5/16: Today in G-History

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1882: MARY GORDON, who played an old woman in "Mighty Joe Young", is
born in Glasgow, Scotland. Best known for playing Sherlock Holmes’s
housekeeper, she was also in “Hangman’s House”.

1916: ADRIANA CASELOTTI, who owned the studio at which "Bambi Meets
Godzilla" was made, is born in Bridgeport, Conn. She is best known as
the voice of the heroine in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

1942: ISAO SASAKI is born. He was on "Monster Hunter Juspion" and
played Dr. Mochizuki on "Kamen Rider ZO" and the man in white in "OOO
Den-o All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider", and sang the theme songs for
"8 Kamen Riders vs. Galaxy King", "Kamen Rider 10’s Birth! Riders
Unite!", "Super Manchine: Metalder", and "Metalder: The Movie", as
well as songs from "Secret Squadron Goranger", "Space Ironman
Kyodyne", "Super-God Bibyuun", and "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad". He was
also the narrator on "Space Battleship Yamato" and the voice of Gatsun
in "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger the Movie".

1948: SHAWN MURPHY, score mixer on "Godzilla", is born in Los Angeles.
He also worked on "Saturday Night Live" and "Jurassic Park", for which
he won an Oscar for Best Sound.

1951: UNSHO ISHIZUKA, the voice of Great Emperor Ra Deus on "Super
Nova Flashman", is born in Katsuyama, Japan.

1955: KAORI OKANO, who played Momoko Yamaguchi on "Ultraman Leo", is
born. She played Maki Katsuragi in Episode 84 of "Kamen Rider", Risa
in Episode 47 of "Mirrorman", Namiko Hama ion Episode 34 of "Ultraman
Ace", Sachiko Kuroda in Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider V3", Yuko in
Episode 20 of "Inazuman", Ayako in Episode 7 of "Ironman Tiger-7", and
Megumi in Episode 37 of "Ultraman Taro".

1963: HITOSHI TAKAHASHI is born. He played Satoru Tanaka on Episode 88
of "Kamen Rider", Kojiro on Episode 13 of "Vigilante Lion Maru",
Kazuhiko Akane on Episode 11 of "Kikaida 01", Shiro Nakamori and Akira
Hoshino on "Ultraman Ace", Takeo on Episode 26 and Masahiro on Episode
41 of "Ultraman Taro", and Shoichi on Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider X".

1969: "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster" is released in West Germany.

1970: JAMES W. BATES, writer on "Power Rangers Samurai", is born in
Camden, N.J.

1971: MASAHIRO KOBAYASHI, who played science writer Teruaki Takeda in
"Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is
born in Hokkaido.

1973: DEBORAH RILEY, art director on “Godzilla: Final Wars”, is born
in Brisbane, Australia.

1980: Episode 33 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.

1981: Episode 28 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
WAKANA ROI, who played Minori Godai in "Kamen Rider Kuuga", is
born.
Episode 15 of "Solar Squadron Sunvulcan", "The Queen's Greed Dance",
debuts on Japanese TV.

1985: AYANA SAKAI, who played Miki Makimura in "Devilman", is born in
Mobara, Japan. She was also in "Battle Royale II".

1987: Episode 12 of "Aura Squadron Maskman" debuts on Japanese TV.

1990: YUKI TSUCHIYA, who played Ginjiro Mizuno on “Brother Fist
Bycrosser”, dies at 26 in a traffic accident.

1994: Episode 59 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Mighty Morphin' Mutants", debuts on Fox.

1995: Dark Horse's second printing of its graphic novelization of
"Godzilla 1985" is released.

1998: Episode 16 of “Power Rangers in Space”, “Flashes of Darkonda”,
debuts on Fox.

2003: “Ju-on: The Grudge 2” has its world premiere and “Alive”
premieres in France at the Cannes Film Festival.

2004: Episode 14 of “Special Police Squadron Dekaranger” debuts on
Japanese TV.

2006: “One Missed Call 2” is released on DVD in the U.S.

2007: "Kitaro" premieres in France at the Cannes Film Festival.
"Shinobi" is released in France.

2010: Episode 14 of "Celestial Clothing Squadron Goseiger" debuts on
Japanese TV.