Japan Synopsis
ガメラ2 レギオン襲来
“Who will be extinct, Japan, or Legion?”
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gamera 2: Attack of Legion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Fantasy + Science Fiction in Japan
115 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gamera 2: Attack of Legion itself).
Mask the Kekkou: Reborn
★ 8.2 · 2012
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
★ 7.8 · 2006
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
★ 7.8 · 2017
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
★ 7.8 · 2021
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.8 · 1988
Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ #7 of Dreams
★ 7.7 · 2015
The 1995–1997 Japan Window
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion holds position #33 of 142 Japan films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Gamera 2: Attack of Legion premiered alongside 42 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 42 other Japan films in 1996.
The 1077th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
99 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (76th percentile) outruns trending popularity (57th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- alien life-form · 3
- giant plant · 1
- gamera (giant turtle) · 12
- winter · 8
- japan · 454
- sequel · 143
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,066 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #462 of 1,274 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Tokuma International, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | July 12, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0116390 |