Saturday, October 30, 2004
10/30: Today in G-History
1920: PAUL HAHN, who played an attendant in "The Amazing Colossal Man" and Major General George Treegar in "The Angry Red Planet", is born in Indiana.
1925: TEO MACERO, co-composer on "Virus", is born in Glens Falls, N.Y.
1940: CHARLES FOX, who co-composed the score for "The Green Slime", is born in New York City. He went on to write the themes for "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", and "The Love Boat".
ED LAUTER, who played Carnahan in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born in Long Beach, N.Y.
1950: YUSUKE NATSU, who played Sky-Zel on "Space Ironmen: Kyodyne", is born in Arao, Kumamoto, Japan.
1966: Episode 16 of "Ultraman", "Science Patrol into Space", debuts on Japanese TV.
JOHN DRAINIE, who did various voices for Rankin-Bass’s "King Kong", dies of cancer in Toronto. He was born in 1916.
1971: Episode 31 of "Kamen Rider", "Desperate Struggle! Devilman Anteater Arikabaril", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 44 of "Spectreman", "Alien Kyudora: Cosmic Plunderer", debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: BORGE MOLLER GRIMSTRUP, who played a farmer in "Reptilicus", dies in Denmark.
Episode 18 of "Triple Fighter" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 5 of "Inazuman", "Great Dogfight! Bite Them Rajingo!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 66 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Red Hostage Exchange!! Patoler Bombing Run", debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: Episode 31 of "Ultraman 80", "The Monster Seed is Floating", debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: Episode 38 of "Great Task Force Goggle V", "Attack of Friendship", debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 2 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Covered in Light! RX", debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: Episode 36 of "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", "Smash It! The Mirror of Death", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 30 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "The Day the World Died", debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: Episode 106 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Cat & Mouse", airs on Fox.
2000: Episode 3 of "Kikaider — The Animation", "Stray Sheep", debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: A fire destroys a prop warehouse at Toei Tokyo Movie Studios, which contained props and costumes for "Kamen Rider Agito" and "Hundred Beast Task Force Gaoranger".
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Friday, October 29, 2004
10/29: Today in G-History
1901: DANIELE AMFITHEATROF, who co-wrote the music for "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1954: TOMOKO AI, who played Katsura Mafune in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", is born Fumiyo Murakami in Kanagawa, Japan.
1956: ETSUKO SHIHOMI, who played Mari a.k.a. Bijinder in "Kikaida 01" and Esmeralida in "Message from Space", is born.
1965: MASAHIRO TAKASHIMA, son of Tadao Takashima and older brother of Masanobu Takashima, is born in Tokyo. He played Brooklyn in "Gunhed", Kazuma Aoki in "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II", Prince Yamato Takeru in "Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon", and Major Sho Kuroki (replacing his brother) in "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", and also appeared in "Bu Su", "Love and Action in Osaka", "Stay Gold", and "Zipang".
1967: Episode 5 of "Ultra Seven", "The Vanished Time", premieres on Japanese TV.
1971: Episode 30 of "Return of Ultraman", "Curse of the Skeleton God: Oxster", debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 47 of "Mirrorman", "Invader Destruction Plan", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 31 of "Superhuman Barom-1", "Demon Kamegeruge Was Created by the Devil!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: CATHERINE SUTHERLAND, who played Katherine Hillard the Pink Ranger on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Zeo", "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie", and "Power Rangers Turbo", is born in Sydney, Australia.
1976: Episode 31 of "Space Ironmen: Kyodyne" debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 27 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "The Dictator’s Ambition!! Crush! The Deadly Concentration Camp", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 23 of "Megaloman: Warrior of Fire", "Escape from the Devil's Clutches", debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: Episode 29 of "Space Sheriff Gavan", "Blitzkrieg Magic Battle! The Assassination Program", debuts on Japanese TV.
1983: Episode 38 of "Science Task Force Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 35 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 36 of "Five-Star Task Force Dairanger", "The 6000 Year Old Bitter Knot…", debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 37 of "Heavy Armored: Beetle-Fighter", "Professor! Heavy-Armored Love", debuts on Japanese TV.
2000: Episode 38 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Change", debuts on Japanese TV.
"Versus" premieres in Japan at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Sunday, October 24, 2004
10/24: Today in G-History
1893: MERIAN C. COOPER, who co-directed and co-wrote the original "King Kong" and "Son of Kong", and produced and wrote "Mighty Joe Young", and played the pilot of the plane that killed Kong, is born in Jacksonville, Fla. With Ernest B Schoedsack, he also made "Grass", "Chang", "Gow the Headhunter", and "The Four Feathers" and also produced "The Most Dangerous Game", "The Phantom of Crestwood", "Morning Glory", "Little Women", "Flying Down to Rio", "The Lost Patrol", and "The Last Days of Pompeii"; with John Ford, he produced "The Fugitive", "3 Godfathers", "Fort Apache", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Rio Grande", "The Quiet Man", "This Is Cinerama", "The Sun Shines Bright", and "The Searchers".
1905: BASIL DINGHAM, who played an Admiral Brooks in "Gorgo", is born in Sheffield, England.
1909: JOHN BECK, who produced the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", is born in Pomona, Calif. He also produced "Harvey" and "The Singing Nun".
1931: KEN UTSUI, who played Starman (a.k.a. Super Giant) in "Atomic Rulers", "Invaders From Space", "Attack From Space", and "Evil Brain From Outer Space", is born in Tokyo.
1966: Episode 17 of "The Space Giants", "Gareon — Attack the Earth" (a.k.a. "Ranautis Attacks"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 4 of "Thunder Mask", "Operation: Freeze Devil-King", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 17 of "Super Robot: Red Baron" debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: CATHERINE SUTHERLAND, who played Katherine Hilliard a.k.a. the Pink Power Ranger on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Zeo", "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie", and "Power Rangers Turbo", is born in Sydney, Australia. She also played Cat Monster on MMPR.
1980: Episode 2 of "Kamen Rider Super-1", "It's Time to Fight! The Style is Red Shaolin Fist", debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 37 of "Solar Task Force Sunvulcan" debuts on Japanese TV.
1984: "Variety" reports that the budget for miniature work on "Godzilla 1985" has reached $6.25 million.
1985: MASAICHI NAGATA, executive producer of the original Gamera and Daimajin series, dies of pneumonia at 79.
1987: Episode 35 of "Aura Task Force Maskman", "The Riddle of Zeeba! The Forbidden Grave", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: EDWIN RAND, who played Lieutenant John Nolan in "Tarantula", dies in Palm Springs, Calif.
1995: SHIRLEY FALLS, who played the switchboard operator in "Earth vs. the Spider", dies.
1997: DON MESSICK, who was the voice of Godzooky on "The Godzilla Power Hour", dies of a stroke.
1998: Episode 8 of "Ultraman Gaia", "The 460 Million Year-Old Ghost", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Atragon" is released on DVD in Japan.
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