Friday, September 30, 2005
9/30: Today in G-History
1896: HOWARD WRIGHT, who played a medical corps officer in "War of the Colossal Beast" and Jake in "Earth vs. the Spider", is born Frederick Howard Wright in California.
1903: LASZLO GOROG, who co-wrote "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Hungary. He was the grandfather of TV and radio comic Adam Carolla.
1914: JAMES SEAY, who played Colonel Hallock in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born.
1972: Episode 12 of "Kikaida", "The Ruthless Sorceress Silver Cat", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 79 of "Kamen Rider", "Hell Ambassador! True Meaning of Fear?", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Thursday, September 29, 2005
9/29: Today in G-History
1946: HAYATO TANI, who played Captain Sanjuro Sagata on "Aura Task Force Maskman", is born in Nagasaki.
1965: "Ghidrah: The Three-Headed Monster" is released in the U.S.
1972: Episode 26 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 26 of "Ultraman Ace", "Total Annihilation! The Five Ultraman Brothers", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 20 of "Kikaida 01", "The Grand Outrage: Shadow Big Boss’ Identity Revealed", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 33 of "Kamen Rider V3", "V3 in Danger! The Return of No. 1 and No.2", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 25, the final episode of "Storm Cloud Lion Maru", "The Fall of the Empire", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 35 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: GORDON DOUGLAS, who directed "Them!", dies of cancer in Los Angeles.
1995: Episode 30 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "The Earth is Snoring", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
9/28: Today in G-History
1885: AKIRA TANI, who played a chubby thug in "Half-Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman" and the village headman in "Godzilla vs. the Thing", is born in Fukuoka. Also appearing in "Madame White Snake" and "The Three Treasures", he died in 1966.
1931: SHIRO MORITANI, who directed "Tidal Wave", is born in Tokyo. He also was an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa.
1959: YU TOKUI, who played Ota the real estate agent in "Dark Water", is born in Osaka.
1968: NAOMI WATTS, who played Rachel Keller in "The Ring" and "The Ring 2", and
will play Ann Darrow in the 2005 remake of "King Kong", is born in Shoreham, Kent, England. Her other films include "Mulholland Drive", "Ned Kelly", "Le Divorce", and "21 Grams".
1970: "Ultra Fight", a series of vignettes from "Ultraman" and "Ultra Seven", premieres on Japanese TV.
YUJI KISHI, who played Kyosuke Jinnai a.k.a. Red Racer on "High-Speed Task Force Carranger", "High-Speed Task Force Carranger vs. Ohranger", and
"Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger vs. Carranger", is born in Tokyo.
1973: Episode 52, the final episode of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Rainbow Soars, Warrior of Love", debuts on Japanese TV.
The final episode of "Go! Godman" airs on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 33 of "Kamen Rider X", "Fear — King Dark’s Revenge", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 26 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Robbery! Mad Dog Robot — Bull Gunder", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: KARAN ASHLEY, who played Aisha Campbell the Yellow Ranger in "Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers" and "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie", is born in Odessa, Texas.
1976: Episode 11 of "Super Human Bibyun", "Cannibal Walls? The Secret of the Stereo", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 32, the final episode of "Swift Hero Zubat", debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: KAZUE FUKIISHI, who played Natsumi Konishi in "One Missed Call", is born in Osaka.
1997: Episode 32 of "Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger", "Desperate Situation for Galaxy Mega", debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: "Ringu" is released in Denmark.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
9/27: Today in G-History
1897: MEL BERNS, makeup artist on "King Kong", is born in Chicago.
1914: JUKICHI ONO, who played the samurai in "Onibaba", is born.
1934: KYOKO ANZAI, who played Etsuko Shiraishi in "Battle in Outer Space", is born in Osaka.
1941: TATSUYA FUJI, who played George Inoue in "Gappa the Triphibian Monster", is born in Beijing.
1947: RAY BRADBURY, whose story "The Foghorn" was the basis for "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", marries his wife, Maggie.
1951: REN OSUGI, who played Sayori's father Yasutaka Hiura in "Shikoku" and Kyoto Kuroda in "Zebraman", is born in Tokushima, Japan.
1952: R.J. KIZER, who directed the U.S. scenes for "Godzilla 1985", is born in New Jersey. He was also the skydiving contest narrator and supervised the sound for "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie".
1955: Edmund Goldman and Toho sign agreement to release "Godzilla" in the U.S. Goldman paid $25,000 for the film.
1964: GORO KISHITANI, who played Mitsuo Ando on "The Spiral" TV series, Mizoguchi in "Returner", and Oka the undertaker in "One Missed Call", is born in Tokyo.
1969: BRUCE SETON, who played Professor Flaharty in "Gorgo" dies in London, England.
1973: Episode 26, the final episode of "Robot Detective", "BAD Dies on Mars!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1985: RYUTARO OTOMO, who was in "The Magic Serpent", commits suicide.
1987: STEPHEN ECKELBERRY, editor on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", marries Karen Black.
1998: "Gekko no kaidan G" ("School of Ghosts G") premieres on Japanese TV.
2000: "Ringu" and "Ringu 2" premiere in Finland at the Helsinki International Film Festival.
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Monday, September 26, 2005
9/26: Today in G-History
1875: EDMUND GWENN, who played Dr. Harold Medford in "Them!", is born Edmund Kellaway in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Santa Claus in "Miracle on 34th Street".
1904: LAFCADIO HEARN, whose book was the basis for the film "Kwaidan", dies in Okubo, Japan.
1956: LINDA HAMILTON, who played Amy Franklin in "King Kong Lives", is born in Salisbury, Maryland. She is best known as Sarah Connor in "The Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and for the TV series "Beauty and the Beast".
1963: NATE D. SLOTT, second assistant director on "The Amazing Colossal Man", dies at 61.
1966: Episode 13 of "The Space Giants", "The Last Inhabitant" (a.k.a. "The Super Heat Creature"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN, who composed stock music used in the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies in California.
1980: Episode 52 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 47 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: Episode 104 of "Godzilla: The Series", "D.O.A.", debuts on Fox.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
9/25: Today in G-History
1941: KEISUKE YAMASHITA, who was in "Lady Battle Cop", is born.
1942: JIN NAKAYAMA, who played Captain Kazuki Oyama on "Ultraman 80" and Dr. Ichinotani in "Ultra Q: The Movie", is born in China.
1954: The last episode of "Kaiju Gojira" airs on NHK radio network.
1962: SHELL DANIELSON, who wrote for "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Zeo", "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie", and "Power Rangers Turbo", is born in Upland, Calif.
1966: Episode 11 of "Ultraman", "The Mischievous Rascal from Space", debuts on Japanese TV.
1971: Episode 26 of "Kamen Rider", "Horror in Hell", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 62 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: Episode 31 of "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 25 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Deciding Match! Hero’s End (Part One)", debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: "Godzilla" is released in Portugal and Sweden.
1999: Episode 140 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Cash of the Titans", premieres on Fox.
2003: "Onmyoji II" is released in Japan.
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