Meet the Team!
Jacob Lyngle
Founder/Editor-in-Chief
Jacob is a moderator, film analyst, and convention programmer, currently facilitating our major interviews & collaborations with brands & studios for extensive kaiju coverage.
Site Contact: jacob@kaijuunited.com
Nick Crispino
Chief Operations Officer
Nick is a videographer & content creator. He currently runs the fan page Kaiju Junkie on Instagram, serving as a pillar for the community on the platform.
David Scrivani
Chief Brand Officer
David is a Boston-based music fanatic. He currently serves as the co-host of Talking Toku, the premiere featured podcast on Kaiju United, and serves as our frontline community ambassador.
Hayley Doland
Managing Editor
Hayley is a cinephile specializing in Japanese cinema. She spends most of her days watching Kurosawa films and gushing about kaiju eiga. She currently aides us in bringing pieces to life on the site with her editing skills.
Elijah Thomas
Chief Innovation Officer
Host of Kaiju Conversation, actor, director, and Rondo Nominated Writer. Elijah works as a bonus feature producer for SRS Cinema and acts as the Chief Innovative Officer.
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KU Contributors
Donny Winter
Contributor
Donny Winter is an LGBTQ+ poet, educator, and activist currently residing in Midland, Michigan. He currently hosts the show ‘Growing Up With Godzilla’, and contributed to IDW’s ’70th Anniversary of Godzilla’ anthology comic.
Joseph
KU Expert
Joseph, a passionate film and physical media enthusiast, is dedicated to showcasing lesser-known dubs, cuts, films, and shows from the Tokusatsu genre. You can find him @tokusatsubts on Instagram and X.
Christopher Gomez
Interviews & Events
Christopher is an actor, director, and writer. He can be seen facilitating interviews with personnel in the film industry for Kaiju United and bringing film & stage productions to life.
Sean Barry
Contributing Writer
Sean is a writer and essayist who loves film, especially Asian cinema. His portfolio includes interviews & reviews for Asian Movie Pulse. Sean is also a content creator, occasionally uploading videos to YouTube.
Davis Madole
Contributor
Davis is an author, writer, and content creator, best known for his YouTube channel “TitanGoji!”. He is also an ISSA certified strength and conditioning coach, helping people achieve their goals and maintain a healthy livelihood.
Li-Li 莉莉
Contributor
Raised with medias like Star Wars, Doctor Who, Hong Kong wuxias, and tokusatsu: Li-Li 莉莉 had an innate desire to share these passions with people, so she turned to writing to pass on their love to others.
Cesar Alejandro Jr.
Contributing Writer
Asian film critic and culture sponge; loves a good cup of tea and an even better crime film.
Christian
Contributing Writer
Christian is a geologist and Kaiju enthusiast. He specializes in fossils and Kaiju toy photography. Find him on Instagram under @earth_m78.
Matthew
Film Reviews
As a film student, Matthew has found great interest in the behind-the-scenes and making of all different kinds of films.
Mitch Shuttleworth
Contributing Writer
Mitch Shuttleworth is a life long Godzilla, monster, creature and Kaiju fan to the nth degree. He prides himself on his extensive knowledge on the worlds and lore of any franchise.
Adam J. Griffin
Events
Adam makes videos under the “Thirsty Thursday Toys” channel on YouTube. Weekly reviews and drink pairings for your favorite kaiju, dinosaur theme park, and transforming robot franchises.
Nathan Marchand
Contributor
Nathan Marchand is a writer and podcaster from Indiana. He studied writing at both Taylor University Fort Wayne and Purdue University Fort Wayne, earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
Alaena G
Columnist
Alaena’s passion is cosplay. From being the head organizer of the costume parade at G-FEST, to volunteering her time at Dojo Studios, you can always find her making a new costume and enjoying kaiju films!
Kaijufanatic
Contributor
Diehard tokusatsu and vinyl head! @kaijufanatic on Instagram and YouTube, founder of Vinyl Fanatics.
Nik Christensen
Comics Contributor
Nik is an avid kaiju fan, of particular interest in his own fandom is the off screen exploits either in the various Comics we’ve had through the years or the numerous trade paperbacks released for the written rampages of the kaiju we all know and love!
Nathaniel Steitz
Contributor
A Massachusetts based writer and content creator, Nathaniel (Zimzilla99) has been making videos and holding livestreams with a focus on more obscure topics, community projects, and general kaiju community rumblings.
Guest Contributors
Rachel Kingery
Gigantuan Design
Rachel is the founder of Gigantuan Design. She is an award winning self-taught graphic designer and illustrator, specializing in vector artwork.
Andrew Tucker
Educator
Andrew was a high school English teacher for 9 1/2 years and teaches a course utilizing pop culture archetypes and their relation to the Hero’s Journey at McDaniel College. .
John T. Steiner
Author
John Steiner exercises an avid interest in history, science, philosophy, mythology, martial arts as well as military tactics and technology, and is the author of multiple science fiction novels.
Matthew Boyce
Matthew Boyce is the admin of classic movie monster website, KaijuTopia. He is also an English teacher, having recently obtained his master’s degree. Y