Gamera (ガメラ, Gamera?), also known as the Last Hope (最後の希望, Saigo no Kibō?), is a giant turtle kaiju that appeared in the 2023 animated Netflix series GAMERA -Rebirth-. He is the first incarnation of the character to appear in the Reiwa era.
Gamera's name comes from the Japanese word kame (カメ?), meaning "turtle," and -ra (ラ?), a common suffix in kaiju names. The "k-" sound at the beginning of Gamera's name may have been changed to a "g-" sound to avoid making the monster's name sound like the word "camera," which is spelled カメラ in Japanese.
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The 2023 Gamera has elements that closely resemble those of the 2015 model along with those of Toto and Avant Gamera.
In the summer of 1989, after Tokyo was struck by Gyaos, Gamera saved elementary school students Boco, Joe, Junichi, and Brody from the creatures. Gamera went on to battle five varieties of kaiju in all, including the Gyaos, Jiger, Zigra, Guiron, and Viras, though he received wounds.