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|    Reaper G to All    |
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|    10 Jan 14 08:02:46    |
      From: reaperg@aol.com              1881: HARRY REDMOND SR., special effects supervisor on the original "King       Kong" and "Son of Kong", is born in Cincinnati.              1908: JUNZABURO BAN, who played Aohige in "Konto 55: Grand Outer Space       Adventure", is born in Yamagata, Japan.              1915: FUMINORI OHASHI, director and special effects supervisor on "Agon:       Atomic Dragon", is born. He was also a special effects technical advisor on       "Gojira", "King Kong vs. Godzilla", and "Legend of the Dinosaur".              1934: HIROYUKI NAGATO, who played Dark Director Shirei Kurayami on TV on the       three "Sukeban Deka" series and film in "Sukeban Deka: The Movie", "Sukeban       Deka: Counter-attack of the Kazama Sisters", and "Yo-Yo Girl Cop", and Juzo in       "Daimajin Kanon", is        born in Kyoto. He was also in "Izo".              1936: SEIYA SAITO is born. He played a truck driver in Episode 4 of "Kikaida       01", Yuzo Ueda on "Space Ironmen Kyodyne", a shopkeeper and Nobuhiko's dad on       Toei's "Spiderman", President Murakami in Episode 8 of "Sky Rider", and a real       estate agent on        Episode 14 of "Space Sheriff Shaider".        ROBERT ARMSTRONG, who played Carl Denham in the original "King Kong" and "Son       of Kong", and Max O'Hara in "Mighty Joe Young", marries Gladys Dubois.              1938: REIKO HITOMI, who played Junko Komura in “War of the Insects”, is born       in Fukui, Japan.              1942: MASAO KOMATSU, who played Kaminari in “The Shadowstar” and the Chinese       restaurant master in "20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope", is born in Fukuoka.       He was the Japanese dub voice of Willie Tanner on "ALF".              1946: BUNYA NAKAMURA is born. He was the suit actor of Kamen Rider 2 on "Kamen       Rider", "Superhuman Barom-1", "Transforming Ninja Arashi", "Inazuman", "Kamen       Rider X" (also as Apollo Geist), "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Kamen Rider Stronger",       and the blue and        green members of "Secret Task Force Goranger". He also played Marshal Armor on       "Kamen Rider V3" and had bit parts in "Inazuman".              1948: RAYMOND BURR, who played Steve Martin in "Godzilla, King of the       Monsters" and "Godzilla 1985", marries Isabella Ward.              1959: FRAN WALSH, co-writer and co-producer of the 2005 "King Kong", is born       in Wellington, New Zealand. She is married to Peter Jackson and worked with       him on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.              1968: Episode 41 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "Armored Monster Guron", debuts       on Japanese TV.        Episode 14 of "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot", "The Monstrous Flying       Jawbone", debuts on Japanese TV.              1974: RYOKA YUZUKI, who played Kazumi Tanaka in "Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of       Darkness", is born in Anjo, Japan.              1976: Episode 36 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Deep-Red Dash Attacking!       Moves the Invincible Battleship Fortress", debuts on Japanese TV.              1981: RICHARD BOONE, who played Masten Thrust Jr. in "The Last Dinosaur", dies       at 63 of throat cancer in St. Augustine, Fla.        Episode 48 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.              1985: “Kyodai Ken Baikurossa” (“Brother Fist Bycrosser”) premieres on Japanese       TV.              1988: Episode 38 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "Bloody Counterstrike", debuts       on Japanese TV.         Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider Black", "Today Is the End of Him", debuts on       Japanese TV.              1992: Episode 46 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.              1998: Dean Devlin discusses the changes to the title character in "Godzilla"       at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in New York.               1999: SHINSUKE ASHIDA, who was in “Blood Type: Blue”, dies.              2002: "Wecker" premieres on Japanese TV.              2003: "The Ring" is released in South Korea and Spain.              2004: Episode 14 of "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon", "Act 14", debuts on       Japanese TV.              2005: "Sh15uya" a.k.a. "Shibuya Fifteen" premieres on Japanese TV.              2006: "Atragon" is released on DVD in the U.S.              2008: The U.S. version of "One Missed Call" is released in Singapore.         "One Missed Call" is released in Peru.        JERRY A. BAERWITZ, who directed the U.S. version of “Varan the Unbelievable”,       dies at 82 in Los Angeles.              2009: Episode 2 of "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight", "Contract with the Dragon",       premieres on the CW Network.              2011: "K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces" is released in the U.K. on video.              2013: "Akko's Secret" is released in Singapore.              2014: "47 Ronin" is released in Norway and Poland.              --       Reaper G       Pest, Foodie, MSTie, G-fan, Wrestlemaniac, and free speech fan       http://reaper_g.livejournal.com       http://www.facebook.com/jay.grymyr              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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