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|    Reaper G to All    |
|    6/2: Today in G-History    |
|    02 Jun 14 07:27:54    |
      From: reaperg@aol.com              1918: HENRY G. SAPERSTEIN, who produced the stateside releases of       "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", "War of the       Gargantuas", "Evil of Dracula", and "Terror of Mechagodzilla", is born in       Chicago. He also produced "What's Up,        Tiger Lily?", and was a licensing agent for Elvis Presley.               1921: SHINICHI SEKIZAWA is born in Kyoto. He directed the film "Fearful       Invasion of the Flying Saucers" before writing or co-writing the scripts for       "Varan the Unbelievable", "Battle in Outer Space", "The Secret of the       Telegian", "Mothra", "King Kong vs.        Godzilla", "Atragon", "The Lost World of Sinbad", "Agon the Atomic Dragon",       "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dogora the Space Monster", "Ghidrah -- the       Three-Headed Monster", "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", "The Killing Bottle",       "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster",        "Son of Godzilla", "Mighty Jack", "Latitude Zero", "Godzilla’s Revenge",       "Godzilla on Monster Island", and episodes of "Ultraman". He also contributed       to the stories for "Godzilla vs. Megalon" and "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic       Monster" and wrote the        animated films "Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon" and "Jack and the       Beanstalk", as well as the lyrics for Mothra's theme song. He died at 70 in       1992.               1941: JEFF WINKLESS, who was the voice of Yoshinari Kato in the U.S. dub of       "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", is born in Springfield, Mass. He also lent his       voice to the "Zeiram" dub.               1944: SEI HIRAIZUMI, who played Hajime Chiba on "Fireman", Juzo Numa on the       "Sukeban Deka" TV series, Chiba on "Ultraman Gaia" and "Ultraman Gaia: The       Battle in Hyperspace", and Dr. Koichi Matsudo in “L: Change the World”, is       born in Aichi, Japan.                 MIYUKI UEDA is born. She played Fumie Kamamoto on Episode 29 of "Kamen       Rider", Toshiko Mayata on Episode 31 of "Kamen Rider V3", Namie Nakahara on       Episode 6 of "Kikaida 01", Yoshie Ogawa on "Robocon", and Shizuka Shiratori on       "Superhuman Barom-1".               1946: TOMOMICHI NISHIMURA, the voice of Jum-bowhale on the "Engine Squadron       Go-onger" franchise, is born in Chiba, Japan.               1949: MACHIKO WASHIO, who played Midori Washio in "The Red Spectacles", is       born in Kanagawa, Japan.               1959: "Gigantis: The Fire Monster" is released in the U.S.               1960: MIKI JINBO, who played Kunfuu in "House", is born in Japan.               1963: JANE KILKENNY, model builder on "Godzilla", is born in Atchinson, Kan.               1968: Episode 36 of "Ultra Seven", "Horror on the Moon", debuts on Japanese       TV.               1972: Episode 9 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.               1973: Episode 4 of "Kikaida 01", "Mystery! The Ghost Robot Vanishes!?", debuts       on Japanese TV.         Episode 16 of "Kamen Rider V3", "The Missile-Carrying Gecko Mutant!", debuts       on Japanese TV.         Episode 8 of "Storm Cloud Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.               1975: Episode 10 of "Condorman -- Symbol of Justice" debuts on Japanese TV.               1977: DEREK LISCOUMB, special effects technician on the U.S. version of "Dark       Water", is born in Newmarket, Ont.               1979: Episode 18 of "Battle Fever J", "Hurry to the Pigeon's Evil Nest",       debuts on Japanese TV.               1984: Episode 18 of "Super Electron Bioman" debuts on Japanese TV.              1984: KEVIN DUHANEY, who played Ethan James the Blue Dino Thunder Ranger on       “Power Rangers Dino Thunder” and “Power Rangers S.P.D.”, is born in       Whitby, Ontario.               1985: MIYUKI SAWASHIRO, who was the voice of Kivala on "Kamen Rider Decade",       "Kamen Rider Decade the Movie: All Riders vs. Great Shocker", and "Kamen Rider       x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010", is born in Tokyo.              1995: Episode 14 of "Superpower Squadron Ohranger", “I Love Pinocchio”,       debuts on Japanese TV.         KOHEI MIYAUCHI, the voice of Earth on the “Ambassador Magma” anime, dies       at 65.              1999: SERGIO LOMEDICO, who had a minor role in “20 Million Miles to       Earth”, dies at 84 in Los Angeles.              2002: HERMAN COHEN, who produced, co-wrote, and appeared as the first man       buying a newspaper in "Konga", dies from throat cancer in Los Angeles.         Episode 16 of “Ninja Squadron Hurricanger” debuts on Japanese TV.              2003: "The Best of the Power Rangers" is released on Region 2 DVD.               2004: "Versus" premieres in Australia on DVD.         Episode 9 of "Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy", "Temptation at 2 A.M.", debuts on TV       Tokyo.               2006: YUSUKE TOMOI, who played JSDF 2nd Lt. Hayama in "Godzilla Against       Mechagodzilla" and "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.", marries Mika Katsumura.               2007: KENTARO HANEDA, composer on "G.I. Samurai", "Virus", and "Sayonara       Jupiter", dies in Tokyo.         "Big Man Japan" is released in Japan.               2008: Episode 15 of "Power Rangers Jungle Fury", "Bad to the Bone", debuts on       U.S. TV.               2009: “The Grudge 3” is released in the Netherlands on DVD.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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