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|    12 Aug 13 07:24:05    |
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1926: HIROSHI KOIZUMI, who frequently played professorial roles in Japanese   
   sci-fi films, is born in Kamakura, Japan. He played pilot Shoichi Tsukioka in   
   "Godzilla Raids Again", Dr. Shinichi Chujo in "Mothra" and "Godzilla: Tokyo   
   S.O.S.", a detective in "   
   Atragon", Captain Naoyuki Sekeda in "Matango", Professor Miura in "Godzilla   
   vs. the Thing", Korino in "Dagora, the Space Monster", Professor Murai in   
   "Ghidrah -- the Three-Headed Monster", Professor Wagura in "Godzilla vs. the   
   Cosmic Monster", an    
   environmental scientist in "The Last Days of Planet Earth", and geologist Dr.   
   Minami in "Godzilla 1985". Making his film debut in "The Man Who Went to   
   Port", he also produced "Tetsuo II: Body Hammer".   
      
   1938: JUNJI SHIMADA, who played Professor Kyuutaro Yumeno on "Science Squadron   
   Dynaman", is born in Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan.    
      
   1968: KOJI YUSA is born in Osaka. He was the voice of Leonardo in the Japanese   
   dub of "Power Rangers in Space", and Urataros/Den-o Rod Form in "Kamen Rider   
   Den-O the Movie: Ore, tanjo!", "Kamen Rider Kiva the Movie", "Kamen Rider   
   Den-O: Final Countdown",    
   "Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Battleship",   
   "Kamen Rider Decade", "OOO Den-O All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider", and "Kamen   
   Rider vs. Super Sentai: Super Hero War" (also as Kamen Rider Accel).   
      
   1972: Episode 5 of "Kikaida", "Yellow Jaguar: Claws of Evil", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
    Episode 72 of "Kamen Rider", "Vampiric Shrike Kiras and Two Riders", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
    Episode 20 of “Vigilante Lion Maru” debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1984: JIM DANNALDSON, spider handler on "Earth vs. the Spider", dies in   
   Tarzana, Calif.    
      
   1986: KYOKO OKADA, who played Yuriko Misaki/Tackle on "Kamen Rider Stronger",   
   dies at 27 in Japan.   
      
   1989: Episode 25 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1999: ROSS ELLIOTT, who played George Ritchie in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms" and Joe Burch in "Tarantula", dies at 82 of cancer in Los   
   Angeles.    
    "Ringu" is released in Singapore.    
      
   2000: "Godzilla 2000" is released in South Korea.    
    "Sakuya: Yokaiden" ("Sakuya: Slayer of Demons") is released in Japan.    
      
   2001: Episode 25 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2003: "Onmyoji" is released on DVD in the U.S.    
      
   2005: TERUO ISHII, director of the Starman films, dies at 81 from lung cancer   
   in Tokyo.    
    The U.S. version of "Dark Water" is released in Brazil, Estonia, and   
   Sweden.    
    Episode 25 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Reflection: Part 2", debuts on U.S.   
   TV.    
      
   2007: MERV GRIFFIN, the voice of the radio announcer in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms", dies from prostate cancer in Los Angeles.   
      
   2010: “Shock Labyrinth 3D” is released in Argentina.   
    "Isola" and "Demking: the Sea Monster" are released in South Korea.   
    "Monsters" premieres in Switzerland at the Locarno Film Festival.   
      
   2012: Episode 46 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
    "One Missed Call" premieres in New Zealand at the Nelson Japanese Film   
   Festival.   
    Episode 25 of "Special Ops Squadro Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   --   
   Reaper G   
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   http://reaper_g.livejournal.com   
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