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From: reaperg@aol.com 1903: LLOYD RICHARDS, unit production manager on “Mighty Joe Young”, is born in Cardiff, Wales. 1912: TAKESHI KIMURA is born. Writing under the pseudonym Kaoru Mabuchi after 1964, he wrote or co-wrote the scripts for "Rodan", "The Mysterians", "Varan the Unbelievable", "The H-Man", "The Human Vapor", "The Last War", "Gorath", "Attack of the Mushroom People", "The Lost World of Sinbad", "Whirlwind", "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "War of the Gargantuas", "King Kong Escapes", "Destroy All Monsters", and "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", as well as the bases for "Godzilla on Monster Island" and "Godzilla vs. Megalon". He died at 75 of asphyxiation on a throat obstruction in January, 1988, in Tokyo. 1934: "King Kong" is released in Finland. 1944: TOSHIO KUROSAWA is born in Kanagawa, Japan. He was in "Tidal Wave" and played Professor Shiraki in "Evil of Dracula" and Akira in "The Last Days of Planet Earth". 1954: SHIGERU CHIBA, who played Koichi Todome in "The Red Spectacles" and "Stray Dog", and Shigeo Shiba in “The Next Generation: Patlabor“, is born in Kumamoto, Japan. He was also the voice of Monki on “The Ultraman” and the elder Sneak Brother in “Pirate Squadron Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie”. 1955: ROB ROY FITZGERALD, who played Rick Sanders on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero" and a detective in "D-War", is born in Oxnard, Calif. 1966: KYOKO KOIZUMI, who played Aone in "Onmyoji" and Koichi’s mother in “Real”, is born in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. She was also in “Psychic Girl Reiko”. 1968: Episode 18 of "Ultra Seven", "Escape from Area X", debuts on Japanese TV. KURANOSUKE SASAKI, who played Tetsuya “Fukube” Hattori in the “20th Century Boys” trilogy, is born in Kyoto Prefecture. 1972: Episode 43 of “Return of Ultraman” debuts on Japanese TV. 1984: “Chodenshi Baioman” (“Super-Electron Bioman”) premieres in Japanese TV. 1989: SHOGO SUZUKI, who playe Chiaki Tani/Shinken Green on the "Samurai Squadron Shinkenger" franchise, is born in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. Episode 47 of “Super Animal Squadron Liveman” debuts on Japanese TV. 1990: HARUKA TOMATSU, the voice of Kimiko Umizono/Candelilla on Electrobeast Squadron Kyoryuger” and “Electrobeast Squadron Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends”, is born in Ichinomiya, Japan. She also lent her voice to “Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens” and “Beyond the Labyrinth”. 1994: Episode 49 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "The Final Battle", debuts on Japanese TV. 1995: Episode 39 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Rangers Back in Time: Part 1", debuts on Fox. 2000: "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys" premieres in South Korea at the Seoul International Film Festival. 2001: Episode 50, the final episode of "Future Squadron Timeranger", debuts on Japanese TV. Episode 2 of “Kamen Rider Agito” debuts on Japanese TV. 2004: SHIGEO TEZUKA, who was on "Wild 7" and "Ultraman Leo", dies from lung cancer. 2005: "The Grudge" is released in Denmark. DAISY JADE, who played a burn victim in the U.S. version of “One Missed Call”, marries James Daniel Loney. 2006: Episode 36 of "Ultraman Max", "Elly Must Be Destroyed!", debuts on Japanese TV. “Alive” is released in France on DVD. 2007: Episode 2 of “Kamen Rider Den-O”, “Ride on Time”, debuts on Japanese TV. 2013: “Wrath of Daimajin” is released in Germany on DVD. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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