Les

I am a Bureaucrat on Wikizilla. Don't be afraid to leave a message on my talk page and ask me if you have any problems, suggestions, or if you spot anything bad.

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Les Born December 13 Connecticut, United States Occupation Wikizilla bureaucrat, editor; script writer, sound editor First work Kaiju Facts episode 4, "Inconsistent Kaiju Stats" (2017) Notable work Kaiju Profiles episode 71, "The Mothras (Rebirth of Mothra Trilogy)" (2022)

Hello, my name is Les and I am a bureaucrat and regular editor of Wikizilla, and writer and sound editor for the Wikizilla YouTube channel.

Selected filmography

Writer

• Kaiju Facts (web 2016-) [episodes 4-6, 13]
• Kaiju Profiles (web 2016-) [episodes 21, 23-33, 35-46, 48-59, 62-65, 69-72]
• Creating Kaiju (web 2017-) [episode 3]
• Kaiju Corrections (web 2018-) [episodes 3-4]

Sound editing

• Kaiju Facts (web 2016-) [episodes 9-12]
• Kaiju Profiles (web 2016-) [episodes 37, 39, 44, 49, 52-53, 55, 57, 61-62, 70]
• Review: Godzilla Card Game (web 2019)
• Monster Planet (web 2020-) [episode 1]

Voice roles

• Monster Island Buddies (web 2010-) as Interrupting Godzilla [episode 123]
• Kaiju Facts (web 2016-) as narrator [episode 11; with MIB]
• Kaiju Profiles (web 2016-) as narrator [episodes 55, 71] / himself [episode 63]

Miscellaneous

• Kaiju Profiles (web 2016-) - Live-action cinematographer [episode 65]

Book collection

Reference books

• All Kaiju Kaijin ⟪First Volume⟫ (1990, Keibunsha)
• Toho Monster Graffiti (1991, Kindaieigasha)
• Latest Encyclopedia of Godzilla (1991, Gakken)
• Special Graphix Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991, Kindaieigasha)
• Special Graphix Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992, Kindaieigasha)
• Godzilla Fierce Fighting Super Encyclopedia (1992, Asahi Sonorama)
• Special Graphix Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993, Kindaieigasha)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon Super Complete Works (1994, Shogakukan)
• Distributed by Toho Special Effect Movies 1954–1994 (1994, Kindaieigasha)
• Definitive Edition of Toho Monster Movies!! Godzilla Special Effects Complete Works (1994, Natsumesha)
• The Pictorial Book of Godzilla (1995, Hobby Japan)
• The Pictorial Book of Godzilla 2 (1995, Hobby Japan)
• Godzilla Monsters All Encyclopedia (1996, Shogakukan) [12th edition]
• The Gamera Chronicles (1996, Takeshobo)
• Gamera 2 Ultimate Chronicles (1996, Tokuma Shoten)
• The Super Heroes Chronicles (1997, Takeshobo) [3rd edition]
• Making of GODZILLA (1998, Toho)
• The Godzilla Chronicles Ver. 3 (1999, Takeshobo)
• So Crazy Japanese Toys! (2003, Chronicle Books)
• The Gransazers Secret Super Encyclopedia (2004, Kodansha)
• The Gransazers Super Complete Works (2004, Shogakukan)
• Godzilla Dictionary (2004, Kasakura Publishing)
• Encyclopedia of Japanese Yokai in Pictures (2005, Kadokawa)
• Revive! Great Yokai Movies Assembly (2005, Takeshobo)
• Godzilla Toho Special Effects Unpublished Material Archive (2010, Kadokawa)
• Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works (2012, villagebooks)
• Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia (2014, Shogakukan)
• Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] (2014, Kasakura Publishing)
• Super Common Knowledge of Godzilla (2016, Futabasha)
• Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters (2016, Kadokawa)
• All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (2016, Yosensha) [4th edition]
• 365 Days of Godzilla (2016, Yosensha)
• The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (2017, Bicep Books)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon, The War of the Gargantuas Visual Archives (2018, Yosensha)
• All Toho Mechanic Pictorial Book (2018, Yosensha)
• "Godzilla Test" Official Text (2018, Takarajimasha)
• Showa Mechagodzilla Steel Encyclopedia (2019, Yosensha)
• Character Complete Works: Special Effects Complete History – 1970s Hero Complete Works (2020, Kodansha)
• Ultra Star God Series Completion (2021, Hobby Japan)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Completion (2021, Hobby Japan)
• Godzilla Singular Point Fan Book (2021, Futabasha)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Completion (2022, Hobby Japan)
• Shin Ultraman Design Works (2022, khara/GroundWorks)

Memoirs/biographies

• Ishiro Honda: "Godzilla" and My Film Life (1994, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
• Eiji Tsuburaya's Visual World (2001, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
• Gamera Genesis: Film Director Noriaki Yuasa (2006, Enterbrain)
• The Spirit of Tokusatsu: Toho Tokusatsu Battle Chronicle (2010, Yosensha)
• "Mr. GODZILLA" Haruo Nakajima (2010, Yosensha)
• The Godzilla Trunk (2012, Takarajimasha)
• Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (2014, Chronicle Books) [paperback]
• Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano (2014, Wides) [reprint]
• Ishiro Honda: Monster Master (2015, Yosensha) [2nd edition]
• Managing GODZILLA (2015, Kadokawa)
• Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook (2015, Yosensha)
• Sadamasa Arikawa: Godzilla's Son and Eiji Tsuburaya (2018, Yosensha)

Magazines

• UniJapan Film Quarterly (1958–1972, UniJapan) [9 issues]
  • Vol. 1 no. 2 (1958)
  • Vol. 2 no. 1–4 (1959)
  • Vol. 3 no. 1, 3 (1960)
  • Vol. 4 no. 1, 4 (1961)
• Japanese Films (1959–1973?, UniJapan) [3 issues]
  • Japanese Films 1959 (1959)
  • Japanese Films 1961 (1961)
  • Japanese Films 1969 (1969)
• Daiei Films no. ? (~1960, Daiei)
• Uchusen (1980–, Hobby Japan) [85 issues]
  • TBA
• LIFE "Godzilla" (2019, LIFE Books) [1st edition]
• Godzilla and Toho Tokusatsu Official Mook (2022–2025, Kodansha) [3 volumes]
  • Vol. 08: The Gransazers (2023)
  • Vol. 24: Godzilla Raids Again/The Return of Godzilla (2024)
  • Vol. 40: Go! Godman/Go! Greenman/Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (2025)

Miscellaneous

• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1984, Kodansha)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984, Kodansha)
• GODZILLA theater program (1998, Toho)
• GODZILLA (1998, Shueisha) [Japanese translation]
• Godzilla Raids Again (2002, Kodansha) [reprint]
• Godzilla Legends (2012, IDW) [paperback]
• Godzilla: Awakening (2014, Legendary Comics)