Saturday, April 03, 2004
Casshern trailer online
If you haven't seen the trailer for Casshern yet, you owe it to yourself to check it out now. It looks like we're in for some awesome giant robot action. No word just yet on when the film will hit the States.
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4/3: Today in G-History
1895: MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TADESCO, who composed music used in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in Florence, Italy.
1948: MIKIO MATSUSHITA, writer on "Space Sheriff Gavan", is born.
1966: Episode 14 of "Ultra Q", "The Tokyo Ice Age", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 40 of "The Space Giants", "Hurry Capt. Magma — Send Monster Grania to Hell!" a.k.a. "The Clutch of Claw", debuts on Japanese TV.
1969: SEIICHI TANABE, who played Kyosuke Ota on "The Spiral" TV series and Toyama in "Ringu 0: Birthday", is born in Tokyo.
1970: "Latitude Zero" is released in West Germany.
1971: "Kamen Raidaa" ("Masked Rider") a.k.a. "Kamen Rider" premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Mysterious Spider-Man".
1976: Episode 45 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" deubts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 25 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: "Electronic Superhuman Gridman" premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "New Century Hero Birth!".
1996: "Cho ko senshi Changerion" premieres on Japanese TV.
1997: "Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe" is released in the United Kingdom.
Reaper "And that's the way it was" G
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Friday, April 02, 2004
4/2: Today in G-History
1890: GEORGE ROBINSON, cinematographer on "Tarantula", is born in California. He began his career in 1914 with "The Hazards of Helen".
1941: KOICHI UEDA is born in Tokyo. He played Ikehata the crazy old soldier in "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", a Marutomo worker in "Godzilla vs. Mothra: Battle for the Earth", Gen. Iwao Hyodo in "Godzilla vs. Biollante", "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2" and "Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla", the aquarium watchman in "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", a military man in "Godzilla 2000", the village headman in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", and General Dobashi in "Godzilla x Mechagodzilla" and "Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S."
1960: TAKASHI MATSUYAMA, who played Inspector Sugita on "Kamen Rider Kuuga", is born.
1967: Episode 38 of "Ultraman", "Spaceship Rescue Command", debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: "Kaettekita Urutoraman" a.k.a. "Return of Ultraman", premieres on TBS TV in Japan.
"Chojin Baromu wan" ("Superhuman Barom-1") premieres on Japanese TV.
1973: "Ryusei Ningen Zon" ("Meteor Man Zone") a.k.a. "Zone Fighter" premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Destroy the Terro-Beast Missile!".
1975: "Evil of Dracula" is released in the U.S.
1977: "JAKQ Dengeki Tai" ("JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad") premieres on Japanese TV.
1980: "Ultraman 80" premieres on Japanese TV.
YUSUKE TOMOI, who played Ryo Ashihara a.k.a. Masked Rider Gills on "Kamen Rider Agito" and JSDF 2nd Lieutenant Hayama in "Godzilla x Mechagodzilla", is born in Osaka.
1989: Episode 22 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Shadowmoon!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 6 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1997: TOMOYUKI TANAKA, producer of the Godzilla series from 1954 through 1995, dies of a stroke at 86 in Tokyo. He produced over 200 films, including many of Akira Kurosawa's classics.
2000: Episode 10 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Severity", debuts on Japanese TV.
Reaper "And that's the way it was" G
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