11/2: Today in G-History
Reaper G
1976 remake of "King Kong", is born Scott Constantine Dacy in Bay
City, Mich. He later became a stalker of MMPR stuntwoman Sophia
Crawford.
1889: JAMES B. LEONG, who played a Chinese trader in "Son of Kong", is
born in Shanghai.
1902: FRANK JENKS, who played the truck driver in "The Amazing
Colossal Man", is born in Des Moines, Iowa.
1906: ELLIS W. CARTER, cinematographer on "The Deadly Mantis", is born
in Oregon.
1923: TATSUYA MIHASHI, who played Detective Okamoto in "The Human
Vapor" and Dr. Furoi in "Casshern", is born in Tokyo. Married to
actress Kyoko Anzai, he was Toshiro Mifune's brother-in-law Tatsuo in
"The Bad Sleep Well", "Chushingura", Mifune's assistant Kawanishi in
"High and Low", "None But the Brave", Phil Moscowitz in "What's Up,
Tiger Lily?", "The Killing Bottle", and "Tora! Tora! Tora!".
1925: HELEN JAY, who played Mrs. Farley in "The Deadly Mantis" is born
in New York City.
1927: STEVE DITKO, co-creator of "Spiderman" which became a Toei TV
series, is born in Johnstown, Penn.
1944: KEITH EMERSON, co-composer on "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in
Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. He was a member of the classic
rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
1954: LUCIA PAVLOVSCHI, unit production manager on the U.S. version of
"Pulse", is born in Bucharest.
1957: RYOSUKE MIKI, who was in "Izo", is born in Himeji City, Hyogo
Prefecture, Japan.
1959: "The H-Man" is released in Sweden.
1962: HUA RONG WONG, who played Shiro Okamoto on "Wizard of Darkness:
The Series" and Hiroshi Kitada in "Ju-on" and "Ju-on 2", is born in
Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
1967: AKIRA ISHIDA, the voice of Bae on "Beast Fist Squadron
Gekiranger", "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong
Kong Decisive Battle", and "Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger vs.
Bokenger", is born in Nisshin, Japan.
1968: Episode 18 of "Fight! Mighty Jack", "Defeat the Hydrogen Bomb
Dinosaur!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 5 of "Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light", "The Missing 20
Billion", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 31 of "Ultraman Taro", "Look Out! The Treacherous Poison
Mushroom", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "The Strong, Naked, and Fast
Guy", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 16 of "Super-Divine Bibyuun", "The Moving Bridge? The
Peculiar Boy Tsutomu", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: HAROLD E. STINE, who was a boom operator on the original "King
Kong" and did photographic effects on "Mighty Joe Young", dies.
MASAYA KAKEI, who wrote and directed "Accuracy of Death", is born
in Tokyo.
1979: Episode 5 of "Sky Rider", "Fly! The Girl Who Picks Up Dreams",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: KYOKO FUKADA, who played Kanae Sawaguchi in "Ringu 2", Himiko in
"Onmyoji 2", and Doronjo in "Yatterman", is born in Tokyo.
1984: Episode 32 of "Space Sheriff Shaider", "Your and My Melody",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1985: Episode 40 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman" debuts on Japanese
TV.
1986: PAUL FREES, who dubbed voices on "Godzilla Raids Again",
"Rodan", "The H-Man", and "King Kong Escapes", among tons of TV, film,
and animated projects, dies of heart failure at 66 in Tiburon, Calif.
1990: Episode 35 of "Earth Squadron Fiveman", "Operation: Twins",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 28 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Island of Illusion: Part 1", debuts on Fox.
1994: Episode 22 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "The
Ninja Encounter: Part 1", debuts on Fox.
1995: Episode 20 of Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers",
"Changing of the Zords: Part 3", debuts on Fox.
1996: Episode 9 of "Ultraman Tiga", "Girl Who Waits for a Monster",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: VINCENT WINTER, who played Sean in "Gorgo", dies of a heart
attack in Chertsey, England.
TOMMY DUGGAN, who played the first naval officer in "Gorgo",
dies.
2002: "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" premieres in Japan at the Tokyo
International Film Festival.
"The Ring" is released in Japan.
2004: "Onmyoji" and "Onmyoji 2" are rereleased in a double set on DVD
in the U.S.
2006: The U.S. version of "Pulse" is released in Brazil.
"The Grudge 2" is released in Singapore.
"I'll show you what Kiryu can do!"
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