Stanislavski monster." Ishirō Honda, director of various Godzilla films, sent Takahashi a new years card with high praises for the film. Film historian and critic Stuart Galbraith IV wrote in DVD Talk that the film "strikes a pretty fair balance between epic scenes of destruction and the material more emphatically geared to children," with its "dark but outrageously unrealistic humor further support[ing] Yuasa-Takahashi's child-like perspective." Writing in AllMovie, critic Donald Guarisco described the film as "tailor-made fun for the Japanese monster film crowd," and featuring "swift, colorful direction" that provides "a good example of the kid-friendly fun this [Gamera] series is all about." Home media In 1987, the Axis dub was released on VHS and television as Gamera vs. Gaos by Sandy Frank. In 2004, Image Entertainment bundled Pan and scan versions of the AIP–TV versions of Gamera vs. Gyaos and The Magic Serpent on DVD. In September 2010, Shout! Factory bundled the Japanese version, the Axis English dub, and the AIP–TV version on DVD, along with Gamera vs. Viras. In 2011, Shout! Factory included the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode featuring the Sandy Frank version of the film on the MST3K vs. Gamera DVD collection. In 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment bundled the Japanese version with other Gamera titles on Blu-ray and DVD. In 2020, the Japanese version, the Axis English dub, and the AIP-TV version were included in the Gamera: The Complete Collection Blu-ray box set released by Arrow Video, which included all 12 films in the franchise. Legacy Following this film, numerous variants of Gyaos were introduced over the course of the series, including Space Gyaos in Gamera vs. Guiron, Super Gyaos in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Hyper Gyaos in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris and a new version in Gamera the Brave, referred to as "Original Gyaos" in supplementary material. In 2015, a new iteration of Gyaos was featured in proof-of-concept footage for a potential Gamera reboot. Gamera vs. Gyaos was one of the few films featured twice on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (both times as Gamera vs. Gaos), the first time as part of the initial KTMA series (episode 6) and again in Season 3 (episode 8). Notes References Sources External links 大怪獣空中戦 ガメラ対ギャオス (Daikaijū Kuchu Kessan: Gamera tai Gyaosu) at Japanese Movie Database Gamera web archive (Japanese) 1967 films 1960s science fiction films Daiei Film films Films directed by Noriaki Yuasa Films set in