Saturday, January 29, 2005
1/29: Today in G-History
1887: KOKUTEN KODO, who played Gisaku, the old Odo Island fisherman in "Gojira", is born. He also appeared in "The Seven Samurai" and was the tribal chief in "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman". He died in 1960.
1909: EDDIE DEW, who played an officer in "Them!", is born in Sumner, Wash.
1956: "Uchujin Tokyo ni arawaru" ("Spaceman Appears in Tokyo") a.k.a. "Warning from Space" a.k.a. "The Mysterious Satellite" is released in Japan.
1967: Episode 29 of "Ultraman", "Challenge into Subterra", debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 44 of "Kamen Rider", "Graveyard Demon Gabibinga", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: TRACY LYNN CRUZ, who played Ashley Hammond a.k.a. the Yellow Space Power Ranger on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Turbo", "Power Rangers in Space", and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", is born in Orange County, Calif.
1977: Episode 78 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
MAI HOSHO, who played Kaoru in "Hakaider" and Uri no onna in "Onmyoji", is born in Osaka.
1978: JACK STONEY, who played a helper in "Tarantula", dies in Los Angeles.
1981: KIPP HAMILTON, who sang "The Words Get Stuck in My Throat" in "War of the Gargantuas", dies. She was born in 1934.
1983: Episode 50, the final episode of "Great Task Force Goggle V", "Children of the Future", debuts on Japanese TV.
1989: Episode 13 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Evil Devil Girl Aimed At", debuts on Japanese TV.
2000: Episode 131 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Metamorphosis", premieres on Fox.
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Friday, January 28, 2005
1/28: Today in G-History
1906: GEORGE LYNN, who played the Mutual Transportation bus driver in "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Cumberland, Mar.
1917: YUKO MOCHIZUKI, who played Minokichi's mother in "Kwaidan", is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1958: TOMOKAZU MIURA, who played Dr. Eiji Honda in "Sayonara Jupiter", is born in Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan.
1967: MAHO MARUYAMA, who played Rie Aoi/Maria on "Icarus Task Force Jetman", is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1968: Episode 17 of "Ultra Seven", "Underground Go! Go! Go!" (a.k.a. "Cave In"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: MELODY PERKINS, who played Astronema/Karone the Pink Space Power Ranger on "Power Rangers in Space" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", is born in Weisbaden, Germany. She also was the voice of Laser on "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue".
1984: Episode 50, the final episode of "Science Task Force Dynaman", "Return to Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.
1990: Episode 52, the final episode of "Space Sheriff Jiban", "Final Battle for Love", debuts on Japanese TV.
1994: Episode 48 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: SHOTARO ISHINOMORI dies of heart failure at 60. He was the creator of "Kamen Rider", "Transforming Ninja Arashi", "Kikaida", "Inazuman", and "Secret Task Force Goranger".
2001: "Kamen Raidaa Agito" ("Masked Rider Agito") premieres on TV Asahi.
2002: KYOKO ANZAI, who played Etsuko Shiraishi in "Battle in Outer Space", dies of liver failure in Tokyo.
2003: "The Manster", "Destroy All Planets", and "Attack of the Monsters" are released on DVD.
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Monday, January 24, 2005
1/24: Today in G-History
1911: MUIR MATHIESON, who was the conductor on the score for "Gorgo", is born.
1925: WILLIAM HUDSON, who played Dr. Paul Lindstrom in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born in Gilroy, Calif.
1942: TAKESHI OBAYASHI, who was in "Godzilla 2000", is born in Okayama, Japan.
1943: JULIE BENNETT, who dubbed the female voices in "King Kong Escapes", is born in Beverly Hills, Calif.
1944: KOJI WADA, who played Mashida in "Gappa the Triphibian Monster", is born in Ibaraki, Japan.
1949: JOHN BELUSHI, who hosted NBC's presentation of "Godzilla vs. Megalon" in 1977, is born in Chicago. A former cast member of "Saturday Night Live", he starred in the films "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers".
1954: YOICHI MIURA, who played Manabu Nonaka in "Time Slip", is born in Iwakura-shi, Aichi, Japan.
1955: MASAAKI TEZUKA, who directed "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus", "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla", and "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.", is born in Tochigi, Japan. A former assistant director on "Virus", "Princess from the Moon", "Rebirth of Mothra 2", and "Rebirth of Mothra 3", he also directed composite footage on "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", co-wrote GMMG, and put in cameos in GMK (as an SDF officer) and GMMG.
1964: HOKA KINOSHITA, who played the Moguera pilot in "Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla", is born in Osaka. He was also in the "Shokki" story in "School of Ghosts G" and "Isola: Multiple Personality Girl".
1988: Episode 16 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
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Sunday, January 23, 2005
1/23: Today in G-History
1926: LYN OSBORN, who played Sgt. Taylor in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born in Wichita Falls, Texas.
1939: SHINICHI "SONNY" CHIBA is born Sadao Maeda in Fukuoka. He played Ironsharp/Space Chief in "Invasion of the Neptune Men", Cmdr. Yamatone in "The Golden Bat", Ken in "Terror Beneath the Sea", Hans in "Message from Space", and "Virus", but is best known for the ultraviolent "Streetfighter" films and "Kill Bill Vol. 1". He also founded the Japan Action Club, which provided the stunts and action scenes for many Toho and Toei shows.
1966: Episode 4 of "Ultra Q", "The Mammoth Flower", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 30 of "The Space Giants", "Monster Teravarden vs. Scramble" a.k.a. "Terror from East to West", debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1983: SAKI HAMAMATSU, who played Radietta on "Highspeed Task Force Carranger", is born in Tokyo.
1994: Episode 50, the last episode of "Janperson", "Janperson Forever", debuts on Japanese TV.
SCOTT PETERS, who played Sgt. Lee Carter in "The Amazing Colossal Man", dies at 63.
1997: HARDY RAFN, who was in "Reptilicus", dies in Denmark.
2003: "Kamen Rider 555" premieres on Japanese TV.
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