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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.   
      
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