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   Reaper G to All   
   10/1: Today in G-History   
   01 Oct 12 07:18:54   
   
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   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1897: JACK STONEY, who played a helper in “Tarantula”, is born in   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
   1921: JAMES WHITMORE, who played Sergeant Ben Peterson in “Them!”, is   
   born in White Plains, N.Y.   
      
   1925: NOBUKO OTOWA is born in Tottori, Japan. She was in “The Three   
   Treasures”, and played the ill mother in “The Last War”, the   
   possessive mother in “Onibaba”, and Yone the ghost mother in   
   “Kuroneko”, and was married to director Kaneto Shindo.   
      
   1926: BIN MORITSUKA, who was on “Sukeban Deka” and played an old man   
   on “Sukeban Deka II”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1932: SHIGEHARU SHIBA, who produced “The Red Spectacles”, is born.   
      
   1935: TERUYOSHI NAKANO, special effects director on “Daigoro vs.   
   Goliath”, “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”, “Godzilla on Monster   
   Island”, “Godzilla vs. Megalon”, “Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster”,   
   “Terror of Mechagodzilla”, and “Godzilla 1985”, is born in Manchuria.   
   Beginning his career at Toho as Eiji Tsuburaya’s assistant on “The   
   Three Treasures”, he also did the sfx for “The Vampire Doll”, “Lake of   
   Dracula”, “Daigoro vs. Goliath”, “Tidal Wave”, “Zone Fighter”, “The   
   Last Days of Planet Earth”, “Evil of Dracula”, “ESPY”, “The War in   
   Space”, “Deathquake”, “Pulgasary”, “Tokyo Blackout”, and “Princess of   
   the Moon”, and had previously been assistant director of special   
   effects on “The Secret of the Telegian”, “The Last War”, “Gorath”,   
   “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Attack of the Mushroom People”, “Atragon”,   
   “Godzilla vs. the Thing”, “Dogora the Space Monster”, “Ghidrah — the   
   Three-Headed Monster”, “Frankenstein Conquers the World”, “Don’t Call   
   Me a Con Man”, “Godzilla vs. Monster Zero”, “War of the Gargantuas”,   
   “Godzilla versus the Sea Monster”, “Destroy All Monsters”, “Godzilla’s   
   Revenge”, and “Yog — Monster from Space”.   
      
   1943: MITSUO HAMADA, who played Goro Kirishima a.k.a. “Iron King”, is   
   born in Tokyo.   
      
   1957: “Supa Jyaiantsu: kaiseijin no majo” (“Super Giant: The Evil   
   Castle of the Mysterious Planet People”) a.k.a. part one of “Invaders   
   from Space” released in Japan.   
   	“Godzilla Raids Again” is released in France.   
      
   1967: “Urotora Sebun” (“Ultra Seven”) premieres on Japanese TV with   
   Episode 1, “Enter Dan Moroboshi”.   
      
   1972: Episode 27 of “Superhuman Barom-1” debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 14 of “Iron King”, “Secret of the Brainwave Robot”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: JOE DEVLIN, who played a reporter in “Mighty Joe Young”, dies in   
   Burbank, Calif.   
   	HARUKI KADOKAWA, executive producer of “G.I. Samurai” and “Virus”,   
   divorces his first wife, Yoshiko.   
      
   1977: Episode 23 of “JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad”, “The White Superhuman!   
   Big One”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1979: Episode 22 of “Megaloman, “Warrior of Fire”, “The Secret of the   
   Megalo-Fire”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1983: Episode 35 of “Science Squadron Dynaman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1986: SAYAKA KANDA, who played Ako Seto in “Dragonhead” and Sora in   
   “Kamen Rider Den-o: Final Countdown”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1987: HIROKI AIBA, who played Ryunosuke Ikenami/Shinken Blue on   
   “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger”, “Kamen Rider Decade”, “Samurai Squadron   
   Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War”, “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger   
   vs. Go-onger”, “Celestial Clothing Squadron Goseiger vs. Shinkenger”,   
   “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger Returns: Special Act”, and “Pirate   
   Squadron Gokaiger”, is born in Chiba, Japan.   
      
   1992: TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA, who played Ulrov in “E.S.P.Y.”, dies of a   
   heart attack in Tokyo.   
      
   1993: A memorial service is held for Raymond Burr at the Pasadena   
   Playhouse, where he made his acting debut.   
   	Episode 32 of “Five Star Squadron Dairanger”, “The Devil of the   
   Golden Kick”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1996: NOBUO TSUKAMOTO, who played Captain Kato on “Return of Ultraman”   
   and Jiro Tanihara on “Sky Rider” and “Kamen Rider Super-1”, dies at 63   
   of a brain hemorrhage.   
      
   1998: “Godzilla” is released in the Netherlands.   
      
   2000: Episode 34 of “Kamen Rider Kuuga”, “Shudder”, debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
   	Episode 32 of “Future Squadron Timeranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: “War of the Gargantuas” is released on Region 2 DVD by Classic   
   Media.   
      
   2003: “Rebirth of Mothra” premieres in Finland on TV.   
      
   2005: “Chosei kantai Sazer-X” premieres on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 14 of “Ultraman Max”, “I Love King Joe!”, debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   2006: “Mighty Joe Young” is released on DVD in France.   
      
   2008: MAYUMI SADA, who played Sagure in “Casshern”, marries Kunichi   
   Nomura.   
      
   2009: “Yatterman” premieres in Spain at the Sitges International   
   Fantastic Film Festival.   
      
   2010: Episode 26, the final episode of “Daimajin Kanon”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
   	“Mutant Girls Squad” premires in Portugal at the MOTELx Lisbon Horror   
   International Film Festival.   
      
   2011: Episode 1.17 of “Power Rangers Samurai”, “Broken Dreams”, debuts   
   on Nickelodeon.   
      
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