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|    Reaper G to All    |
|    10/1: Today in G-History    |
|    01 Oct 13 07:19:45    |
      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 played an old man on “Sukeban Deka”, 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”.              1971: Episode 26 of “Return of Ultraman” debuts on Japanese TV.              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”, “Heavenly       Armament 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”, “Grateful Song”,       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.              2013: “Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad – Volume 2” is released on DVD in the       U.S.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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