Saturday, February 05, 2005
2/5: Today in G-History
1905: EDWARD INNES, who played Brigadier General Prescott in "The Angry Red
Planet", is born in Quebec.
1906: JOHN CARRADINE, who starred in the U.S. release of "Half Human: The Story
of the Abominable Snowman", is born in New York City. He had major supporting
roles in such John Ford classics as "Stagecoach", "The Grapes of Wrath", and
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" as well as such films as "The Unearthly" and
"Billy the Kid vs. Dracula". Carradine was the father of actors David, Keith,
and Robert Carradine and grandfather of actress Martha Plimpton.
1915: HAL TOREY, who was in "War of the Colossal Beast" and played Mr. Simpson
in "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Georgia.
1940: H.R. GIGER, who made conceptual designs for "Tokyo: The Last
Megalopolis", is born Hans Rudi Giger in Chur, Switzerland. The artist is best
known as the creature designer for the "Alien" films.
1951: RYUSEI NAKAO, who played Kaya (Amanojaku) on the "School of Ghosts" TV
series, is born in Tokyo.
1955: KENJI OBA is born Kenji Takahashi in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He
performed stunts on "Jumping Out, Android Kikaida", "Kikaida", and "Kikaida
01", and went on to play Shiro Akebono/Battle Kenya on "Battle Fever J",
Daigoro Ome/Denzi-Blue on "Electronic Task Force Denziman", Retsu Ichijojo
a.k.a. "Space Sheriff Gavan", "Space Sheriff Sharivan" and "Space Sheriff
Shaider: Pursuit! Shigi Shigi Abduction Plan", and was in "Super Manchine:
Metalder", "High-Speed Task Force Turboranger", and "Kamen Rider ZO".
1967: Episode 30 of "Ultraman", "Phantom of the Snow-Mountain", debuts on
Japanese TV.
1969: DEREK STEPHEN PRINCE, who was the voice of Treacheron and Fish Face on
"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna
Defender", is born in Los Angeles. He was also the voice of Jetara on "Power
Rangers Time Force" and Tire Org on "Power Rangers Wild Force".
1970: ARABELLA FIELD, who played Lucy Palotti in "Godzilla", is born in New
York City.
1972: Episode 58 of "Spectreman", "Phantom Monster Gorda", debuts on Japanese
TV.
Episode 45 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Namekujira's Gas Explosion Strategy",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 79 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: "Deathquake" is released in the U.S.
1983: "Kagaku sentai Dainaman" ("Science Task Force Dynaman") premeires on
Japanese TV.
1989: Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Hitomi-Chan's Kidnapping", debuts
on Japanese TV.
1996: HIDEO OGUNI, who wrote the screenplay for "Warning from Space", dies.
2000: Episode 138 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Area 51", premieres on Fox.
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Friday, February 04, 2005
2/4: Today in G-History
1911: TAKESHI KIMURA is born. Writing under the pseudonym Kaoru Mabuchi after 1964, he wrote or co-wrote the scripts for "Rodan", "The Mysterians", "Varan the Unbelievable", "The H-Man", "The Human Vapor", "The Last War", "Gorath", "Attack of the Mushroom People", "The Lost World of Sinbad", "Whirlwind", "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "War of the Gargantuas", "King Kong Escapes", "Destroy All Monsters", and "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", as well as the bases for "Godzilla on Monster Island" and "Godzilla vs. Megalon". He died of asphyxiation in January, 1988 in Tokyo.
1944: TOSHIO KUROSAWA is born in Kanagawa, Japan. He was in "Tidal Wave" and played Professor Shiraki in "Evil of Dracula" and Akira in "Last Days of Planet Earth".
1966: KYOKO KOIZUMI, who played Aone in "Onmyoji", is born in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.
1968: Episode 18 of "Ultra Seven", "Escape from Area X" (a.k.a. "The Bells Are Ringing"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1994: Episode 49 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
2000: "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys" is screened at the Seoul International Film Festival.
2001: Episode 50, the final episode of "Future Task Force Timeranger", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
2/3: Today in G-History
1906: PAUL SAWTELL, who composed stock music used in the U.S. release of "Godzilla Raids Again", is born in Poland. His over 260 credits include "The Mummy's Curse", "The Black Scorpion", "It! The Terror from Beyond Space", and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea".
1910: YOSHIO MIYAJIMA, cinematographer on "Kwaidan", is born in Nagono, Japan.
1912: DON ORLANDO, who played Mondello the fisherman in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in Italy.
1928: JUSHO TODA, art director on "Kwaidan", is born in Tokyo.
1973: Episode 45 of "Kaiketsu Lion Maru", "The Trail of the Escaped Beast in Hiding - Monster Hanzaki", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 30 of "Kikaida", "Madder Red Squid Targets the Pretty Girl Scholar", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 97 of "Kamen Rider", "Takeshi Hongo - Impossible Transformation!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: "Batoru Fiba Jei" ("Battle Fever J") premieres on Japanese TV.
1980: MIHO YOSHIOKA, who was in "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.", is born.
2002: "Kamen Rider Ryuuki" premieres on Japanese TV.
LAWRENCE L. SIMEONE, director on "Power Rangers Turbo", dies from complications following heart surgery in Los Angeles.
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
2/2: Today in G-History
1902: BRONISLAU KAPER, who composed the music for "Them!", is born in Warsaw.
He also scored "San Francisco", "Gaslight", "The Brothers Karamazov", "Lord
Jim", "Butterfield 8", "Mutiny on the Bounty", and "Auntie Mame".
1973: Episode 18 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Hoshikko Catastrophic
Change", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 38 of "Kikaida 01", The Sure-Death Device: Three-Cornered Blood
Match", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 51 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Rider No. 4 Is You!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: "Kaiketsu Zubat" ("Vigilante Zubat" or "Swift Hero Zubat") premieres on
Japanese TV.
1980: RAY HEINDORF, musical director on "Them!", dies in Tarzana, Calif.
"Denshi Sentai Denziman" ("Electronic Task Force Denziman") premieres on
Japanese TV.
1991: Episode 212 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", featuring "Godzilla versus
the Sea Monster", airs on Comedy Central.
1996: Episode 45 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
2/1: Today in G-History
1851: MARY SHELLEY, whose novel "Frankenstein" was the foundation for
"Frankenstein Conquers the World", dies of a brain tumor in London, England.
1947: BART BRAVERMAN, who played Pepe in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born
in Los Angeles.
1959: MADAME SUL-TE-WAN, who played a maid in "King Kong", dies in Hollywood,
Calif.
1960: KOJI UENO, composer on "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", is born in Chiba,
Japan.
1975: Episode 16 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Garanda's Tokyo's Light's Ocean
Tactics!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1970: MORT MARSHALL, who played Jules Manning in "Gammera the Invincible", dies
of a coronary arrest in New York City.
1980: Episode 18 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Ju-on: The Grudge" premieres in France at the Gerardmer Film Festival.
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