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|    19 Feb 14 06:38:29    |
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1912: SENKICHI TANIGUCHI, who directed "The Lost World of Sinbad", is born in   
   Tokyo. He also directed "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" ("What's   
   Up, Tiger Lily?") and "The Killing Bottle".    
      
   1915: FRED FREIBERGER, who co-wrote the screenplay for "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms", is born in New York City. He was also a writer on the film "Garden   
   of Evil" and the TV series "The Clock", "Cheyenne", "Rawhide", "Laramie", "The   
   Wild Wild West", "   
   Star Trek", "Space: 1999", and "The Six Million Dollar Man".   
      
   1941: SHINJI OGAWA, the voice of Genya on "Giant Robo: The Animation",   
   Professor Gill in "Kikaider: The Animation", and Gill Hakiader on "Kikaider   
   01: The Animation", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1946: HIROSHI FUJIOKA, who played Takeshi Hongo a.k.a. Masked Rider #1 on   
   "Kamen Rider" and its films and follwups "Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Kamen   
   Rider vs. Hell's Ambassador", "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron",   
   "5 Kamen Riders vs. King    
   Dark", "Kamen Rider: All Back Again! 7 Riders", "Kamen Rider 10's Birth!   
   Riders Unite!", "Kamen Rider Black RX", and "OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go   
   Kamen Riders", is born in Ehime, Japan. He was also submarine pilot Toshio   
   Onodera in "Tidal Wave",    
   Yoshio Tamura in "ESPY", the narrator on the Japanese version of "Ultraman:   
   Towards the Future", and the father of "Sakuya: Slayer of Demons", and was in   
   "The Last Days of Planet Earth", "Orochi the Eight Headed Dragon", and "The   
   World Sinks Except Japan"   
   . He was also in "Ghost Warrior" and "Black Jack".    
      
   1949: ANDY HEYWARD, executive producer on "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad", is   
   born in New York City.   
      
   1951: SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI, composer on "Onmyoji" and "Onmyoji 2", is born in   
   Fukuoka.    
      
   1964: EDWARD GARGAN, who played a guy at the bar in "Mighty Joe Young", dies   
   in New York City.    
      
   1967: Episode 32 of "Ultraman", "The Endless Counterattack", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1968: Episode 21 of "Monster Prince", "Operation of the Sacrificed Bait",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
    Episode 20 of "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot", "Beware the Radion Globe",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: Episode 10 of "Spectreman", "Stop the Monster Train!", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
    Episode 47 of "Kamen Rider", "Calling Death, Ice Devil Totogira", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
    MARK KNIGHT, creative supervisor on "Power Rangers Ninja Storm", "Power   
   Rangers Dino Thunder", and "Power Rangers Mystic Force", is born in Adelaide,   
   Australia.    
      
   1973: Episode 7 of "Horror Theater Unbalance" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: Episode 20 of "Inazuman", "Chase the Star Saucer! Raijingo!!", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1975: KOHEI KIYASU, who was in "Demeking, the Sea Monster", is born in Ehime,   
   Japan.   
      
   1977: Episode 81 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Black Doubt!! Trap of the   
   Homicidal Spy", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1982: KUMIKO ITO, who played Ai Uozumi a.k.a. Sazer Pisces of the Water Tribe   
   on "Super Star God Granseizar", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1983: Episode 3 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1985: ARIELLE KEBBEL, who played Allison in "The Grudge 2", is born in Winter   
   Park, Fla. She was also in the films "Soul Plane", "Be Cool", "The Kid & I",   
   "American Pie Presents: Band Camp", "Reeker", "John Tucker Must Die",   
   "Vampires Suck", "The    
   Uninvited", "Aquamarine", "Forever Strong", "Freakdog", and "The Brooklyn   
   Brothers Beat the Best", and the TV series "Gilmore Girls", "Entourage",   
   "Grounded for Life", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "The Vampire   
   Diaries", and "Life Unexpected".   
      
   1989: Episode 16 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Princess of the Valley of   
   Miracles", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1993: "Gosei sentai Dairenjaa" ("Five Star Squadron Dairanger") premieres on   
   Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Transformation!".    
      
   2000: Episode 123 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Shafted", premieres on Fox.    
    Episode 2 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Lightspeed Teamwork", debuts   
   on Fox.    
      
   2003: "Ringu" is released in Sweden on DVD.   
      
   2004: "Kyuti Hani" ("Cutie Honey") premieres in Japan at the Yubari   
   International Fantastic Film Festival.   
      
   2005: KIHACHI OKAMOTO, director of "Blood Type: Blue" and chief assistant   
   director on "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", dies at 82 from   
   esophagus cancer in Kawasaki, Japan.    
    Episode 4 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Walls", debuts in the U.S.    
      
   2006: "Gogo sentai Boukenger" ("Rumbling Squadron Adventure Ranger") premieres   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   2008: "Zebraman" is released in the U.S. on DVD.    
      
   2009: "K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces" is released in Singapore.   
      
   2012: YASUYUKI INOUE, special effects art director on "War of the Gargantuas",   
   "King Kong Escapes", "Destroy All Monsters", "Yog: Monster from Space",   
   "Godzilla on Monster Island", "The Last Days of Planet Earth", "Terror of   
   Mechagodzilla", "The War in    
   Space", "Deathquake", "Godzilla 1985", "Tokyo Blackout", and "Princess from   
   the Moon", and production designer on "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", dies in   
   Kanagawa, Japan. He was also in "Bringing Godzilla Down to Size".   
    Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2013: "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad - Vol. One" is released on DVD in the   
   U.S.   
      
   2014: "The Complex" is released in Sweden on DVD.   
      
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