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   Reaper G to All   
   10/13: Today in G-History   
   13 Oct 13 06:07:57   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1933: The original “King Kong” is released in Italy.   
      
   1947: LEROY MASON, who played a theater patron in “King Kong”, dies of a heart   
   attack on the set of “California Firebrand”.   
      
   1950: TSUTOMU ISOBE, who played Isamu Ozu/Brajiel/Wolzard on “Magic Squadron   
   Magiranger” and “Magic Squadron Magiranger vs. Dekaranger”, is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1952: JOHN LONE, who played the Chinese cook in the 1976 remake of “King   
   Kong”, is born in Hong Kong. He is perhaps best remembered as Pu Yi a.k.a.   
   “The Last Emporer”.   
      
   1960: KATSUHISA NAMASE, who was in “Time Slip 1549”, and played Saburo   
   “Donkey” Kido in the “20th Century Boys” trilogy, Boyacky in “Yatterman”, and   
   a TV reporter in “Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City”, is born in Hyogo, Japan.   
   	JUN HASHIZUME, who played Lt. Koji Shinjo in “Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla”   
   and Daigo’s aide in “Godzilla: Final Wars”, is born. He was also in “Ultra Q:   
   Dark Fantasy” and “Aegis”.   
      
   1968: Episode 5 of “Operation: Mystery” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1971: TAKAMI YOSHIMOTO, who played GUTS member Rena Yamase and on “Ultraman   
   Tiga”, “Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna”, and “Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey”   
   (also playing Kamilla), is born in Tokyo. The daughter of Susumu Kurobe, she   
   also played Natsumi    
   Aihara on the “Rasen” TV series.   
      
   1972: Episode 2 of “Warrior of Love Rainbowman”, “The Birth of Rainbowman”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 28 of “Transforming Ninja Arashi” debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 28 of “Ultraman Ace”, “Goodbye Dear Yuko! Daughter of the Moon!”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 22 of “Kikaida 01”, “Today’s Special Lesson: Murder!?”, debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 35 of “Kamen Rider V3”, “Baron Tusk’s Final Transformation”, debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
   	NANAKO MATSUSHIMA, who played Reiko Asakawa in “Ringu”, “Rasen”, and “Ringu   
   2”, Chiaki Hirakawa in “Whiteout”, and Nanami Hoshino in “Ghost: In Your Arms   
   Again”, is born in Kanagawa, Japan.    
   	Episode 39 of “Jumborg Ace”, “Desperate Battle! Bamos I — Bamos II”, debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 2 of “Ironman Tiger-Seven”, “Vengeance of the Revived Mummy Genjin”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: Episode 2 of “Army of the Apes”, “To the Forbidden Frontier! Escape”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: Episode 28 of “Ninja Captor” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1979: Episode 37 of “Battle Fever J”, “Electron Sword vs. Windmill Sword”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1983: MIKA HIJII, who played Kaoru Mitsuki on “Garo the Fanged Wolf” and   
   “Garo: The Makai Chronicles”, is born in Fukuoka. She was also on “Kamen Rider   
   Blade”, “Alien vs. Ninja”, and “Akko-chan the Movie”.   
      
   1984: Episode 37 of “Super Electron Bioman”, “The Murderer Silver!”, debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: EIJI KANIE, the voice of Sun Vulcan Robo on “Solar Squadron Sunvulcan”,   
   dies at 43.   
   	NAJEE DE-TIEGE, who played Kevin the Blue Samurai Ranger on “Power Rangers   
   Samurai”, is born.   
      
   1986: Episode 25 of “Hyper-Dimension Warrior Spielban” debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	JAMES BALLARD, who played a foreigner in the bar on “Ultraseven X”, is born   
   in Southampton, England.   
      
   1989: Episode 33 of “High-Speed Squadron Turboranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1992: KIWAKO TAICHI, who played Shige the daughter-in-law in “Kuroneko”, dies   
   in a road accident in Ito, Shizuoka, Japan.   
      
   1995: Episode 31 of “Superpower Squadron Ohranger”, “Home Delivery Diet”,   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1996: Episode 33 of “Beetle Fighter Kabuto” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1997: JOYCE COMPTON, who had a bit part in “Mighty Joe Young”, dies in Los   
   Angeles.   
      
   2003: Episode 34 of “Ninja Squadron Hurricanger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2005: “Dark Water” is released in Mexico on DVD.	   
   	“The Great Yokai War” premieres in the U.S. at the Chicago International Film   
   Festival.   
   	The U.S. version of “Dark Water” is released in Russia.   
      
   2006: “The Grudge 2” is released in the U.S., Latvia, and Lithuania.   
      
   2008: Episode 28 of “Power Rangers Jungle Fury”, “The Spirit of Kindness”,   
   debuts on U.S. TV.   
      
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