Saturday, May 07, 2005
5/7: Today in G-History
1911: ISHIRO HONDA, who directed "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (and provided the hand that threw the power switch), is born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. He followed his landmark film with "Half-Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", "Rodan", "The Mysterians", "The H-Man", "Varan the Unbelievable", "Battle in Outer Space", "The Human Vapor", "Mothra", "Gorath", "King Kong vs. Godzilla", "Atragon", "Attack of the Mushroom People", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", "Dagora the Space Monster", "Ghidrah — the Three-Headed Monster", "Frankenstein Conquers the World", "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", "War of the Gargantuas", "King Kong Escapes", "Destroy All Monsters", "Latitude Zero", "Godzilla’s Revenge", "Yog — Monster from Space", episodes of "Return of Ultraman", "Mirrorman", "Fireman", "Zone Fighter", and "Terror of Mechagodzilla", sometimes doing writing and effects duties on these films. A longtime friend of Akira Kurosawa, he was an assistant director on "Stray Dog", "Kagemusha", "Ran", "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams", "Rhapsody in August", and "Madadayo", and his own non-sci-fi films include the documentaries "The Story of a Collaborative Union" and "The Legend of Ise-Shima", "The Blue Pearl", "The Man Who Came to Port", "Eagle of the Pacific", and "Farewell, Rabaul".
1933: NOBUO TSUKAMOTO, who played Captain Katsuichiro Kato on "Return of Ultraman", and Jiro Tanihara on "Sky Rider", "Kamen Rider Super-1", and "Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie", is born.
1947: TAKESHI SASAKI, who played Ichimonji Hayato a.k.a. Kamen Rider 2 on "Kamen Rider", "Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron", "Kamen Rider X", "Kamen Rider Stronger", "5 Kamen Riders vs. King Dark", "Kamen Rider: All Back Again! 7 Riders", "Sky Rider", and "8 Kamen Riders vs. Galaxy King", is born in Shibata, Niigata, Japan. He also played Ground-Zel on "Space Ironmen Kyodyne".
1950: STEVE CLEMENTE, who played the Witch King in "King Kong" and "Son of Kong", dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles.
1965: TAKAYA KAMIKAWA, who was in “Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys”, is born.
1972: Episode 6 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 6 of "Zone Fighter", "King Ghidorah Strikes Back!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 5 of "Inazuman Flash" debuts on Japanese TV.
KEI MIZUTANI, who played Shelinda on "Star Beast Task Force Gingaman" and "Star Beast Task Force Gingaman vs. Megaranger", is born in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. She also played Saki on episodes 17 and 18 of “Icarus Task Force Jetman”.
1977: MEL BERNS, makeup supervisor on "King Kong", dies in Hollywood, Calif.
Episode 6 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad" debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: "Megaloman, Hono o-no Senshi" ("Megaloman, Warrior of Fire"), premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "The Fiery Superman Strikes!"
1980: "Gamera, Super Monster" is released in the U.S.
1985: "Variety" reports that "Godzilla 1985" grossed roughly $6.8 million in Japan.
1989: Episode 27 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Huge Counterattack! The Prince of Shadows", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 11 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger", "A Magnet Gauss!", debuts on Japanese TV.
2000: Episode 15 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Armor", debuts on Japanese TV.
2004: “Godzilla”, the subtitled original movie, is released in the U.S. and is the top grossing film per theater that weekend.
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Friday, May 06, 2005
5/6: Today in G-History
1904: RAYMOND BAILEY, who played Dr. Townsend in "Tarantula", is born in San Francisco. He is best remembered as banker Milburn Drysdale on "The Beverly Hillbillies".
1961: SHIRO IZUMI, who played Yuuma Oozara a.k.a. Change Pegasus on "Blitzkrieg Task Force Changeman" and Burai a.k.a. Dragon Ranger on "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", is born.
1964: "Variety" reports that the U.S. theatrical and TV rights to "Mothra vs. Godzilla" have been acquired by Henry G. Saperstein.
1967: ROBERT FLOYD, who played Apache Pilot #6 in "Godzilla", is born. He was in the films "Cold Hearts", "Another House on Mercy Street", "Paranoia", "Second Coming", and "Streets in the Kitchen"; "The Last Match" and "Anything Goes"; the TV series "Early Edition", "Law & Order", "Silk Stalkings", "Another World", "All My Children", and "The City"; and the telefilms "The Descendant" and "He Didn't Come Home".
1972: Episode 58 of "Kamen Rider", "Poison Demon Tokage — Duel in the Valley of Fear", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Thursday, May 05, 2005
5/5: Today in G-History
1912: JOE GRAY, who played a longshoreman in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1926: NEIL "BING" RUSSELL, who played a deputy in "Tarantula" and a state trooper at the train and bus wrecks in "The Deadly Mantis", is born Neil Russell in Brattleboro, Ver. He is best remembered as the sheriff in "Bonanza" and Robert in "The Magnificent Seven", and was Kurt Russell's father.
1947: DAISUKE (NAOYA) BAN is born Kiyonori Saito in Kawaguchi City, Japan. He played Jiro a.k.a. "Kikaida", reprising the role in "Jumping Out: Android Kikaida", and "Kikaida 01"; Watari Goro a.k.a. "Inazuman", reprising the role in "Jumping Out, Inazuman" and "Inazuman Flash"; Daisuke Izumo a.k.a. Fire Ninja on "Ninja Captor", Makoto Jin a.k.a. Battle Cossack on "Battle Fever J", Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma in "Ringu", "Ringu 2", and "Ringu 0: Birthday"; and starred in the TV series "Special Investigation Frontline", and "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", and made special appearances on "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Vigilante Zubat", and "Super Animal Task Force Liveman", "Monster-Hunter Juspion", "High Speed Task Force Turboranger", and “Sukeban Deka”.
1968: ALBERT DEKKER, who starred in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", dies of asphyxia from accidentally hanging himself in Hollywood, Calif.
Episode 31 of "Ultra Seven", "A Flower Where a Devil Dwells" (a.k.a. "Blood Thirst"), debuts on Japanese TV.
ATSURO WATABE, who played Oikawa in “Zebraman”, is born in Tokyo.
1972: Episode 6 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Junko is Going to Be a Demon's Bride!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 43, the final episode of "Kikaida", "Jiro's End or Dark's Destruction?!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 6 of "Condorman — Symbol of Justice" debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 14 of "Battle Fever J", "Marriage of Beauty and Beast", debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 10 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "The Visiting Thief", debuts on Japanese TV.
2004: “Avalon” premieres in Mexico in Mexico City.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
5/4: Today in G-History
1893: EDGAR DEARING, who played the second tramp in "Tarantula", is born in Ceres, Calif.
1894: RUSSELL GAIGE, who had a bit part in "Them!", is born in Iowa.
1913: HIYASA MORISHIGE, who played the prime minister in "Don't Call Me a Con Man" and the Earth Federation President in "Sayonara, Jupiter", is born in Osaka.
1929: NOBORU NAKAYA is born in Tokyo. He played Shikibu Heinai in "Kwaidan" and Yoshitaka Kujo in "Time Slip", and was in "Time of the Apes".
1950: HILLY HICKS, who did the voice of Brock on "The Godzilla Power Hour", is born in Los Angeles.
1953: MASASHI EBARA, who was the voice of Professor Go on the "Giant Robo" anime, is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1972: Bassist MIKE DIRNT of Green Day, who performed "Brain Stew" on the "Godzilla" soundtrack, is born Mike Pritchard in Berkeley, Calif.
1973: Episode 31 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Terrifying Sequential Explosions", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider X", "The Fascination of Super Ability Woman", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 5 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Omega Hell Project Beginning", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 44 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Crisis at Zaborger Base!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1997: Episode 12 of "Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: ALBERT GLASSER, who composed the scores for "The Amazing Colossal Man", "Earth vs. the Spider", and "War of the Colossal Beast", and stock music used in the U.S. release of "Varan the Unbelievable", dies at 82 of a heart attack in Los Angeles.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005
5/3: Today in G-History
1967: "Gamera vs. Barugon" is released in West Germany.
1972: BRUCE CABOT, who played Jack Driscoll in "King Kong", dies in Woodland Hills, Calif.
Episode 5 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: JENNIFER TUNG, who was on Saban's "Masked Rider", is born. She appeared on the TV series "Charmed", "King of Queens", and "Angel", and the TV movie "The President's Man".
Episode 5 of "Robot Detective" debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 5 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 5 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1991: Episode 12 of "Icarus Task Force Jetman", "The Mystery Bus", debuts on Japanese TV.
1997: Shooting on "Godzilla" begins in New York City.
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Monday, May 02, 2005
5/2: Today in G-History
1894: VERNON L. WALKER, who was a cinematographer on "King Kong", is born in Detroit.
1922: DOUG WILDEY, producer of "The Godzilla Power Hour", is born in Yonkers, N.Y.
1968: HIKARU MIDORIKAWA, who was the voice of Salamandes on "Rescue Task Force Go Go V", is born in Tochigi, Japan.
1979: SANEZUMI FUJIMOTO, who co-produced "The Human Vapor" and "Godzilla vs. the Thing", dies in Tokyo.
1980: Episode 31 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1996: Tri-Star announces that Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich will make "Godzilla".
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Sunday, May 01, 2005
5/1: Today in G-History
1916: GLENN FORD, who played Richardson in "Virus", is born in Sainte-Christine, Quebec. His films include "Gilda", "The Big Heat", "The Blackboard Jungle", and "Teahouse of the August Moon".
1917: JOHN BERADINO, who played LAPD patrolman Ryan in "Them!", is born in Los Angeles. He played baseball with the Cleveland Indians when they won the World Series in 1948.
1960: YOSHIYA OBARA, who did the sound on “Ringu” and “Zebraman”, is born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
1966: Episode 10 of "Ultra Q", "The Rainbow's Egg", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 44 of "The Space Giants", "Magma's Mission" a.k.a. "The Four Million-Volt Shock", debuts on Japanese TV.
1971: Episode 5 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Mantis-Man", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 49 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: MARTIN SKILES, who composed music used in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies.
1988: Episode 29 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 5 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Fatal Blade of Man's Pride", debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: Episode 120 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Web Site", premieres on Fox.
2002: “Avalon” is released in Belgium.
2004: Episode 29 of “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon”, “Act 29”, debuts on Japanese TV.
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