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   Reaper G to All   
   3/8: Today in G-History   
   08 Mar 14 07:42:08   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1922: SHIGERU MIZUKI, who created the "Gegege no Kitaro" manga which was   
   turned into "Kitaro" and "Kitaro and the Millenium Curse", and played the   
   Demon King and was a production consultant on "The Great Yokai War", is born   
   in Sakaiminato, Japan.    
      
   1924: SEAN MCCLORY, who played Major Kibbee in "Them!", is born in
Dublin.   
   He also appeared in "The Quiet Man".    
      
   1938: MALI FINN, casting director for the U.S. version of "Dark
Water", is   
   born in Danville, Ill.    
      
   1948: MIZUTANI KUNIHISA, who played Takeshi Yamato a.k.a. "Warrior of Love   
   Rainbowman" is born.    
      
   1956: ARIMASA OSAWA, who was in "The Great Yokai War", is born in
Nagoya.    
      
   1957: MITSUKO HORIE, who played the mother of Helen and "Space Sheriff   
   Sharivan" and was the voice of Meiko a.k.a. Bijinder on "Kikaider 01: The   
   Animation" and Beron on “Pirate Squadron Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying   
   Ghost Ship”, is born. She also    
   sang the theme songs for "Kamen Rider Stronger", "Secret Task Force Goranger",   
   and "Ninja Captor", and was on “Space Ironmen Kyodyne”.    
      
   1961: CAMRYN MANHEIM, who played the teacher in the U.S. version of "Dark   
   Water", is born in Caldwell, N.J.    
      
   1964: HIROSHI TSUBURAYA, who played Dan Sawamura a.k.a. "Space Sheriff   
   Shaider" on TV and in the movies "Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie" and "Space   
   Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! Shigi Shigi Abduction Plan", is born. The grandson   
   of Eiji Tsuburaya, he also    
   played Col. Seiji Miyata on "Ultraman Dyna", KCB Director Kenji Tabata in   
   "Ultraman Gaia", and his father Hajime in Episode 49 of "Ultraman Tiga", and   
   was in "Ultra Q: The Movie".    
      
   1966: KATHY CHRISTOPHERSON, who played Michelle Walsh on “Kamen Rider Dragon   
   Knight”, is born in Chicago.   
      
   1968: RIKA KISHIDA, who played Rokumeikan Kaori a.k.a. White Swan   
   on
"Birdman Squadron Jetman", is born. Also the singer of the    
   how’s
theme song, she is married to co-star Kotaro Tanaka.    
      
   1974: Episode 23 of "Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light", "The Great Eye
Erasure   
   Strategy", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1975: Episode 21 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Frozen Rider Eating
Cannibalistic   
   Beastman", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: MIYAKO KAWAHARA, who was in “Zebraman”, is born.    
      
   1977: Episode 33 of "Super-God Bibyuun", "The Ghost Car? Floor It -- Bibyun   
   Car", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1978: "The War in Space" is released in France.    
      
   1980: BERT HOLLAND, who played Barney Russell in "Tarantula", dies of
cancer   
   in Los Angeles.    
   	Episode 6 of “Electronic Squadron Denziman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1981: YUTA YAMAZAKI, who was on "Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy", is born in
Tokyo.    
      
   1982: WALTER PLUNKETT, costume designer on "Son of Kong", dies in
Santa   
   Monica, Calif.    
      
   1985: Episode 49, the final episode of "Space Sheriff Shaider", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
   	Episode 6 of “Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1986: Episode 2 of “Super Nova Flashman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	GOTA WATABE, who played Matsunaga in “Battle League Horumo” is born in   
   Ibaraki, Japan.   
      
   1987: ANDREW MEYER, who directed, wrote, and acted in the U.S. release
of   
   "Tidal Wave", dies at 43 in Los Angeles.    
      
   1991: Episode 4 of “Birdman Squadron Jetman” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1998: “Tetsuwan tantei Robotakku” (“Robotack”) premieres on Japanese   
   TV with Episode 1, “Dog on a Walk, the Wandering Detective”.   
      
   2003: TIFFANY GRANT, the U.S. dubbing voice of Dr. Naganime in "Gamera
the   
   Guardian of the Universe" and "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris", marries 
Matt   
   Greenfield.    
      
   2007: "The Host" is released in Australia.    
   	KYOJI KOBAYASHI, narrator and voice of Nebula on “Spectreman”, dies at 75   
   in Tokyo.   
      
   2010: “Sinking of Japan” is released in the U.K. on DVD.   
      
   2013: “Until the Break of Dawn” is released in Taiwan.   
      
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