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|    Reaper G to All    |
|    12/1: Today in G-History    |
|    01 Dec 13 06:12:00    |
      From: reaperg@aol.com              1890: ETTA MCDANIEL, who played a native woman in “King Kong”, is born in       Wichita, Kan. She was the sister of Hattie McDaniel.              1921: RALPH MANZA, who played Joe the old fisherman in “Godzilla”, is born in       San Francisco.              1922: PAUL PICERNI, whose scenes were deleted from “The Beast From 20,000       Fathoms” (though he could be seen in the trailer), is born in New York City.       He appeard in the film “Breakthrough” and the TV series “The Untouchables”.              1933: The original “King Kong” is released in Germany.              1936: AKIRA KUBO is born in Tokyo. He played Prince Iogi in “The Three       Treasures”, Cadet Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai in “Gorath”, Dr. Kenji Murai in       “Matango”, nerdy inventor Tetsuo Teri in “Godzilla vs. Monster Zero”, “Ultra       Q”, reporter Goro Maki in “Son of        Godzilla”, SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe in “Destroy All Monsters”, photographer       Taro Kudo in “Yog — Monster from Space”, and the captain of the Kairyumatu in       “Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe”. A former child actor, Kubo was also in       in “The Sound of        Waves”, “Throne of Blood” (in the Malcolm role in Kurosawa’s take on       “Macbeth”), “Sanjuro”, and “Mail”.              1940: MINORI MATSUSHIMA, the voice of Empress Hysteria on “Superpower Squadron       Ohranger” and “Superpower Squadron Ohranger vs. Kakuranger”, is born.              1945: JUNKO FUJI, who played Kazue in “Accuracy of Death”, is born in Gobo,       Wakayama, Japan.              1947: JINPACHI NEZU, who played Matsuo in “Dragon Head”, is born in Yamanashi,       Japan. He was also in “Red Shadow”.        EIKO OGAWA, who played Junko Osawa in Episode 18 of “Iron King”, is born.              1954: ERI KAAKI, who played E.A.G.L.E. Agent 007 on “Secret Squadron       Goranger”, is born.              1962: SAYOKO HAGIWARA, who played Ryoko Hoshi/Princess Yurian on “Ultraman 80”       and “Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial”, Rei Tachibana a.k.a. Dyna Pink on       “Science Squadron Dynaman” and “Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 100 Hero Great       Battle”, and Ley        Nefel on “Super Nova Flashman”, is born in Tokyo.              1968: Episode 12 of “Operation: Mystery” debuts on Japanese TV.              1972: Episode 35 of “Transforming Ninja Arashi”, “Arashi Vanishes: The Demon       Gang Approaches”, debuts on Japanese TV.        Episode 35 of “Ultraman Ace”, “A Gift from Zoffy”, debuts on Japanese TV.        Episode 9 of “Warrior of Love Rainbowman”, “Let’s Drive Takeshi Mad”, debuts       on Japanese TV.              1973: Episode 29 of “Kikaida 01”, “Red Devil, Blue Devil: 10 Gigavolts of       Terror!”, premieres on Japanese TV.        Episode 46 of “Jumborg Ace”, “Satangone’s Last Great Charge!”, debuts on       Japanese TV.        Episode 42 of “Kamen Rider V3”, “The Snail-Man’s Human Experiments!”, debuts       on Japanese TV.        Episode 9 of “Ironman Tiger-Seven”, “Death Duel! Hiryu Genjin vs. Tiger       Seven”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1974: Episode 9 of “Army of the Apes”, “The Beautiful Human Bride”, debuts on       Japanese TV.              1976: Episode 35 of “Ninja Captor”, “Terror of the Moth Man”, debuts on       Japanese TV.              1977: YUKO MOCHIZUKI, who played Minokichi’s mother in the “Woman in the Snow”       segment of “Kwaidan”, dies in Japan.              1978: Episode 22 of “Dinosaur Task Force: Koseidon”, “Burn Up Gou: Yet Another       Human Cannonball”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1979: Episode 44 of “Battle Fever J”, “Tsugkage Family of Hell Valley”, debuts       on Japanese TV.              1984: Episode 44 of “Super Electron Bioman”, “The Beautiful Conscience       Circuit”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1986: Episode 31 of “Hyper Dimension Warrior: Spielban”, “Tokyo Sinking! 3       Change Helen Lady”, premires on Japanese TV.              1989: Episode 40 of “High Speed Squadron Turboranger”, “Walk! Child of       Shikoku”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1990: ROBERT GORDON, who directed “It Came from Beneath the Sea”, dies at 77       in Los Angeles.              1994: “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II” is released on laserdisc in Japan.              1995: CNN runs a feature on “Godzilla vs. Destoroyah”, including an interview       with Momoko Kochi.        Episode 38 of “Superpower Squadron Ohranger”, “It’s Hard Being a Majin”,       debuts on Japanese TV.              1998: FREDDIE YOUNG, cinematographer on “Gorgo”, dies of natural causes in       London, England.              2000: ROBERT V. BARRON, who did voices on “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”, dies       in Salinas, Calif.              2001: KATSUMI MURAMATSU, who played Kosaka in “Sukeban Deka: The Movie” and       Koichi Asakawa in “Ringu” and “Ringu 2”, dies at 62 of stomach cancer in       Kawagoe City, Saitama, Japan.        “Yongary, Monster from the Deep” premieres in France on TV.              2002: Episode 41 of “Ninja Squadron Hurricanger” debuts on Japanese TV.              2005: The original “King Kong” is re-released in Germany.              2010: “Space Battleship Yamato” is released in Japan.        “Monsters” is released in France, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Switzerland.              2011: MAMORU UCHIYAMA, who played an inhabitant of the Land of Light in “Mega       Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends”, dies at 62 in Japan.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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