Saturday, April 24, 2004
4/24: Today in G-History
1899: CHARLES SULLIVAN, who played a sailor in "King Kong", is born in Louisiana.
1955: "Gojira no Gyakushu" ("Godzilla’s Counterattack") a.k.a. "Gigantis the Fire Monster" a.k.a. "Godzilla Raids Again" is released in Japan.
1959: Part Two of "Supa Jyaiantsu: uchu kaijin shutsugen" ("Super Giant: Mysterious Spacemen Appear") a.k.a. "Evil Brain from Outer Space" is released in Japan.
GLENN MORSHOWER, who played Kyle Terrington in "Godzilla", is born in Dallas.
1966: Episode 17 of "Ultra Q", "The 1/8 Project", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 43 of The Space Giants", "Magnet Monster Jigira Appears" a.k.a. "Magno's Strangest Weapon", debuts on Japanese TV.
1971: Episode 4 of "Kamen Rider", "Man Eating Sarasenian", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 4 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 48 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: YAMAMOTO AZUSA, who played Furabiijo on "Stealth Wind Task Force Hurricanger", is born.
PAT CONWAY, who played Sgt. Pete Allen in "The Deadly Mantis", dies.
1988: Episode 28 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1989: MICKEY FINN, who played road foreman Sam Haskel in "Earth vs. the Spider", dies at 50.
1992: Episode 9 of "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", "Dash! Prince of Eggs", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 4 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Runaway Automobile", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Friday, April 23, 2004
4/23: Today in G-History
1919: YOSHITARO NAMURA, executive producer on "Mount Hakkoda", is born in Tokyo.
1930: ALAN OPPENHEIMER, who played Dr. Contrare in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", is born in New York City. He is a veteran of sitcoms and cartoons, and was the voice of Mighty Mouse and Skeletor.
1931: HAJIME TSUBURAYA, the eldest son of Eiji Tsuburaya, is born. He was director and special effects director on "Ultra Q", "Ultraman", "Ultra Seven", "Return of Ultraman", "Ultraman 80", and "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle", as well as producer of "Mirrorman" and "Jumborg Ace".
1938: KATSUO NAKAMURA, who played Hoichi the Earless in "Kwaidan" and the fisherman in Yaizu Harbor in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Tokyo. He also played Lise in "Princess From the Moon".
1957: KENJI KAWAI, composer for "Red Spectacles", "Ringu", "Ringu 2", and "Dark Water", is born in Tokyo.
1972: Episode 4 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
CARLTON HOLDER, writer on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender", is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He also wrote "Bridge of Dragons" and "El Padrino".
1973: Episode 4 of "Zone Fighter", "Onslaught! The Garoga Army Attacks — Enter Godzilla", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 3 of "Inazuman Flash" debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: JAMES FLAVIN, who played Second Mate Briggs in "King Kong", dies of a ruptured aorta in Los Angeles.
1977: Episode 4 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad" debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: KUON SAYAKA, who was on "Kamen Rider Ryuki", is born in Tokyo.
1983: Episode 12 of "Science Task Force Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 9 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.
EITARO OZAWA, who played Inspector Miyashita in "The H-Man", Minister of Justice Kinami in "Gorath", and Finance Minister Kanzaki in "Godzilla 1985", dies.
1989: Episode 25 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Bride of the Scorpion Seat", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 9 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: "The Mighty Peking Man" has a limited re-release in the U.S.
2000: Episode 13 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Suspicion", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Dark Water" is released in Belgium.
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4/23: Today in G-History
1919: YOSHITARO NAMURA, executive producer on "Mount Hakkoda", is born in Tokyo.
1930: ALAN OPPENHEIMER, who played Dr. Contrare in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", is born in New York City. He is a veteran of sitcoms and cartoons, and was the voice of Mighty Mouse and Skeletor.
1931: HAJIME TSUBURAYA, the eldest son of Eiji Tsuburaya, is born. He was director and special effects director on "Ultra Q", "Ultraman", "Ultra Seven", "Return of Ultraman", "Ultraman 80", and "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle", as well as producer of "Mirrorman" and "Jumborg Ace".
1938: KATSUO NAKAMURA, who played Hoichi the Earless in "Kwaidan" and the fisherman in Yaizu Harbor in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Tokyo. He also played Lise in "Princess From the Moon".
1957: KENJI KAWAI, composer for "Red Spectacles", "Ringu", "Ringu 2", and "Dark Water", is born in Tokyo.
1972: Episode 4 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
CARLTON HOLDER, writer on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender", is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He also wrote "Bridge of Dragons" and "El Padrino".
1973: Episode 4 of "Zone Fighter", "Onslaught! The Garoga Army Attacks — Enter Godzilla", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 3 of "Inazuman Flash" debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: JAMES FLAVIN, who played Second Mate Briggs in "King Kong", dies of a ruptured aorta in Los Angeles.
1977: Episode 4 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad" debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: KUON SAYAKA, who was on "Kamen Rider Ryuki", is born in Tokyo.
1983: Episode 12 of "Science Task Force Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 9 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.
EITARO OZAWA, who played Inspector Miyashita in "The H-Man", Minister of Justice Kinami in "Gorath", and Finance Minister Kanzaki in "Godzilla 1985", dies.
1989: Episode 25 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Bride of the Scorpion Seat", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 9 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: "The Mighty Peking Man" has a limited re-release in the U.S.
2000: Episode 13 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Suspicion", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Dark Water" is released in Belgium.
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
4/22: Today in G-History
1902: NATE D. SLOTT, second assistant director on "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born in Chicago.
1932: ISAO TOMITA, who composed the scores for "Black Lizard", "Mighty Jack", and "Last Days of Planet Earth", is born. He also did the music for "Kimba the White Lion" and was Ridley Scott's initial choice to score "Alien".
1945: HARUKO WANIBUCHI, who played Ryouko Ema in "House", is born in Tokyo.
1967: "Dai kyoju Gappa" ("Great Giant Monster Gappa") a.k.a. "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" a.k.a. "Gappa the Triphibian Monster" is released in Japan.
1972: Episode 56 of "Kamen Rider", "Amazon’s Poison Butterfly Kirira", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Godzilla: Save the Earth game announced.
From the people who brought us Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters comes the first online Godzilla game...
Atari and Pipeworks announced Godzilla: Save the Earth today. This new Godzilla game will feature a single player mode along with support for up to 4 players in versus mode. While the promise of this and more monsters doesn't sound too terribly exciting when contrasted with Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters, one new feature does: online play.
See the entire Gigex.com article for more.
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4/21: Today in G-History
1904: SVEN GYLDMARK, composer for "Reptilicus", is born in Sollerod, Denmark.
1935: CHARLES GRODIN, who played Fred Wilson in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born Charles Grodinsky in Pittsburgh.
1968: Episode 29 of "Ultra Seven", "Solitary Earthman" (a.k.a. "The Apprentice Alien"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 3 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: MERIAN C. COOPER, who co-directed and co-wrote "King Kong" and "Son of Kong", and produced and wrote "Mighty Joe Young", and played the pilot of the plane that killed Kong, dies of cancer in San Diego.
Episode 10 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Double Typhoon’s Secret", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 41 of "Kikaida", "Magnificence the Jiro Mid Air Break Up!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 4 of "Condorman — Symbol of Justice", "Shining! Golden Condorman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 12 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: JOE SAWYER, who played Captain O'Connell in "Them!", dies of liver cancer in Ashland, Ore.
1985: GEORGE KHOURY, who played Verrico the fisherman in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies in Los Angeles.
1995: Episode 8 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "Crash! Super Giant Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: "King Kong vs. Godzilla" is released on DVD in Japan.
2003: Volumes 4 and 5 of "Space Sheriff Shaider" are released on DVD in Japan.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
4/20: Today in G-History
1904: BRUCE CABOT, who played Jack Driscoll in "King Kong", is born Etienne Pelissier Jacques du Bujac in Carlsbad, N.M. His other films include "What Price Hollywood?", "The Roadhouse Murder", "Lucky Devils", "Ann Vickers", "The Great Jasper", "Flying Devils", "Finishing School", "Murder on the Blackboard", "Let 'Em Have It", "Show Them No Mercy", "Last of the Mohicans", "Angel and the Badman", "The Comancheros", "Hatari!", "McClintock!", "The War Wagon", "Cat Ballou", "The Green Berets", "The Hellfighters", "Chisum", "The Chase", "Diamonds Are Forever", and "Big Jake".
1912: BRAM STOKER, author of "Dracula" which became the basis for "Lake of Dracula", dies in London, England.
1913: DICK WESSEL, who played the railroad detective at the boxcar in "Them!" is born in Wisconsin.
1935: SHINJI NAKAE, who was the narrator on "Kamen Rider", "Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Kamen Rider vs. Hell's Ambassador", "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron", and "Sky Rider", is born in Tokyo.
1940: GEORGE TAKEI, who dubbed the radio announcer in "Godzilla Raids Again" and various voices in "Rodan", is born in Los Angeles. He is best known as Hikaru Sulu on the "Star Trek" TV series and films.
1949: JESSICA LANGE, who played Dwan in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born in Cloquet, Minn. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Tootsie".
1959: "King Kong" is re-released in Denmark.
1965: DICK WESSEL, who played the railroad detective at the boxcar in "Them!", dies of a heart attack in Studio City, Calif.
1973: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, who played Carl Denham in "King Kong" and "Son of Kong" and Max O'Hara in "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Santa Monica, Calif.
Episode 29 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Demonic Corps DAC", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Robot Detective" debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 10 of "Kamen Rider X", "Government of Darkness — Secret Police! Apollo Geist", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Wild Rampage Hydrogen Bomb Gorikong", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 42 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Explore the Mystery of the Demon Lord 3-Headed Dragon!", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Monday, April 19, 2004
4/19: Today in G-History
1922: DON SHARP, who co-produced "Latitude Zero", is born in Hobart, Tasmania.
1930: RHODES REASON, who played Commander Carl Nelson in "King Kong Escapes", is born in Glendale, Calif. The brother of actor Rex Reason, he starred in the TV series "The White Hunter" and "Bus Stop", appeared on episodes of "Here’s Lucy", "Maverick", "77 Sunset Strip", "Death Valley Days", "The Time Tunnel", "Perry Mason", and "Star Trek", and played Daddy Warbucks in "Annie" on Broadway.
1975: Episode 3 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1978: RUSSELL LAWRENCE, who played Mike Corbett the Magna Defender in "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender", is born in Miami.
1997: "Power Rangers Turbo" premieres on the Fox network.
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
4/18: Today in G-History
1881: NOBLE JOHNSON, who played the native chief in "King Kong", is born in
Marshall, MO. Co-founder of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, and one of the
first successful African-American film producers, he was a childhood friend of
Lon Chaney.
1918: SHINOBU HASHIMOTO, who wrote "Tidal Wave" and "Mount Hakkado", is born.
1980: Episode 29 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Onmyoji" premieres in the U.S. in New York City.
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