Saturday, March 26, 2005
3/26: Today in G-History
1931: LEONARD NIMOY, who played a Telex operator in "Them!", is born in Boston. Best known as Mr. Spock from the "Star Trek" TV and film series, he also appeared in the films "Queen for a Day", "Rhubarb", and "Zombies of the Stratosphere", the TV series "In Search Of", "Ancient Mysteries", and "Brave New World", and wrote and directed "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home".
1934: AKEMI NEGISHI, who played the dancing native girl and boy’s mother in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", is born in Tokyo. Her other credits, often playing native girls, include Josef von Sternberg’s "Anatahan", Chika the mountain girl in "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", and Akira Kurosawa's "Record of a Living Being", "The Lower Depths", and "Dodes'kaden".
1937: MISA UEHARA, who was in "The Three Treasures", is born in Fukuoka.
1948: AYUMI ISHIDA, who played Reiko in "Tidal Wave", is born in Osaka.
1954: "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" is released in Finland.
1955: JUNICHI HARUTA, who played Goggle Black on "Great Task Force Goggle V", Ryu a.k.a. Dyna Black on "Science Task Force Dynaman", and Mad Gallant on "Juspion", is born.
1967: Episode 37 of "Ultraman", "The Littlest Hero", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episde 25, the final episode of "Inazuman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 84, the final episode of "Secret Task Force Goranger", debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: Episode 50, the final episode of "The Ultraman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1983: Episode 8 of "Science Task Force Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 5 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman", "Volt's Engine Monster", debuts on Japanese TV.
1989: Episode 21 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Front of Love and Friendship", debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: The "Hollywood Reporter" reports that the stolen "Bio-Goji" suit is found in a bamboo patch.
1993: Episode 5 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
2000: Episode 9 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Siblings", debuts on Japanese TV.
2002: "Dark Water" is released in France.
2004: “Ju-on: The Grudge 2” is released in Denmark.
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Friday, March 25, 2005
3/25: Today in G-History
1937: HIDEKATSU SHIBATA, who was the voice of Daijuujini on "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", is born.
1939: "King Kong" is released in Finland.
1940: MASARU RYUZAKI, who was in "The Last Days of Planet Earth", is born in Tokyo.
1967: "Uchu daikaiju Girara" ("Giant Space Monster Girara") a.k.a. "The X from Outer Space" is released in Japan.
1968: "War of the Gargantuas" is released in West Germany.
1972: Episode 52 of "Kamen Rider", "My Name is Demon Bird Gilgaras!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 63, the final episode of "Spectreman", "Good Bye Spectreman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 50, the final episode of "Ultraman 80", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: ROKKO TORA, who played a samurai in "Kuroneko", dies of an aneurysm.
2000: “Ju-on 2” premieres in Japan on video.
2001: "Ultraman Gaia: Gaia yo Futatabi" ("Ultraman Gaia: Gaia, Again") is released on video in Japan.
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
3/24: Today in G-History
1906: CLIFFORD STINE, special effects cameraman on "King Kong" and special photographer on "Tarantula" and "The Deadly Mantis", is born in California.
1911: JOSEPH BARBERA, producer of "The Godzilla Power Hour", is born in New York City. He and partner William Hanna began their careers at MGM creating Tom & Jerry before founding a cartoon empire, including "Huckleberry Hound", "Yogi Bear", "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "The Adventures of Johnny Quest", "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?", and "The Smurfs", as well as the films "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear", "A Man Called Flintstone", "Charlotte’s Web", and "Jetsons: The Movie".
1952: NICHOLAS CAMPBELL, who played the U.S. base operator in "Virus", is born in Toronto.
1968: KEIICHI WADA, who played Ryu the Red Ranger on "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" and Jiku/Demon Hunter on "Rescue Task Force Go Go V", is born.
Episode 25 of "Ultra Seven", "Showdown at 140 Degrees Below" (a.k.a. "Ultra 7 Exposed"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1969: KIRK GEIGER, who played Apache Pilot #2 in "Godzilla", is born in Rochester, N.Y.
1973: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Hammer Jellyfish Appears! Freed V3’s Mortal Act!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 37 of "Kikaida", "Jiro’s Younger Brother the Formidable Foe Hakaida!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 26, the final episode of "Warrior of Light: Diamond Eye", "King Cobra’s Last Big Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.
AYUMI ODAKA, who played the Yellow Ranger on "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", is born Ayumi Asao.
1979: Episode 8 of "Battle Fever J", "The Secret of the Steel-Armed Pitcher", debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: ALISON MACINNIS, who played Dana Mitchell the Pink Lightspeed Power Ranger on "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Power Rangers in 3D: Triple Force", "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue — Titanium Ranger: Curse of the Cobra", "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue — The Queen's Wrath", "Power Rangers Time Force", and the "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue" video game, is born.
1982: JAMES ROBERTSON, who plays Connor McKnight a.k.a. the Red Dino Thunder Ranger on "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", is born James William Robertson Napier in Wellington, New Zealand. He also appeared as Eric on "Power Rangers Ninja Storm".
1995: Episode 4 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
2004: UTAKU MITSUYA, who played Kaoru in “Atomic Rulers of the World”, “Attack from Space”, and “Evil Brain from Outer Space”, dies from interstitial pneumonia in Tokyo.
“Dragon Head” premieres in Belgium at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
3/23: Today in G-History
1910: AKIRA KUROSAWA, director of "Sanshiro Sugata", "Drunken Angel", "Stray Dog", "Rashomon", "Ikiru", "Seven Samurai", "The Lower Depths", "Throne of Blood", "The Hidden Fortress", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Yojimbo", "Sanjuro", "Red Beard", "Dodes'ka-den", Dersu Uzala", "Ran", "Rhapsody in August", and "Mandalayo", is born in Tokyo. While Japan's most famous director had no direct involvement in kaiju eiga, he was a fan of Godzilla, was a good friend of Ishiro Honda (who served as assistant director on Kurosawa’s early and laterfilms), and many actors (most notably Takashi Shimura and Yoshio Tsuchiya) worked in both kinds of films.
1919: KENNETH TOBEY, who played Colonel Jack Evans in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" and Pete Mathews in "It Came from Beneath the Sea", is born in Oakland, Calif. He starred on the TV series "Whirlybirds".
1929: HIROSHI INUZUKA, who was in "Don't Call Me a Con Man" and "Daigoro vs. Goliath", is born in Tokyo.
1933: SHOZO IIZUKA, who did the voices of Hakaider on "Kikaida" and Prof. Komyoji on "Kikaider: The Animation", is born.
1956: "Tarantula" is released in West Germany.
1973: Episode 25 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "In the Morning Sun, the Witch Disappeared", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider X", "The Japanese Islands — Fragmentation Tactics", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 45 of "Kikaida 01", "Samurai Waruda Dies at Dawn", debuts on Japanese TV.
AYUMI ASAO, who played Nijo Juri a.k.a. Ohyellow on "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "Superpower Task Force Ohranger vs. Kakuranger" and "Highspeed Task Force Carranger vs. Ohranger", is born in Saitama, Japan.
1985: ASAO KOIKE, who played Koizumi in "Time Slip", dies.
1991: SUSUMU FUJITA, who played military leaders in "The Mysterians", "Atragon", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dagora the Space Monster", and "Frankenstein Conquers the World", dies of liver cancer in Tokyo.
2003: HIDEYO (EISEI) AMAMOTO, who played Dr. Who in "King Kong Escapes" and Shinpei the toymaker in "Godzilla’s Revenge", dies of acute pneumonia in Fukuoka.
2004: "Ultraman Tiga: Vol. 2" is released on DVD in the U.S.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005
3/22: Today in G-History
1893: TITO VUOLO, who played the police commissioner in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born in Italy.
1920: ROSS MARTIN, who did voices on "The Godzilla Power Hour", is born Martin Rosenblatt in Grodek, Poland. He is best remembered as Artemus Gordon on "The Wild, Wild West", and was also in “Colossus of New York”.
1923: MARIO GALLO, who played Timmons in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born.
1950: MASAMI HORIGUCHI, who played Tetsushi in "Ultra Q: The Movie", is born in Tokyo.
1975: Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Imitation Rider vs. Amazon Rider!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1991: Episode 1.6 of “Icarus Task Force Jetman”, “Icarus Robot”, debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: JACK H. YOUNG, who did the special effects makeup on "War of the Colossal Beast", dies at 81.
2001: WILLIAM HANNA, who co-produced "The Godzilla Power Hour", dies of old age in North Hollywood, Calif.
2002: "Spectreman" is released on DVD in Japan.
JOSEF VON STROHEIM, who did the sound on "The Amazing Colossal Man", dies at 79.
2005: “The Mysterians” is released on DVD in the U.S.
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Monday, March 21, 2005
3/21: Today in G-History
1876: SHUNRO OSHIKAWA, author of "Kaitei Gunkan", which became the basis for "Atragon", is born Masa'ari Oshikawa.
1883: SAM HARDY, who played theatrical agent Charles Weston in "King Kong", is born in New Haven, Conn.
1936: TAKESHI WATABE, who played Hammer Desupar on "Inazuman Flash", God Neros on "Super Manchine Metalder", and the voice of Bukkbuck on "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger" and Shadownight on “Kikaider 01: The Animation”, is born in Manchuria.
1953: YUSUKE KAZATO, who played Ken Akizuki on "Electroid Zaborger" and Daichi Bunta a.k.a. Clover King on "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", is born Eiichi Matsui in Kyushu.
1962: MATTHEW BRODERICK, who played Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopolous in "Godzilla", is born in New York City. Broderick, has been on Broadway in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Biloxi Blues" (also the film versions), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", and "The Producers", and was in the films "Max Dugan Returns", "WarGames", "Ladyhawke", "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off", "Project X", "Torch Song Trilogy", "Family Business", "Glory", "The Freshman", "Out on a Limb", "Infinity" (which he also wrote and directed), "The Road to Wellville", "The Cable Guy", "Election", and "Inspector Gadget", and was the voice of adult Simba in "The Lion King".
BLACKIE WHITEFORD, who played a sailor in "King Kong", dies in Hollywood, Calif.
"Yosei Gorasu" ("Ominous Star Gorath") a.k.a. "Gorath" is released in Japan.
1965: WAKANA YAMAZAKI, who played Empress Hysteria in "Superpower Task Force Ohranger" and Iliess in "Star Beast Task Force Gingaman", is born in Yokahama, Kanagawa, Japan. She was also in "Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger", "Mikazuki", and "Ninja Task Force Hurricanger".
1969: "Gamera tai daiakuju Giron" ("Gamera vs. the Giant Evil Beast Guiron") a.k.a. "Attack of the Giant Monsters" a.k.a. "Gamera vs. Guiron" is released in Japan.
"Tokaido abaketo chu" a.k.a. "Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts" is released in Japan.
1970: "Gamera tai daimaju Jaiga" ("Gamera vs. the Demon Beast Jaiga") a.k.a. "Gamera vs. Monster X" is released in Japan.
An edited version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" is released in Japan.
1974: "Gojira tai Mekagojira" a.k.a. "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" a.k.a. "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster" is released in Japan.
1977: KINUYO TANAKA, who was in "The Three Treasures", dies of a brain tumor in Japan.
1980: Episode 25 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
2002: "Dark Water" premieres in Belgium at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films.
2003: "Hurricanger vs. Gaoranger" and volumes 2 and 3 of "Space Sheriff Shaider" are released on DVD in Japan.
2004: "Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost" is released on video in Japan.
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
3/20: Today in G-History
1922: JACK KRUSCHEN, who played Chief Warrant Officer Sam Jacobs in "The Angry Red Planet", is born in Winnipeg.
1924: BENT VEJLBY, who was a soldier in "Reptilicus", is born in Denmark.
1931: HAL LINDEN, who dubbed the voices of Yashi in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", Yamabe in "Destroy All Monsters", and the narrator in "Deathquake" in the U.S. releases of these films, is born Harold Lipshitz in New York City. Linden is best known as the star of TV’s "Barney Miller", he was also in the series "Blacke's Magic", the film "Out to Sea", and won a Tony award in 1970 for "The Rothschilds".
1956: NAOTO TAKENAKA, who played Shirokage in “Red Shadow” and will be in the remake of “Yokai daisenso”, is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1962: WALTER E. KELLER, production designer on "Earth vs. the Spider", dies at 69 of arteriosclerosis in Hollywood.
1963: HIROSHI WATARI, who played Den Iga a.k.a. the title character in "Space Sheriff Sharivan" and in "Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! Shigi Shigi Abduction Plan", is born. He also was on "Space Sheriff Gavan", played Boomerang on "Monster-Hunter Juspion", Jou Yosuke on "Dimensional Warrior Spielban", and was on "Super-Manchine: Metalder" and did stunts as Vul-Shark on "Solar Task Force Sunvulcan".
1966: Episode 12 of "Ultra Q", "I Saw a Bird", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 38 of "The Space Giants", "Farewell Poison Gas Monster Sangiras!" a.k.a. "Explosion", debuts on Japanese TV.
1968: "Gamera tai uchu kaiju Bairasu" ("Gamera vs. the Outer Space Monster Viras") a.k.a. "Destroy All Planets" is released in Japan.
1976: Episode 43 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: TAKESHI YOSHIOKA, who played Gamu Takayama a.k.a. "Ultraman Gaia", is born. He also starred in "Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace".
1980: "Uchu Kaiju Gamera" ("Space Monster Gamera") a.k.a. a.k.a. "Gamera Super Monster" is released in Japan.
1981: Episode 22 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: Episode 114 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Bug Out!", premieres on Fox.
2002: "Ringu 2" is released in France.
2004: "Power Rangers Dino Thunder" premieres on Canadian TV.
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