At Kaiju United, we value expertise in the genre, a positive outlook, and a drive to bring the best coverage that our passionate audience continues to expect from us. Meet the team responsible for one of the most successful movie monster outlets on the web!
Jacob Lyngle
Editor-in-Chief
Jacob is a writer, editor, and panelist. Overseeing the day-to-day site operations, social media scheduling, and editorial direction of the site, he is also the primary contact for brands, studios, and collaborators.
Email: jacob@kaijuunited.com
Nick Crispino
Content Manager
Nick is a videographer & content creator. At KU, he oversees our content collaborations with major brands, cutting edge event coverage as an accredited member of the press, and overall operations.
Email: nick@kaijuunited.com
Hayley Doland
Managing Editor
Hayley is a cinema buff, specializing in Japanese cinema. At KU, she oversees submissions to the site, providing feedback, growth, and development for our staff and contributors.
David Scrivani
Community & Gaming
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, ensuring that our website and organization remains to have a pulse on the exciting and passionate community of kaiju fans.
Joseph Acosta
Ultraman & Tokusatsu Editor
Joseph, a passionate film and physical media enthusiast, is dedicated to showcasing lesser-known dubs, cuts, films, and shows from the Tokusatsu genre. On his platform, @tokusatsubts, he shares behind-the-scenes content, trailers, and posters from beloved tokusatsu productions, bringing these hidden gems to light for the community.
Mario Macchiarulo
Contributing Writer
Mario is currently earning a degree in education, but takes pride in writing and broadening views about kaiju to fulfill the honor of being a lifelong Godzilla fan.
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Nat Lunn
Contributor – United Kingdom
Nat Lunn is a North-Eastern writa’, researcha’ and enthusiastic disciple of genra’ film. As creative director of Geordie Film’s Class, his exploration of cinema has taken him down all avenues of thought and theory, researching into the further reaches of genre film to uncover the gems hiding within, presenting the discovered information in screenings, talks, writing and passion. His book on Kaiju themes, They Come from Planet Earth! is available from McFarland & Company Publishers and can be found on Amazon.
Elwood Red Denner
Contributor – United Kingdom
A Scottish writer and science fiction superfan who enjoys writing about anything featuring monsters, robots, or spaceships.
Letty
Contributor – Brazil
Letty is a passionate kaiju and tokusatsu enthusiast from Brazil seeking to highlight the community’s experiences in South America.
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Russell Moran
Contributor/Columnist
Russell is a podcaster, writer, loving husband, cat dad, and collector from Kentucky. After hosting podcasts such as Tomes of Evil, Gamma Charge, Taste the Pod of Dracula, and more, Russ is turning his focus toward one of his earliest and fondest loves: Kaiju. He hosts Kaiju ComicCast, the podcast dedicated to your favorite giant monsters in the medium of comics
Derek B. Gayle
Contributing Writer
Derek B. Gayle is a RVA-based writer and podcaster. He is a co-founder of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, and currently hosts and produces several queer-centered pop culture analysis shows including Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon. He also curates Toku Thursday streams on the Sci-Fi Explosion Twitch channel, and in his scant free time he enjoys digitizing old VHS tapes, cosplaying as obscure toku characters, and searching the woods for werewolves.
Christopher Bryan Gomez
Writer/Reporter
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 – Reviews
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
Contributing Writer
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.
Zach Schimmel
Contributing Writer
Zach has been a longtime fan of Toku, having grown up with heroes like the Power Rangers, Godzilla, and of course, Megas XLR. He is currently working on Guardians of the Last Dragon, a dream comic of his that combines most of his favorite aspects in all of fiction.
Tanner Wright
Contributing Writer
Tanner Wright is a freelance illustrator with a deep love for kaiju, sci-fi, heavy music, and the downright bizarre.
RJ Axen
Contributing Writer
RJ Axen is a community cosplayer, best known for his cosplay of Godzilla from ‘Mothra vs. Godzilla.’ Outside of cosplay, RJ is an avid Ultraman and tokusatsu fanatic. Follow him @boatscanfly_
Matthew
Contributing Writer
As a film student, Matthew has found great interest in the behind-the-scenes and making of all different kinds of films.
Li-Li 莉莉
Contributing Writer
Raised with medias like Star Wars, Doctor Who, Hong Kong wuxias, and later tokusatsu: Li-Li 莉莉 had an innate desire to share these passions with people that may not have known or experienced any of these curiosities, so she turned to writing to pass on their love of what went on the screen and went behind the screens of these features.
Mitch Shuttleworth
Contributing Writer
Mitch Shuttleworth is a life long Godzilla, monster, creature and Kaiju fan to the nth degree.
Donny Winter
Contributing Writer
Donny is a writer, educator, and podcaster. He teaches creative writing and composition at Delta College and has authored three collections of poems, each garnering a Pushcart Prize nomination. Additionally, his work has appeared in the IDW Publishing’s Godzilla: 70th Anniversary comic book anthology. Currently, he’s the creator and host for the YouTube podcast Growing Up with Godzilla.
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.
Ryan Griffin
Contributing Writer
Enthusiastic Kaiju fan. Out of college and ready to be more involved with the community.
Joshua “Howard” Miller
Contributing Writer
Joshua “Howard” Miller is an award-winning producer of all sorts of wacky public access television who harasses everyone he knows to be creative. He is the host for a myriad of shows, including “Doritos, Connections & MTN Dew” on YouTube (@DCMGameShow), and appears here like a cryptid sighting.
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Walter Trush
Guest Contributor
Walter Trush is a freelance cartoonist who is kaiju obsessed and loves discovering and discussing strange, obscure media.
Alex Adams
Guest Contributor
Alex Adams is an independent scholar and musician based in the UK. They are currently writing Godzilla: A Critical Demonology, which will be a comprehensive critical account of every Godzilla movie.
Nicholas Driscoll
Guest Contributor – Manga
Nicholas Driscoll is a long-time enthusiast of giant monsters, classic and modern science fiction, and writing. He is the senior editor on Toho Kingdom, where he can be found writing about kaiju manga, movies, books, and more.
Cesar Alejandro Jr.
Guest Contributor
Asian film critic and culture sponge; loves a good cup of tea and an even better crime film.
David Gelmini
Guest Contributor
David Gelmini has a Master’s Degree in Film, and he is absolutely obsessed with Godzilla.
John T. Steiner
Guest Contributor
John Steiner earned his Associate of Biology at Salt Lake Community College, where he is currently working as a tutor in math and chemistry. He exercises an avid interest in history, science, philosophy, mythology, martial arts as well as military tactics and technology.