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   Reaper G to All   
   7/9: Today in G-History   
   09 Jul 13 07:42:31   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1900: CHARLES SHERLOCK, who played a policeman in "Mighty Joe Young", is born   
   in Illinois.    
      
   1904: HIDEO OGUNI, who wrote the screenplay for "Warning from Space", is born   
   in Aomori, Japan.    
      
   1912: ALICE STOMBS, who was in "Son of Kong", is born in Minnesota.    
      
   1915: DAVID DIAMOND, who composed stock music used in "20 Million Miles to   
   Earth", is born in Rochester, NY.   
      
   1954: "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" is released in France.    
      
   1957: KENJI SUZUKI, who directed the special effects on "Rebirth of Mothra 3",   
   "Godzilla 2000", and "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus", is born in Ibaraki, Japan. He   
   was sfx director on "Super Star God Granseizar", chief assistant sfx director   
   on "Godzilla vs.    
   King Ghidorah", "Orochi
the Eight-Headed Dragon", "Rebirth of Mothra", and   
   "Rebirth of Mothra 2", an assistant director on "It's All Right My Friend"   
   and
"Tampopo", and a director on “Ultraman Mebius”, as well as having a   
   cameo as a maser tank    
   pilot in "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla".    
      
   1958: OSAMU SAKUTA, who played Ken Takase a.k.a. "Nebula Mask Machineman", is   
   born in Kagoshima, Japan.   
      
   1960: YUKO ASANO, who played June Takigawa in "The War in Space", is born in   
   Hyogo, Japan.    
      
   1961: MIKAKO MIKI, who played ZAC Lieutenant Shimazu Mizue on
"Cybercop",   
   Commander Aya Odagiri on "Birdman Squadron Jetman", and Ko's mother on "Five   
   Star Squadron Dairanger", is born.    
      
   1970: GEORGE BECWAR, who played John Swanson in "War of the Colossal   
   
Beast", dies of a heart attack in Santa Monica, Calif.    
      
   1971: Episode 15 of “Return of Ultraman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: Episode 15 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1973: Episode 15 of "Zone Fighter", "Submersion! Godzilla, You Must Save   
   Tokyo", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: TSUYOSHI KUSANAGI, who played Toshio Onodera in "Japan Sinks", is born   
   in Saitama, Japan.    
      
   1977: Episode 14 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "All Supercars!! Fierce!!
The   
   Great Rush!!", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1979: Episode 10 of "Megaloman, Warrior of Fire", "Combat in the   
   Crime
Army", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1983: Episode 23 of "Science Squadron Dynaman", "Human-Mekursi Strategy",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1988: "Kamen Raidaa Burakku: Kyofu! Akumatoge no kaijinkan!" ("Masked
Rider   
   Black: Terror! The Monster Temple of Devil Pass!")   
   a.k.a. "Kamen Rider Black: Terror of Demon Pass" is released in Japan.    
   	Episode 20 of “Super Animal Squadron Liveman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 36 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Who's the Hero!?", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1990: SOSUKE IKEMATSU, who played Shotaro in "Tetsujin 28", is born in   
   Dazaifu, Japan.    
      
   1993: Episode 20 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "The Secret Byakko-chan",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1998: MUNEMARU KODA, who played Hideyo Kageyama/Doctor-Man on "Super Electron   
   Bioman" and Emperor Gorma XV on “Great Squadron Dairanger”, dies of gall   
   bladder cancer in Kashiwashi City, Japan.    
      
   1999: “Kyukyu sentai Go Go Faibu: Gekitotsu! Aratanaru Cho-senshi”   
   (“Rescue Squadron Go Go Five: Sudden Shock! A New Warrior”) is released in   
   Japan.   
      
   2000: Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Uneasiness", debuts on
Japanese   
   TV.    
   	Episode 21 of “Future Squadron Timeranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: G-FEST XI begins in Chicago. Teruyoshi Nakano and Robert Scott
Field   
   are among the featured guests.         
   	"One Missed Call" is released in Italy, South Korea, and Sweden.    
      
   2005: Episode 2 of "Ultraman Max", "The Girl Who Kept a Monster", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   2006: Episode 10 of “Bio Planet Woo” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2007: CHARLES LANE, who played a guy at the bar in "Mighty Joe Young", dies of   
   natural causes at 102 in Santa Monica, Calif.       
   	JERRY ITO, who played Clark Nelson in "Mothra", dies at 79 from
pneumonia   
   in Los Angeles.    
      
   2009: “Ju-on: Girl in Black” is released in South Korea.    
   	“Yatterman” premieres in Canada at the Fantasia International Film   
   Festival.   
   	“20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope” is released in Singapore.   
      
   2010: Episode 14 of "Daimajin Kanon", “Obscured Sound”, debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
          G-FEST XVII begins in Rosemont, Ill. Akira Takarada, Robert Scott   
   Field, and Dr. William Tsutsui are the special guests.   
      
   2011: "Gantz: Perfect Answer" premieres in the U.S. at the New York Asian Film   
   Festival.   
   	HIDEO TANAKA, director on “Sukeban Deka: The Movie” and “Sukeban Deka:   
   Revenge of the Kazama Sisters”, dies at 77 in Sayama, Saitama, Japan.   
   	“Yakuza Weapon” premieres in the U.S. at the Japan Cuts film festival.   
      
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