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   1904: KENICHI ENOMOTO, who played the God of Yaoorozu in “The Three   
   Treasures”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1928: AKIRA SUZUKI, editor on “Virus”, is born.   
      
   1954: ATSUKO TAKAHATA, who played Maribaron on “Kamen Rider Black RX”   
   and “Kamen Rider: All Around the World”, Empress Juuza on “Birdman   
   Squadron Jetman”, and Kaoru Arima in “Ringu 0”, is born.   
      
   1964: MICHAEL J. NELSON, former head writer and host of “Mystery   
   Science Theater 3000”, is born. He also played many characters from   
   the movies riffed on the show, including Mothra, Gamera, and Kenny   
   from “Gamera vs. Zigra”, and sang the Gamera theme song as Michael   
   Feinstein.   
      
   1967: “Jaianto Robo” (“Giant Robo”) a.k.a. “Johnny Sokko and His   
   Flying Robot” premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, “Dakolah: The   
   Giant Sea Beast”.   
   	Episode 28 of “Masked Ninja Red Shadow”, “Big Monster Fish Ninja   
   Skill”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1968: TIFFANY GRANT, who dubbed the voices of Avatar on “Super   
   Atragon” and Dr. Naganime on “Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe”   
   and “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris”, is born in Houston.   
      
   1973: TAKESHI KANESHIRO, who played Miyamoto in “Returner” and Chiba/   
   Death in “Accuracy of Death”, is born in Taipei, Taiwan. He was also   
   on the TV series “Kamisama mosukoshi dake” and the films “Tempting   
   Heart”, “Lavender”, and “Space Travelers”.   
      
   1974: KANE KOSUGI, who played Kenichi Kai a.k.a. “Ultraman: The   
   Ultimate Hero”, Jiraiya/Ninja Black in “Ninja Squadron Kakuranger” and   
   “Superpower Squadron Ohranger vs. Kakuranger”, and M-Facility soldier   
   Katsunori Kazama in “Godzilla: Final Wars”, is born in Los Angeles.   
   The son of Sho Kosugi, he was also in “Cat’s Eye”.   
   	Episode 28 of “Electroid Zaborger”, “Moving Bomb! Hell Gunder”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 27 of “Ultraman Leo”, “He’s Strong! Momotaro”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1975: Episode 28 of “Kamen Rider Stronger”, “Ah! Stronger in a Very   
   Small Space”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 25 of “Secret Squadron Goranger”, “Scarlet Fuse! Attack of   
   the Eight-Eyed Torpedo”, debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1977: EARL A. WOLCOTT, sound recordist on the original “King Kong” and   
   “Son of Kong”, dies in Los Angeles County.   
      
   1978: Episode 22 of “Spiderman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1979: DOONA BAE, who played Eun-Suh in “The Ring Virus” and Park Nam-   
   ju in “The Host”, is born in Seoul.   
      
   1980: Episode 36 of “Electronic Squadron Denziman” debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
   	TOMOKAZU SUGITA, the voice of Shadow Imagin on “Kamen Rider Den-O:   
   Final Countdown”, Kivat-Bat the 3rd on “Kamen Rider Decade” and “Kamen   
   Rider x Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade: Movie War 2010”, Kiaido on “Pirate   
   Squadron Gokaiger”, and DrillRoid 2 of “Special Ops Squadron Go-   
   Busters”, is born in Saitama.   
      
   1985: Episode 24 of “Monster Investigator Juspion” debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1986: Episode 32 of “Super Nova Flashman”, “We Like Magu”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: Episode 26 of “Super Machine Metalder”, “Match of the Warlocks”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 2 of “Kamen Rider Black”, “Monster Party”, debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1991: Episode 35 of “Birdman Squadron Jetman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1993: Episode 22 of Season 1 of “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”, “The   
   Trouble with Shellshock”, debuts on Fox.   
      
   1996: Episode 33 of “High Speed Squadron Carranger” debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1997: Episode 819 of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”, featuring   
   “Invasion of the Neptune Men”, premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel.   
   	Episode 6 of “Ultraman Dyna”, “The Greatest Monster on Earth”, debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: “Avalon” premieres in Spain at the Sitges Film Festival.   
      
   2003: Episode 2 of “Super Star God Granseizer” debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 2 of “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”, “Act 2”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: “Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume Two” and   
   “Izo” are released in the U.S. on DVD.   
   	“The Manster” is rereleased on DVD in the U.S. by Retromedia.   
   	Episode 32 of “Power Rangers S.P.D.”, “History”, debuts on U.S. TV.   
      
   2006: The U.S. version of “Pulse” is released in Belgium and France.   
   	“Death Note” premieres in Singapore.   
      
   2007: “One Missed Call: Final” has a limited release in Russia.   
      
   2008: TORU MINEGISHI, who played Kudo in “Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis”   
   and Lt. Goro Gondo in “Godzilla vs. Biollante”, dies in Tokyo.   
      
   ”It’s almost dawn, get rid of that eye.”   
      
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