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|    19 Mar 14 07:07:36    |
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1920: LEON CHOOLUCK, unit manager on "It Came from Beneath the Sea", is born   
   in New York City.   
      
   1929: TORU HIRAYAMA, producer of Toei's classic superhero shows, is born. He   
   was the man behind "Devil Boy", "Captain Ultra", "Masked Ninja Red Shadow",   
   "Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot", "Voyage into Space", "Kamen Rider",   
   "Transforming Ninja Arashi", "   
   Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Superman Barom-1", "Kikaida", "Kamen Rider vs.   
   Ambassador Hell", "Robot Detective", "Kikaida 01", "Kamen Rider V3", "Jumping   
   Out: Android Kikaida", "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron", "Inazuman", "Giant   
   Ironman 1-7", "Robocon", "   
   Kamen Rider X", "Inazuman: The Movie", "Inazuman Flash", "5 Kamen Riders vs.   
   King Dark", "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Symbol of Justice Condorman", "Kamen Rider   
   Stronger", "Akumaizer 3", "Space Ironmen Kyodyne", "Kamen Rider: All Back   
   Again! 7 Riders", "   
   Spiderman", "Message from Space", "Sky Rider", "8 Kamen Riders vs. Galaxy   
   King", "Kamen Rider Super-1", "Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie", and "Kamen   
   Rider 10's Birth! Riders Unite!". He was also project planner on "Vigilante   
   Zubat" and "Kamen Rider Black"   
   , and directed episodes of "Voiceslugger".    
      
   1934: YOSHIO KATSUBE, who played TDF Communications Officer Ueno on "Ultra   
   Seven" and was in "Madame Whitesnake", "Mothra", and "Godzilla vs. the Smog   
   Monster", is born. He was also in several episodes of "Ultra Q" and "Return of   
   Ultraman", Episodes 18 &    
   25 of "Ultraman", Episodes 8 & 18 of "Operation: Mystery", and Episode 9 of   
   "Mighty Jack",    
      
   1936: BIRTHE WILKE, the nightclub singer in "Reptilicus", is born in Denmark.    
      
   1940: MAYUMI SHIMIZU, who was on "Sukeban Deka", is born in Muroran, Japan.   
   She is the aunt of Megumi Odaka.   
      
   1951: MAKOTO AKATSUKA, who played Shunkichi Sahara on "Kamen Rider Black RX",   
   is born.    
      
   1952: HARVEY WEINSTEIN, co-producer of the U.S. version of "Pulse", is born in   
   New York City. He and his brother Bob are the founders of Miramax Films.    
      
   1953: LEE PHELPS, who played a cop in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies in   
   Los Angeles.    
      
   1959: Part One of "Yusei oji" ("Planet Prince") a.k.a. "Prince of Space" is   
   released in Japan.    
      
   1964: YOKO KANNO, composer on "Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon", is born in   
   Miyagi, Japan. She was also the composer on "Cowboy Bebop".    
    SAWAKO KITAHARA, who played Yuhara's wife in "Godzilla Against    
   echagodzilla", is born in Japan.    
      
   1967: Episode 36 of "Ultraman", "Arashi Don't Shoot!", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1969: MIKI SHIBATA, who played Chie Watanabe in "Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of   
   Darkness", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1972: IZUMI INAMORI, who played Hitomi Kisugi in "Cat's Eye", is born in   
   Kagoshima, Japan.    
    Episode 15 of "Mirrorman", "The Mysterious Monster Screen (Three Giant   
   Monsters Appear)", debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1973: Episode 11 of "Horror Theater Unbalance" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1974: Episode 24 of "Inazuman", "The Mysterious Robot Warrior?", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: MIKAKO ICHIKAWA, who played Natsuko Aki in "Cutie Honey", is born in   
   Tokyo.    
      
   1977: YOSHINORI OKADA, who was in "HK: Forbidden Super Hero", is born in Gifu,   
   Japan.   
      
   1979: LUCIEN N. ANDRIOT, cinematographer for the U.S. release of "Half Human:   
   The Story of the Abominable Snowman", dies in Riverside County, Calif.    
      
   1983: Episode 7 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1988: Episode 4 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 20 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Banana Eating Fiend", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1992: A "Bio-Goji" suit is stolen from Toho's special effects department.    
      
   1995: YASUO YAMADA, who appeared on "Ultra Seven", dies at 62 in Japan of a   
   brain hemorrhage.   
      
   2000: Episode 8 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Archer", debuts on Japanese TV.    
    REUBEN GUBERMAN, writer on the English version of "Johnny Sokko and His   
   Flying Robot", dies in Iselin, N.J. He was born in New York City in 1926.    
    Episode 6 of "Future Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: "Azumi" premieres in Belgium at the Fantasy Film Festival.    
      
   2005: "Tetsujin niju-hachigo" ("Giant Ironman 28") a.k.a. "Tetsujin 28", the   
   live-action "Gigantor" film, is released in Japan.    
    Episode 8 of "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Sam (Part 2)", debuts on U.S. TV.    
      
   2008: The U.S. version of "One Missed Call" is released in Spain.    
      
   2009: "K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces" is released in Hong Kong.   
      
   2010: "Shock Labyrinth 3D" is released in Taiwan.   
      
   No year given: JIM MALLON, producer of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" who   
   played Gypsy on the show, is born.    
      
   "Your weapons have no effect on me!"   
      
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