Saturday, October 02, 2004
10/2: Today in G-History
1897: JESS KIRKPATRICK, who played the father in "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Illinois.
1964: SHINJI NISHIKAWA, monster designer on "Godzilla 2000", "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla", "Super Star God Gransazer", and "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in Kyoto.
1966: Episode 12 of "Ultraman", "Cry of the Mummy", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: "Kaiju oji" ("Monster Prince") premieres on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 27 of "Kamen Rider", "Mukaderas Demon Classroom", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: "Inazuman" debuts on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Challenge of Banba of New Humanity".
1976: Episode 63 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider Black", "Who Is the Real Century King?", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 26 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Deciding Match! Hero’s End (Conclusion)", debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: Episode 135 of "Godzilla: The Series", "S.C.A.L.E.", premieres on Fox.
2004: "Justirizer" premieres on Japanese TV.
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Friday, October 01, 2004
10/1: Today in G-History
1897: JACK STONEY, who played a helper in "Tarantula", is born in Pennsylvania.
1921: JAMES WHITMORE, who played Sergeant Ben Peterson in "Them!", is born in White Plains, N.Y.
1925: NOBUKO OTOWA is born in Tottori, Japan. She was in "The Three Treasures", the ill mother in "The Last War", the possessive mother in "Onibaba", and the ghost mother in "Kuroneko".
1935: TERUYOSHI NAKANO, special effects director on "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", "Godzilla on Monster Island", "Godzilla vs. Megalon", "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster", "Terror of Mechagodzilla", and "Godzilla 1985", is born in Manchuria. Beginning his career at Toho as Eiji Tsuburaya’s assistant on "The Three Treasures", he also did the sfx for "Lake of Dracula", "Daigoro vs. Goliath", "Tidal Wave", "Zone Fighter", "The Last Days of Planet Earth", "Evil of Dracula", "ESPY", "The War in Space", "Deathquake", "Pulgasary", "Tokyo Blackout", and "Princess of the Moon", and had previously been assistant director of special effects on "The Secret of the Telegian", "The Last War", "Gorath", "King Kong vs. Godzilla", "Attack of the Mushroom People", "Atragon", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dogora the Space Monster", "Ghidrah — the Three-Headed Monster", "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Don't Call Me a Con Man", "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", "War of the Gargantuas", "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", "Destroy All Monsters", "Godzilla's Revenge", and "Yog — Monster from Space".
1943: MITSUO HAMADA, who played Goro Kirishima a.k.a. "Iron King", is born in Tokyo.
1957: "Kotetso no kyojin — Supa Jyaiantsu: kaiseijin no mayo" ("The Steel Giant — Super Giant: The Evil Castle of the Mysterious Planet People") a.k.a. part one of "Invaders from Space" released in Japan.
1967: "Urotora Sebun" ("Ultra Seven") premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "The Invisible Challenger" (a.k.a. "Enter Dan Moroboshi").
1972: Episode 27 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 23 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "White Superhuman! Big One", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 22 of "Megaloman, "Warrior of Fire", "The Secret of the Megalo-Fire", debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA, who played Ulrov in "E.S.P.Y.", dies of a heart attack in Tokyo.
1993: A memorial service is held for Raymond Burr at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he made his acting debut.
Episode 32 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger", "The Devil of the Golden Kick", debuts on Japanese TV.
1996: NOBUO TSUKAMOTO, who played Captain Kato on "Return of Ultraman" and Jiro Tanihara on "Sky Rider" and "Kamen Rider Super-1", dies of a brain hemorrhage.
1998: "Godzilla" is released in the Netherlands.
2000: Episode 34 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Shudder", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
9/30: Today in G-History
1896: HOWARD WRIGHT, who played a medical corps officer in "War of the Colossal Beast" and Jake in "Earth vs. the Spider", is born Frederick Howard Wright in California.
1903: LASZLO GOROG, who co-wrote "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Hungary. He was the grandfather of TV and radio comic Adam Carolla.
1914: JAMES SEAY, who played Colonel Hallock in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born.
1972: Episode 12 of "Kikaida", "The Ruthless Sorceress Silver Cat", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 79 of "Kamen Rider", "Hell Ambassador! True Meaning of Fear?", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2004
9/29: Today in G-History
1946: HAYATO TANI, who played Captain Sanjuro Sagata on "Aura Task Force Maskman", is born in Nagasaki.
1965: "Ghidrah: The Three-Headed Monster" is released in the U.S.
1972: Episode 26 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 26 of "Ultraman Ace", "Total Annihilation! The Five Ultraman Brothers", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 20 of "Kikaida 01", "The Grand Outrage: Shadow Big Boss’ Identity Revealed", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 33 of "Kamen Rider V3", "V3 in Danger! The Return of No. 1 and No.2", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 25 of "Storm Cloud Lion Maru", "The Fall of the Empire", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 35 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: GORDON DOUGLAS, who directed "Them!", dies of cancer in Los Angeles.
1995: Episode 30 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "The Earth is Snoring", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Monday, September 27, 2004
9/27: Today in G-History
1897: MEL BERNS, makeup artist on "King Kong", is born in Chicago.
1914: JUKICHI ONO, who played the samurai in "Onibaba", is born.
1934: KYOKO ANZAI, who played Etsuko Shiraishi in "Battle in Outer Space", is born in Osaka.
1941: TATSUYA FUJI, who played George Inoue in "Gappa the Triphibian Monster", is born in Beijing.
1947: RAY BRADBURY, whose story "The Foghorn" was the basis for "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", marries his wife, Maggie.
1952: R.J. KIZER, who directed the U.S. scenes for "Godzilla 1985", is born in New Jersey. He was also the skydiving contest narrator and supervised the sound for "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie".
1955: Edmund Goldman and Toho sign agreement to release "Godzilla" in the U.S. Goldman paid $25,000 for the film.
1964: GORO KISHITANI, who played Mitsuo Ando on "The Spiral" TV series and Mizoguchi in "Returner", is born in Tokyo.
1969: BRUCE SETON, who played Professor Flaharty in "Gorgo" dies in London, England.
1973: Episode 26 of "Robot Detective" debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1985: RYUTARO OTOMO, who was in "The Magic Serpent", commits suicide.
1987: STEPHEN ECKELBERRY, editor on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", marries Karen Black.
1998: "Gekko no kaidan G" ("School of Ghosts G") premieres on Japanese TV.
2000: "Ringu" and "Ringu 2" premiere in Finland at the Helsinki International Film Festival.
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Sunday, September 26, 2004
9/26: Today in G-History
1875: EDMUND GWENN, who played Dr. Harold Medford in "Them!", is born Edmund Kellaway in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Santa Claus in "Miracle on 34th Street".
1904: LAFCADIO HEARN, whose book was the basis for the film "Kwaidan", dies in Okubo, Japan.
1956: LINDA HAMILTON, who played Amy Franklin in "King Kong Lives", is born in Salisbury, Maryland. She is best known as Sarah Connor in "The Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and for the TV series "Beauty and the Beast".
1963: NATE D. SLOTT, second assistant director on "The Amazing Colossal Man", dies at 61.
1966: Episode 13 of "The Space Giants", "The Last Inhabitant" (a.k.a. "The Super Heat Creature"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN, who composed stock music used in the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies in California.
1980: Episode 52 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 47 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: Episode 104 of "Godzilla: The Series", "D.O.A.", debuts on Fox.
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