Daniel DiManna is an author, film historian, artist, voice actor, and professional goober. An award-winning marketing writer by day and an unapologetic monster nerd by night, he is a graduate of Lourdes University (with a BA in Fine Arts) and the recipient of a Gold Communicator Award of Excellence, two MARCE Awards, and a MarCom Honorable Mention for his creative/humorous copywriting.
In addition to his fiction work on the Godzilla Novelization Project and multiple original kaiju short stories, Daniel is the author of G-Cinema: An Exploration and Celebration of Japan’s Monster King, a non-fiction book examining the history, cultural significance, and thematic depth of the Godzilla franchise. The book, published through Fonthill Media, will release in bookstores in February of 2026.
His additional academic writing work has been published in G-Fan, Kaiju Ramen Magazine, Prehistoric Magazine, and on various websites. He can be heard guesting (and singing) on multiple kaiju-related podcasts and YouTube series, as well as his own Monster Musings podcast on Patreon. Daniel is also a frequent panelist at G-Fest, where he’s been co-hosting writing, film history/appreciation, and special interest panels since 2019.
Daniel’s other kaiju bona fides include co-developing/hosting an audio commentary track for the SRS Cinema Blu-ray release of War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs. Goura (2023), providing copy editing services, writing, and research to multiple kaiju-related SRS Cinema home video releases, serving as Executive Producer (via Kickstarter) of 2019’s Kaiju Crescendo concert in Chicago, working with artist Robert Monsarrat to co-translate, edit, and share the first English-language translation for Shigeru Kayama’s novelization of Godzilla (1954), co-hosting two panels during 2020’s Kaiju Con-Line event, and acting (and co-directing one scene) in Anthony Polonia/SRS Cinema’s kaiju film ZillaFoot (2021). His voice-acting credits include playing Dr. Shida in the Godzilla Unmade audio drama adaptation of Bride of Godzilla? and multiple recurring roles in The Monster Island Film Vault, along with supplying vocals for the titular creature in the Elijah Thomas-directed short kaiju film Edo Kami no Gyakushu (2024), for which he also built multiple props and the monster suit.
Daniel lives in Sylvania, Ohio, surrounded by DVDs, posters, books, and an unhealthy number of monster toys.
The Godzilla Novelization Project 