Our Special Guests
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Derrick a.k.a. D Man1954
I'm just a kid who's a big King Kong, Godzilla, and Walking Dead fan trying to entertain the people of the internet...
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Jessy Booth of ProjectGodzilla
Jessy Booth is the mind behind the parody series ProjectGodzila. He created content for. years based on the fan-series he made. Now Jessy has retired from content creating and enjoys his days living life.
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Steven of Steven's Toy Reviews
Hey there, collectors! My name is Steven, and I'm an action figure reviewer who posts in-depth reviews of Godzilla, Ultraman, Gamera, Pacific Rim, and other Kaiju things figures! I also post videos about Pokemon, Nintendo, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, some anime, movies, and other things. Sound great, doesn't it?
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Bianca Wallace
I am your local Anda Weilder making sure the world ain't falling to pieces by making art and animation! I hope you enjoy your stay with the Resistance as we kick ass and take names with laughter and sheer goofy power!
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Benjamin Chaffins
Ben was a writer and translator for SciFi Japan and self-published two (now oop) books with interviews from various people in the tokusatsu world about their work on these films.
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Henry Winston
Henry Winston (better known to some in the community as Henry the Host of It Came from a Monster Movie Podcast Fame) is an aspiring writer and content creator who has various backgrounds to make them the queer cryptid they are today. Having a background of paleontological field work as well as various experiences in the arts, they like to believe they were many, abit dinosaur related, hats. Currently, Henry is close to completing one of his life's work which is APEX: A GIANT MONSTER STORY, which is a unique and refreshing take on the genre of giant monsters.
While Henry is unavailable currently on public social media, you can still listen to episodes of IT CAME FROM A MONSTER MOVIE Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Travis Alexander
Travis is an unapologetic nerd with a heart of gold and a lot to say. In 2018 he started the Kaiju Weekly Podcast, and through it found a new way to express his love for giant monster movies. Travis brings his own brand of enthusiasm to the kaiju community, and wants to spread that enthusiasm and positivity with the content he creates.
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Nathan Marchand
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. His first novel, the military science fiction tale Pandora’s Box, was published in 2010. He has previously co-authored the kaiju novella Destroyer with Nick and Natasha Hayden and Timothy Deal. He is the host of several podcasts, including The Monster Island Film Vault, which includes both film discussions and audiodrama segments, Henshin Men, and The Power Trip: A Journey through the Power Rangers Franchise.
Monster Island Film Vault [Apple] [Spotify]
The Power Trip: A Journey Through the Power Rangers Franchise [Apple] [Spotify]
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Michael Hamilton
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Frankie B. Washington
Frankie is an alumnae from the Butera School of Art with 30 years freelance experience in the art industry as a commercial illustrator. He’s worked on two Miramax films, an Animation Studio, Advertising Agencies, Print & Comic Book Publishers, Sketch & Trading Card Companies and Others. A love for the super robot/kaiju genre led to him co-creating the 2013 graphic novel Robot God Akamatsu, a homage to the 70’s & 80’s film/anime/toyline that shaped his childhood. Kaiju & Cowboys will be his 27th leap into the comic book creating fray which began in 1993 with his first self- published title PEACE. His journey is ongoing and the ART is FLOWING.
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Mathew Blair
A lifelong fan of comics, science fiction, and everything pop culture related, Matthew graduated from Stetson University in 2012 with a BA in History, but decided that a career of academic study and teaching didn’t suit him, so he decided to write comic books for a living. His first published work was a self-published webcomic with the excellent Frankie B. Washington entitled “The Secret Lives of Villains” and “Kaijus and Cowboys” is his latest endeavor into the world of self-published indie comics, although it is certainly not his last. At the moment, he works as a staff writer for Multiversity and while the journey has been long and exhausting, it has been incredibly fulfilling and a lot of fun.
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Mark Bailey
Hoping to live by the words of Ray Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury, Mark Bailey is trying his best to "grow old, but never grow up" and let his inner child go nuts. He was raised by super parents, John and Joyce Bailey, who affectionately let their son watch tons of cartoons and movies while teaching him the life-saving value of laughter. From that childhood surrounded by comic books, Godzilla, Star Wars and the like, a lifelong creative hunger was developed and pursued. While pursuing all he can in animation and film, Mark was also a board member of ASIFA East (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation) and designed their monthly "aNYmator" newsletter. Lastly, please give to charity, be nice to animals and vote.
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Jack "GJ" Hudgens
Jack “GJ” Hudgens is one of the hosts for The Drift Space Podcast. he worked on Godzilla: King of the Monsters as a production assistant, Ex-Critic, Film Historian, *~Evil-Elitist-Gatekeeping-Triggerman~*, and owner of many physical copies of movies.
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Daniel "Danny" DiManna
Daniel DiManna is a film historian, author, artist, voice actor, and lifelong student of Kaijulosophy (a thing he totally made up but thinks sounds kinda cool). An award-winning marketing writer by day and an unapologetic monster-nerd by night, Daniel is the author/creator of the GODZILLA NOVELIZATION PROJECT, a fan-driven endeavor to write novel adaptations of every Japanese G-flick. His writing has been published in G-Fan, Prehistoric Magazine, Kaiju Ramen Magazine, and on various websites. He can also be heard guesting (and singing) on multiple kaiju-related podcasts.
Daniel lives in Sylvania, Ohio, surrounded by DVDs, books, and an unhealthy number of monster toys.
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Kim Lacanilao
I'm Kim Lacanilao. I have an Associates Degree in Broadcasting from Bergen Community College. My professional experience includes:
- 7 years of video editing
- 4 years of audio editing
- 3 years of videography
- 1 year of photography
I also run a YouTube channel called Kaiju Kim where my enthusiasm for the Godzilla franchise runs wild.
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Mac Mclintock of Titanic Creations
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Robert New
An ENFP with a passion for the human side of data.
I follow a simple motto: “Improve everything you touch.” Whether it is alongside customers or coworkers, having the opportunity to help others, is what energizes me. When I’m brought onto a project, I set myself to the task of understanding what is the core problem to be solved, how it is being addressed, and how well the solution can be future-proofed.
In my free time, I can be found either writing, hosting and producing a movie podcast with friends, or testing out new and exciting recipes.
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Jeffrey Angles
Dr. Jeffrey Angles is a professor and advisor of Japanese in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University.
Angles is a prominent translator of modern Japanese literature, with several volumes of Japanese literature in translation to his name. His book "Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako," published by the University of California Press, received both the 2009 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission for the Translation of Japanese Literature and the 2011 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. Other translation projects have earned grants from the PEN America and the National Endowment for the Arts, including his most recent accomplishment of receiving a 2020 Literature Translation Fellowship from the NEA. He has led translation courses and workshops at the University of Tokyo and the British Centre for the Art of Translation.
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Willy Evans
Co-founder of the Kansas City Underground Film Festival
I first fell in love with movies when I was 10 and saw Lord of the Rings. My passion only grew in college as I met other people who loved movies as much as I did.
Some of my favorite movies include: Weekend, Her, Chungking Express, In The Mood for Love, Mommy, Cache, A Separation, Stalker, Your Sister’s Sister, It Follows, Come and See, and many many more. (Just go look at the list)
You can catch me most nights obsessively watching festival submissions or hanging out at one of the amazing movie theater in KC.
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Daisuke Sato
I work in special effects. Producer and special effects director of "Kaminofude - The Island of Monsters (God's Brush)" (2024), director of "The Narrow Mist Country" (2019), special effects director of "IKE BOYS" (2021), co-director and special effects director of "HOSHI 35" (2023), director of photography of "Monster Cat Rhapsody" (2022), and creator of several monster models for film and TV.
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Yoshikazu Ishii
In the special effects field, he works as an assistant director for directors Koichi Kawakita, Eiichi Asada, Makoto Kamiya, Tomoo Haraguchi, Toshio Miike, and Katsuro Onoe.
In addition to movies and TV dramas, he also works on commercials, games, VPs, coordinators, etc.
Especially since 2004, he has been involved in many special effects movie scenes.
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Masanori Machida
Actor/Voice Actor ◆ Production Baobab ◆ Movies: "Abashiri Bangaichi" and "Railroad Man" ◆ Special Effects: "Ultraman Tiga/Charija" and "Giant Beast Kappa/Saki" ◆ Anime: "HUGtto! #プリキュア Daigun" and " #マジェプリ Dorgana" ◆ Pachinko: "Fist of the North Star: Ryuken" ◆ Radio: Tuesdays at 8pm "Machida Masanori's Storytelling Room" ◆ Reading: "Kotoba Dakotto" ◆ Himself