger, Gamera Vs, Zigra, and Gamera: Super Monster

• Commentary on Gamera vs. Jiger by Edward L. Holland
• Commentary by Gamera vs. Zigra by Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle
• Commentary on Gamera: Super Monster by Richard Pusateri
• Newly filmed introductions to all three films by August Ragone
• Alternate English credits for all three films
• Trailer and image galleries

Gamera is one of several popular kaiju movie series that dominated Japanese cinema alongside other giant monsters like Godzilla. While the first film portrayed Gamera as a skyscraper-sized force of nature, he was an unexpected hit at the box office and was especially popular with children, so he was overhauled to be a more heroic character for younger viewers to root for in his battles with various giant monsters.

While this collection includes Gamera's earliest films, his big-screen adventures continued well into the 2000s. If you want to complete your collection, you can also pick up Gamera: The Heisei Era Collection for $53.86 (was $100). Like the Showa Era version, this boxset also has new art and a ton of special features on each disc. This is a smaller selection of films overall, featuring Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, and Gamera the Brave. It's worth noting that this is part of Amazon's Buy Two Get One Free promotion right now, so if you add two more eligible Blu-rays, books, or other items to your cart, the cheapest item in your basket will be discounted to $0 at checkout.

Plenty of other giant monster flicks are on sale right now, too. No monster movie collection would be complete without Godzilla, and fortunately, Godzilla's Showa Era adventures have also been steeply discounted on Amazon. This is a massive 15-film collection that's on sale for $131 (was $225), and each movie is a crisp HD transfer that comes with both English and Japanese language tracks, archival interviews, and bonus material, and even a hardcover book detailing the big lizard's history. You can pair that with the recent Criterion Collection release of Godzilla vs. Biollante. This was released earlier this month and is on sale for $35 (was $50). One of the weirder Heisei Era movies starring the kaiju king, Godzilla vs. Biollante pits the legend against Biollante, a giant mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG