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DVD Title
Gamera: Revenge of Iris
International Title
DVD Length
Original Length
108 Minutes
107 Minutes
Company
Year of Manufacture
ADV Films
2003
Language
Subtitles
English, Japanese
English
Region
Aspect Ratio
1
1.85:1
Color
Sound
Color
Stereo
Extras
- Menus (English)
- Chapters (24)
- Trailers: Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (Teaser, #1, #2, #3, and #4), Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (ADV Films), Farscape (ADV Films), Princess Blade (ADV Films), Noir (ADV Films), Rahxephon (ADV Films), Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (ADV Films)
- TV Spots: Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (20 in total),
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Interview with special effects director Shinji Higuchi (Third of three)
- Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle press conference footage
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Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle behind the scenes footage
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Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle on set press event footage
- Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle opening night footage
-
Dubbing Outtakes
- "Gamera" Commentary
Comments

The final, and most awaited Gamera Heisei Region 1 DVD, Gamera: Revenge of Iris. While this DVD is better than ADV's Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, it doesn't quite reach the level of their Gamera: Attack of Legion release. The video quality is ahead of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, but artifacting is present. Audio is very strong here, though, and is presented flawlessly in Stereo in both Japanese and English. The dub track here is amazingly bad, I might add, where Gamera: Attack of Legion's dub job was border lining the actors not taking their job seriously... it is very apparent that several of the voice actors here where playing their lines "for kicks." Overall, unless you cannot stand subtitles, I suggest you avoid the English track on this disc. The extras on this DVD, like the previous two in the series, are outstanding. We have a huge selection of trailers related to Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle along with several trailers to other ADV releases, most notable is the return of the very well done ADV Gamera: Guardian of the Universe trailer (a advert that points out the critical acclaim of the film and is set to the awesome Collapse of Tokyo Tower theme from that film). We are greeted with some more behind the scenes, opening night, and press conference footage pertaining to film; in similar fashion to what appeared on the two previous DVDs. The added footage, for this particular entry in the series, is of a "on set" press event where Kaneko is interviewed. The footage is nice, but clocks in at a very short 52 seconds. The dubbing outtakes, like seen on Gamera: Attack of Legion, are once again hit and miss; however, the Gamera: Revenge of Iris outtakes seem more long winded and hit more than miss. The "Gamera" Commentary feature is nice, but rarely ends up being funny. It's amusing, and worth listening to, but it almost makes one yearn for a seriously done English commentary for the film. They do make several references to other Kaiju, like Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and Hedorah (as the Smog Monster). Just nice to see that the people involved had some basic background knowledge on the genre. As a general complaint, some of the comments are out of synch as the actors point out things that are currently no longer on the screen... My DVD also cuts out the commentary twice during the film, so possibly this is more of a issue with my own disc, I am not sure. Bottom line, though, is that this is a great DVD, and more than worth a purchase for anyone interested in the series, but fails to reach the quality seen in Gamera: Attack of Legion.

-Anthony Romero