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1999 THE EQUATOR

Her son and grandson were eaten.

Are there any other big bird such as this?

OFF OKINOTORISHIMA, JAPAN'S SOUTHERNMOST POINT

THE UNMANNED SUBMERSIBLE KAIKO

Winch ahead slow!

Set to low tension!

Is the sea bottom this bumpy?

Maybe it's a problem of scale, like we're too close or something?

Can you pull back a bit?

Roger.

Not enough light.

Increase sensitivity!

Is that...

Gamera?

It's not possible.

Look at all of them!

Those aren't boats!

Then what?

Cemetery for Gameras!

GAMERA 3 THE REVENGE OF IRIS.

We interrupt this program.

The monster is believed to be in the Inland Sea.

The Self-Defense Forces...

A warning has been issued to ships in the area.

The government is calling the sea monster Gamera

and the flying monsters Gyaos.

EMERGENCY! MONSTERS REAPPEARED

Government has decided to shoot them down as of 7 a.m.

SELF DEFENSE ARMY: ATTACK GYAOS

Attacks would be simultaneous and multi-tactical,

to extinct Gyaos...

Due to this attack, Mitato-ku area could be destroyed.

1995 TOKYO

We still have time. The monster won't come this far.

What's dangerous is friendly fire. Caused big causalities in Bosnia.

I'm sorry. We'd all be safe in Matsudo if not for me.

I was working. Wait here. I'll get your mother.

Iris! Iris!

Come on! We're not going to the vet!

About what we were saying last night...

Do I really have to change my family name?

This is a very old village.

I don't want to.

If she really likes there, why is she living here?

Stop it, Mother!

She used to be so sweet!

MINAMI ASUKA: NARA PREFECTURE

Hirasaka! We'll see you after school!

That girl...

She used to come here in the summer.

You liked her!

Don't be stupid.

Her parents died?

Some kind of accident.

YAESU MARINE INSURANCE CO.

ASAKURA MITO: CABINET SECRETARY

I've been asked to help you.

You've heard of Kurata Shinya? Have you met?

- Of course not. - Sorry, no...

You wished to ask about the curved jewels we collected?

Could we see them?

It was 3 years ago.

When they came...

to be exact, suppose it was when Gamera reappeared in Sendai,

as you see, everything is destroyed. Not one remains in its original shape.

Where's Mr. Kusanagi who found them?

He's in Washington.

And the girl?

Asagi?

She came to see these before she went abroad to study.

But why do you ask?

So Earth and Heaven won't be destroyed.

When Heaven and Earth are face to face, the result is destruction.

All appears calm, but danger lies before.

It's from The Book of Changes. One of Confucianism teachings.

RYUSEICHO

The legend says the Ryuseicho sleeps in here.

What's that?

- I don't know. - A monster, maybe?

If it's real, don't you want to see it?

There's a stone that seals it in. Go get it.

And then you'll leave us alone?

What do you mean?

I know you've been picking on my brother. Stop it.

We'll overlook some things.

You guys, what are you doing?

Damn! It's Moribe!

Help your Tokyo girlfriend.

Mr. Big Old House!

You've got a big mouth! Remember that.

Hirasaka!

Where'd they go?

They took off, but what's that?

Why is it so heavy?

You carried this?

None of your business.

FE

Anyway, we've got to put it back.

Miyuki, stay there!

My family are the guardians of the Ryuseicho.

This shouldn't be moved.

That's just a legend.

Hirasaka, let's go.

And don't tell anyone.

Ryuseicho?

What's in that old shrine?

My university wanted to dig in there,

but Old Woman Moribe said no.

So, nothing has revealed?

Not exactly.

The moon rotates celestial sphere in 28 days,

the ancient Chinese or Japanese divided the heavens into 28 houses.

Seven in each quadrant. Ryu, Sei and Cho...

...western constellation.

Only these 3 houses are in the water snake.

Ryu is the head.

Sei is a red star,

and red is the color of the Guardian of the South.

In one old tomb near here,

a dragon guards the East,

a tiger the West, and a tortoise the North.

There's no South.

That wall had fallen in.

Maybe it was a phoenix.

A phoenix?

A crimson phoenix. Like a firebird.

So it was a bird.

The professors at my school think that's what Ryuseicho means.

The Guardians of South and North, are they enemies?

The Guardian of the South defends against an enemy from the South.

From the South...

Three messages.

Hello. It's Sakurai.

Regarding the samples,

these are different enough from our Gyaos that they could be a subspecies.

A local variation, maybe?

Here is the rough info. Will give you more details later.

KURATA SHINYA

It's your mom. How are you?

Kyoto.

Yesterday was your father's birthday. He was hoping you'd call.

Give us a call when you can.

Kobayashi from MONSTER-DAMAGE CONTROL COMMITTEE.

We will have a meeting on September, 17 at 7 p.m.

We'll be discussing the Gamera fossils discovered off Okinotorishima,

and we'd like to hear your report. Please call me about the agenda.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 3:00 P.M.

This means the Gyaos are evolving at tremendous speed.

- I agree. - Scary, isn't it?

Who knows what could happen?

Mr. Osako?

No, I'm not.

I'm sorry. You look like someone I know.

That's all right.

Away you go, then.

I'll have this, please.

You aren't the man, but the thought of seeing him was a happy one.

Goodbye.

AIR DEFENSE COMMAND

The speed difference with target is big. Impossible to increase.

Roger. Maintain position until further orders.

OVER TOKYO BAY, 3:05 PM

You're Hirasaka's brother.

Did you see Gamera too?

No, I didn't.

I was at my grandma's in Matsudo.

Your sister saw him?

She was having her appendix out. She was in Tokyo.

My mom was with her. That morning, dad...

Satoru!

Shut up.

Mind your own business.

Hey!

If it weren't for Gamera, the Gyaos might have killed us all.

The whole world would be the Legion's nest.

Gamera is our friend, you know.

Would you say that if he'd crushed your house and your parents?

NAGAMINE MAYUMI

6:50 PM

How are you?

MONSTER-DAMAGE CONTROL COMMITTEE:

THIRD EMERGENCY SESSION

Which monster are we discussing today?

Nothing in particular.

Why Japan has been frequently attacked by monsters? And what can we do to stop it?

That's what we're here to discuss.

I seem to have become the Ministry's resident monster expert.

- Excuse me. - Yes?

How do you do? Thank you for coming at this hour.

Here it is.

This graph shows numbers of air scrambles.

You see exponential increase in past few days.

What do you think?

There is no connection with hostile action by neighboring countries.

Let us know what you think, please.

Asakura Mito...

Who is she?

The government's chief fortune teller.

A word to the wise, you'd be smart not to be too curious about her.

SHIBUYA DISTRICT, TOKYO, 7:30 PM

To hell with all of you!

Who needs your bitching or your old stories?

Look who's talking!

Look what you did!

Those“.

Are Gyaos!

What are they doing here?

What's that?

Momma! Fireworks!

Who are other famous talent?

Look! Something is falling.

You just want to get me back to your office, don't you?

Don't be so suspicious!

If analysis of this creature could lead to measures against the Gyaos...

Excuse me!

Tatsuya!

What the hell?

Tatsuya!

Run!

Tatsuya!

Gamera saved me!

Gamera saved me!

Come quick!

This is the scene in Shibuya.

The tragedy comes on Friday night, with the area at its busiest.

There's no official announcement yet, but eyewitness accounts...

the monstrous creature appeared in Yoyogi Park was identified as Gyaos...

...with Gamera causing the great damage in the Shibuya area.

This footage shows what seems to be Gamera leaving Shibuya.

TONIGHT TOKYO, SHIBUYA

This clip was filmed by a local businessman.

The monster shown is thought to be Gamera...

Gamera?

...flying into the sky as it's happening.

The number of casualties are estimated around 15,000 or 20,000; However,

the scale of real casualties is absolute unknown at this point.

While rescue operations by Fire Dept. And Self Defense Force continues,

streets are jammed with people seeking missing relatives and friends

and crowds of curious onlookers.

Shibuya is in total panic at the moment.

Report from Prime Minister's resident.

Defense minister held an emergency press conference yesterday.

According to him, an emergency cabinet meeting has been announced,

and Prime Minister Nagahama would inspect the damage in Shibuya this morning.

What is Grandmother talking to Hirasaka about?

My guess is preparing to be a monk.

Can't a girl do that?

Of course not! It has to be a male.

The Moribe family has always had the task of guarding the Ryuseicho.

The next person who will guard is, YOU.

But what is the Ryuseicho?

When I was about your age,

I was told it brings disaster.

If it resurrected, it will destroy the world!

But as long as that stone isn't moved, nothing will happen.

A sumo wrestler tried to move it about a hundred and fifty years ago.

He tried and tried, and he couldn't even budge it!

When you become a successor of his house,

keep the 10-Inch Dagger with you.

The dagger is a tool to seal in the Ryuseicho.

Stop! You'll scare him!

So it's hatched.

Do you know what that is?

Iris...

I named him Iris.

I'm going to raise him.

And then,

he'll take revenge for me.

Beta version. The test version of a computer game.

A computer game? I have no time for a game.

It simulates planetary environment and civilization.

Now games can predict business sales or even environmental impacts.

Push this button.

That would prevent a Gyaos

if you left out Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Gulf War.

Can you quantify all that?

That's what Mana does.

It's a simulation parameter.

Its value was extremely low around Japan in 1995.

And so the Gyaos appeared?

Current level is the lowest in Japan.

Have you heard of this man named Kurata?

He's a game designer.

His first game was a big hit, statistical analysis and storms.

At the end he was rumored to be doing government work.

Government work?

He seems to have vanished.

This morning, the diet ordered to send defense force

to eliminate Gamera.

You really intend to raise him?

He will die if no one takes care of him.

He's not what you think he is.

Do you know how I feel about Iris?

It's going to grow up and eat you.

That's not going to happen.

- How? - I understand him.

How do you understand him?

Because I do. He's just like me.

We both hate Gamera.

Gamera killed his family too.

Aren't you hungry?

Where's your mouth?

Maybe it's not open yet.

Dogs and cats take a while to open their eyes.

Marine defense force has targeted and attached Gamera this morning.

It is not known at this time if it was hit.

He evaded pursuit and is thought to have escaped into the open sea.

Sure we should go after him.

We can't leave everything to the U.S. We should fight our own battles!

I'm scared to even go outside! You never know when he'll come.

I'd like him dealt with right away.

I was in Fukuoka when it attacked four years ago.

The destruction power was enormous. The city still hasn't recovered from all the damage.

Mr. Nojiri, many call Gamera a threat.

Yes.

In the past, Gamera fought the Gyaos

and saved the world from the Legion.

If it weren't for Gamera, our lives were totally destroyed.

Now, he certainly caused a great deal of destruction in Shibuya.

I don't think we should be making allowances for Gamera.

Break in!

Yeah? A plane crash? In Egypt?

What? Pass the information.

- You sure? - The newsroom's going crazy.

There's no proof Gamera really means to aid humanity.

Are you saying we can reach a mutual understanding with him?

That's something we'd have to investigate.

We interrupt for a special bulletin.

Yes. We now go to our newsroom.

A Royal Air Systems jumbo jet, en route from Singapore to Berlin,

has disappeared over Egypt.

The pilot reported a giant bird

which it is feared may have some connection with the Gyaos.

It is not known if there were any Japanese aboard the aircraft.

This just in: A Gyaos bird has been seen west of Iquitos, Peru.

Unconfirmed reports say it was attacked by Gamera.

Again, a Royal Air Systems jumbo jet, en route from Singapore to Berlin,

- has disappeared over Egypt. - Yes?

It's Kusanagi Asagi.

Iris.

Iris!

Iris.

I'm sorry.

You were lonely.

I'm sorry!

You were looking for me!

I won't leave you again.

Iris, I'm so hot.

I've been abroad studying to find out about my connection to Gamera,

why I was able to see into his heart.

The more I study the Gyaos, the less I understand.

In the South Pacific, there's a way of thinking called Mana.

They call the supernatural power that lives in all things Mana.

Is that hard for you to accept?

No, not at all! Go on.

I think it's Mana that we're seeing.

So Gamera consumes Mana?

I think it's his only choice.

The environment's changing so fast.

Creating all these Gyaos birds.

That may also be why the Legion invaded Japan.

It's as if Japan eats Mana.

Something even worse could happen.

Like what?

It may already have started.

And what will Gamera do?

I don't know.

All I know is I trust Gamera.

Where is Ayana?

I don't know.

I don't know. I really don't.

Okay-

Hirasaka!

Hirasaka! Hirasaka!

Ayana! Ayana!

What's happening?

Get out of here!

Hurry!

Ayana! Ayana!

Satoru!

I'll bring some clothes!

Hey! Did you do anything to her!

Of course not!

My brother saved her!

Tell the truth!

Get going!

Please...

Hey!

...receiving reports of a large Gyaos-type bird

over the Conchos River basin of Mexico, over the Gulf of Mexico.

Also, unconfirmed report says that US air force is

in battle with unknown enemy.

No further details are available.

And now the weather.

A powerful typhoon is gaining speed as it approaches Japan.

Those searching for victims of the destruction in Shibuya

by the giant creature,

please register at the tent on the left.

Those wishing to volunteer to help, please apply at the tent on the right.

I went to Hokkaido and lived with cows and horses

because I wanted to go far away and forget the Gyaos.

But dairy farming was too hard. I couldn't do the work.

So I went to the brewery as a watchman.

Then the Legion came!

I was afraid to be alone, so I came to Tokyo...

to become one of the crowd.

I can't help you. All I'd do is be in everyone's way.

That's only your imagination.

Good evening.

After reports of a giant bird in Nara Prefecture,

Defense Minister held a press conference.

Recently, there are numerous international reports of monster appearance.

We received a report of giant bird known as Gyaos sightings in Nara today...

Really?

I'm going there tomorrow. Meeting with defense force.

I run and run and I can't escape.

I'm tired of running.

If I can do anything, let me help.

Inspector Osako!

Former, and just Assistant Inspector.

Ah, this is good!

Beer hasn't tasted this good in a long time.

Get ready!

What a mess!

Ready...

Lift!

- Forward... - The Gyaos never did this before.

27 victims confirmed. 11 men and 16 women.

About half of the village.

We'll send the names later.

Weren't there any witnesses or anything?

The telephone lines were cut

at a place they call the Shrine Swamp.

We'll talk to survivors now.

Where's that?

There's a little shrine there, an old one, and a cave.

Send this to Mr. Sakurai

at the National Genetic Research Laboratory.

Thanks.

This is nothing like Gyaos we know about.

Yes.

But it's dangerous to only go on what you see or feel.

- What are you going to do? - I'll have a look around.

GEE?

You! Wait!

Are you all right?

Why did you run away?

Did you see something?

Ayana, they're all dead.

This way. Auntie, Uncle, Shigeki...

This way.

You found one?

Yes, a black one, a bit different in size and shape.

Can I come down there tomorrow? I'd like to meet the girl.

In each side of the brain is a hippocampus.

It controls memory or feelings, isn't it?

Hers are swollen very large.

Why?

That's what I'd like to know.

Is there anything else?

Not really. She keeps mumbling something, though.

Iris, or something.

This girl from Nara

and the one who communicated with Gamera have a lot in common.

And if she's somehow connected with a Gyaos-like organism.

What does that mean?

Wouldn't you like to know?

In sample A, chromosomes from the eggshell match those of the Gyaos.

In sample B, those from the mucous, are unknown,

a different organism.

VICTIMS REPORTED ACROSS THE GLOBE

We need to talk more to that boy we met.

Ms. Nagamine, telephone.

- It's a child. - Yes.

What do you mean moving her without her family's permission?

What else could I do?

The papers were in order, and all the family she has left is the boy.

Where did they take her?

Well... No specific instruction.

That's kidnapping!

Kyoto.

The shell that sleeps beneath the sea

is the vessel of an evil spirit.

Save this land that lies between Heaven and Hell.

Conquer this evil spirit, and drive it to the ends of the Earth.

Daisuke! Come here!

Hurry! Hurry!

Iris...

No! Help me!

No! No!

Roger. All units move out.

37th Regiment, proceed to Yoshinoyama at 1400 hours.

GROUND SELF-DEFENSE FORCE SHINODAYAMA BASE

The cabinet views Gamera as the enemy.

In my opinion, that is a wrong view. My powers are limited, however.

This is all I can do to help.

The girl is being held there.

Thank you, be assured I won't reveal the source of this information.

Goodbye.

She was in the creature's cocoon, wasn't she?

According to the boy who saved her.

He told me something that bothers me.

Ayana hates Gamera.

Halt!

The creature hasn't moved.

This is Field Command. Continue to observe from a safe distance.

KYOTO

Ms. Asakura's not coming.

If not for me, you'd be stuck here.

At last we meet. I'm Kurata Shinya.

Where's Ayana?

Inform Command. Target moving.

Field Command, this is Forward Platoon. Target in motion.

Prepare to fire!

Forward Platoon, report.

Come in, Forward Platoon!

You brought Ayana to a shrine?

Imagine the Gyaos as a natural enemy of humankind.

Adjusting overpopulation and reset corrupted civilization.

Who'd think that?

One who thought like me.

Then imagine Gamera born to smash that kind of arrogance!

You have a point.

What do you think of Gamera?

He's a vessel.

Gamera's cemetery found at the bottom of the ocean.

You've heard about it?

It's a dump for the vessels that didn't become Gamera.

The ancients created beta versions

and summoned Mana to them, giving rise to Gamera.

So Gamera heeds the Earth Spirit more than humanity.

But you know that better than I do.

I think Gamera has severed his connection with us.

Yes, when the curved jewels were broken.

But I think Gamera is still connected to humanity.

After all, who brought him to Sendai?

That's his weakness.

Tell Command we're retreating to the second line!

This is Forward Platoon! Retreating to Line 2 with heavy casualties!

Hang on!

Ms. Nagamine!

I'm taking Ayana to a hospital in Tokyo.

Tokyo? On what authority?

The Gyaos mutation from Nara

may have tried to fuse with her nervous system.

Her life may be at risk!

And the creature? What would a fusion like that accomplish?

I can't hardly imagine.

It can even alter its own chromosome structure after such a fusion.

Let's go, Ayana.

Hi!

You must be hungry sitting here all this time.

What do you want to do?

At least tell me that.

- Save her. - Can't hear.

Save Hirasaka!

Right! We're off to Kyoto.

Kyoto?

To save her, you've got to be where she is.

She's in Kyoto.

That means it might be heading there too!

It?

In pursuit of target.

So that's the Gyaos that wiped out a whole platoon?

Not confirmed as a Gyaos.

Report indicates that the shape is very different.

Can the AWACS follow him?

Yes, sir.

Any F15's nearby?

Patrolling the Irako Channel for Gamera.

Divert it.

It's heading into the typhoon.

And for a populated area. Lead it out to sea and finish it off.

What's going on?

There is danger of mudslide, so we are holding off the service.

Not running?

We'll start up again the moment the weather improves.

The Meteorological Bureau

reports that Typhoon 8 is heading directly towards Kyoto.

Cougar 1, Cougar 2.

Within range.

Fire a warning shot.

Target responding, attacking with tentacles!

Evade.

Cougar 1, Cougar 2, evade!

Target attacking again!

Permission to fire missiles.

Target is maneuvering too fast to lock on!

Unidentified flying object closing on combat theater at 500 knots!

Gamera!

Cougar 1, out of ammunition.

Cougar 2, unable to fire!

Target changing course to Kii Channel!

Maritime Command reports Gamera over the Enshu Sea.

He's your new target.

Order all planes to eliminate him.

And the other one?

Gamera first.

Order the Patriots ready to fire!

14TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT, HAKUSAN STATION

All train service postponed due to typhoon.

Is it getting close?

Does it want Ayana so it can complete the fusion?

14th Anti-Aircraft Unit reports Patriots ready to launch.

Permission to launch!

Patriot launch confirmed. Twenty seconds to contact.

Hit confirmed. Gamera losing speed.

Second target descending!

Into the typhoon?

To Kyoto.

Humanity is plodding towards its own extinction.

Even without the Gyaos.

But there could be a worse future for the Earth than our extinction.

My idea, and the idea of whatever spawned the Gyaos,

is that a monster could lower the curtain before that future comes.

So if Gamera tries to stop it,

it'll smash him even if he is an Earth Spirit.

The Gyaos can't lower any curtain.

Not the Gyaos, a new creature.

One already in place, or one that can evolve itself...

join with a human being to make itself stronger.

One that can fuse with this girl to overcome Gamera.

A cute little thing like this is harboring a demon!

Gamera can't win.

Every creature, however unappealing, fights to the last to survive.

Humanity as well.

It's here.

Ayana!

Ayana!

Creature near Kyoto Station!

Where are the patrol planes?

They can't get through the storm!

Attention, all passengers.

All travel to Kyoto Station has been suspended

due to a monster reported in that vicinity.

Repeat. A monster has appeared near Kyoto Station.

Hey!

Iris.

That's it?

The children of Gyaos were destroyed, but their descendants are here.

It was your task to mediate with monsters.

But the blood of your house has grown thin.

It is a child of this time who must join with the demon!

Kyoto...

Evacuate the area! Please remain calm!

The station area is sealed off! Go back!

Go!

What the hell?

I used to be a cop!

Iris...

Kill!

- Kill! - Ayana, no!

Are you linked with Gamera?

No, it's this girl. She's fighting him.

Gamera doesn't want to kill!

Open your eyes!

If you don't stop, we all die!

Look at the fires! There are people out there!

Ayana!

Ayana!

I join with the God Naobi to battle this evil spirit!

It won't work, Ms. Asakura.

And that, Ms. Asakura, is death.

Ayana!

Oh boy, is this scary! Yes!

Ayana!

Ms. Nagamine!

Iris...

Knife, do something.

Go get him!

Ayana!

Moribe...

Iris, no!

Have they joined?

Iris, was it you?

Was it me?

Was it?

Did I kill them?

I'm falling!

Help me!

Somebody! Help me!

Help me!

Asagi! You'll be killed!

Don't quit until it's over!

- Quit! - Gamera's not quitting!

Gamera!

Ayana!

The Director's on the phone, sir.

Yes?

Ayana!

It can't be!

Why did you save my life?

Ayana!

Where's Iris?

Dead?

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

What does he say?

The U.S., Chinese, and Russian Air Forces report

large numbers of Gyaos birds converging on Japan.

How many?

Lots.

The Prime Minister has ordered

that our attack be switched from Gamera to the Gyaos!

All land, air, and sea units are to join and meet the attack!

Did Gamera tell you anything?

No, but I understand.

Gamera will fight.

To the end, even alone.

Gamera's not alone.

Gamera...