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   Reaper G to All   
   8/26: Today in G-History   
   26 Aug 13 07:21:19   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1891: EDWARD LINDEN, cinematographer on "King Kong" and "Son of Kong", is born   
   in Wisconsin.    
      
   1915: RIKIYA IWAKI, who played Kaizoku Kitto on “Vigilante Zubat”, Shinpu on   
   “Kamen Rider Super-1”, Gnome on “Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger”, and Osho on   
   “Ninja Squadron Kakuranger”, is born in Toyama, Japan. He was also on “Ninja   
   Captor”.    
      
   1928: MITSUO ANDO is born in Tokyo. He played Doctor Over (a.k.a. Doctor   
   Botanus) on "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot" and "Voyage into Space",   
   Professor Gill on "Kikaida" and "Jumping Out Android Kikaida", Fuehrer Geisel   
   on "Inazuman Flash", Black    
   Cross Fuehrer on "Secret Squadron Goranger", Professor Monster on Toei's   
   "Spiderman", and Leider on "Space Sheriff Sharivan". The cousin of Kenji   
   Ushio, he died in 1997 at 68.    
      
   1935: HIROSHI TSUTSUI, co-composer on "Vigilante Lion Maru", is born. He died   
   in February, 1999.    
      
   1941: AKIKO WAKABAYASHI, who played Princess Salno in "Ghidrah -- the   
   Three-Headed Monster", is born in Tokyo. The exotic actress also played Mie   
   Hama’s neighbor Tamiye in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Yaya’s maid in "The Lost   
   World of Sinbad", the diamond-   
   obsessed female gangster in "Dagora, the Space Monster", and Kyoko on "Ultra   
   Q", as well as Episode 5 of “Ultraman”, Suki Yaki in "What's Up, Tiger Lily?",   
   and Aki the spy in "You Only Live Twice".    
      
   1963: YASUSHI NIRASAWA, who designed Gigan and the Planet X aliens for   
   "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in Tochio, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.    
      
   1964: "Godzilla vs. the Thing" is released in the U.S.    
      
   1972: Episode 7 of "Kikaida", "Bull Kong: Malevolent Monster Mayhem", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.         
   	Episode 74 of "Kamen Rider", "Good Luck! Death of Bloodsucking Devils --   
   Rider Boy Troop", debuts on Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 22 of “Vigilante Lion Maru” debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1977: WILLIS BOUCHEY, who played an official in "Them!", dies in Burbank,   
   Calif.         
      
   1978: JASON THORNTON, who supplied Kayako's supernatural voice in "The Grudge"   
   and "The Grudge 2", is born in Phoenix.   
      
   1989: Episode 27 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2000: Episode 18 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "A Face from the Past",   
   debuts on Fox.    
      
   2001: Episode 27 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2003: "Pyrokinesis" is released in the U.S. on DVD.    
      
   2004: "One Missed Call" is released in Russia.         
   	"Casshern" premieres in Denmark at the Copenhagen International Film   
   Festival.         
   	The U.S. version of "Dark Water" is released in Denmark, Norway, Panama, and   
   Spain.    
      
   2005: ANDREZ BERGEN, narration translator on "Assualt Girls", marries Yoko   
   Umehara.   
      
   2009: "20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope" is released in France.   
      
   2012: "Dead Sushi" premieres in the U.K. at the Film4 FrightFest.   
   	Episode 48, the final episode of "Kamen Rider Fourze", debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 27 of "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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