Gamera 3-D: Banno seeks investors

Yoshimitsu Banno meets Omar Sayyah (and his bearded dragon) at G-FEST XII in July 2005.

This blog confirmed the news a few days ago of Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster director Yoshimitsu Banno's intent to move forward with a 40-minute Gamera 3-D project. Earlier today, Mr. Banno reported a surge of activity on his Web site. More than 100 people have contacted Advanced Audiovisual Productions since news of the Gamera film broke.

It is important to bear in mind that Mr. Banno's film cannot proceed without a sufficient number of investors. As of now, Mr. Banno is seeking investors who can contribute JPY15,000,000 to the project.

Mr. Banno offers the following terms to potential investors:

The Privilege of the first investment is as follows,

(1) As a bonus of the risk of the first investment, AAP remits
JP Yen 15,000,000 to the account of investor on the next day of the start of filming.

(2) Investor possesses the share of 10% of net income of AAP as a privilege of the first investor.

※ In the case of “Godzilla 3-D”, the first investor of JP Yen 15,000,000 is entitled to receive the return of its total investing money and share of JP Yen 10,000,000 as the distribution of net profit.

※ Intermediation fee is 3%.

As I stated in my earlier blog post, I would be happy to forward any serious inquiries to Mr. Banno. You (yes, you!) can help make kaiju history!

Yoshimitsu Banno's Gamera 3-D: It's on!

Brett and Advanced Audiovisual Productions' head Yoshimitsu Banno at G-FEST XII in July 2005.

Eagle-eyed G-fan Evan Brehany scooped the world. Advanced Audiovisual Productions (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster director Yoshimitsu Banno's production company) recently announced on its Web site that it is pursuing a Gamera IMAX 3-D movie. The announcement completely flew under the radar in the West until Evan spotted it and brought it to light.

While some people apparently thought it was a prank of some kind (on Mr. Banno's official Web site?????), the proposed film is 100% real.

Reached for a comment, Mr. Banno confirmed that the project is moving forward and that Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., is an investor in the film, to the tune of JPYen 200,000,000. Mr. Banno is currently looking for other investors to fully finance the picture.

The total production budget stands at JPYen 600,000,000, and the movie would run 40 minutes in length. It would be written, produced, and directed by Mr. Banno. New monsters would appear in the film, but for a full story synopsis (and breakdown of the monsters), please visit AAP's official site.

Any potential investors may contact me, and I would be happy to pass your request on to Mr. Banno.

UPDATE (10/30): Banno seeks investors.