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|name            =Astounding Beyond Belief
|name            =Astounding Beyond Belief
|image            =GODZILLA IN HELL.jpg
|image            =ABB Avatar Full Transparent.png
|caption          =Uncropped version of the avatar I use on nearly every site
|caption          =Avatar by Maya Jade
|occupation      =Wikizilla Bureaucrat,<br>Freelance Editor, Wage Slave
|occupation      =Wikizilla writer and editor,<br>library clerk
|birthday        =1993
|birthday        =1993
|birthplace      =Rochester, NY
|birthplace      =Rochester, NY
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==Signature Achievements==
==Selected filmography==
*''G-Fantis: Worlds Collide!!!'' (2011) - Mothra puppeteer [uncredited]
*''[[Kaijunited: Japanese Monsters and Us]]'' (2012) - Self [uncredited]
*''Godzilla vs. Gamera'' (2013) - Co-director / screenplay / editor / pyrotechnics / stop-motion / monster wrangling
*''Godzilla Battle Royale'' (2015) - Sprinting civilian [uncredited]
*''Gamera Forever'' (2015) - Editor / additional dialogue
*''Redman'' (Web 2016) - Redman / editor
*''[[Wikizilla:YouTube|Wikizilla]]'' (Web 2016-) - Editor [7 episodes] / writer [44 episodes] / narrator [3 episodes]
*''Monster Island Buddies'' (Web 2010-) - Move-It-Along Godzilla (voice) [episode 123]
 
==Signature achievements==
*Transcribing complete credits for film pages
*Transcribing complete credits for film pages
*Writing numerous pages for actors and staff
*Writing numerous pages for actors and staff
*Writing synopses for many obscure kaiju films (including some tragically exiled Asylum masterworks)
*Banishment of non-Godzilla kaiju design pages
*Banishment of non-Godzilla kaiju design pages
*Replacement of the site chat with a Discord server
*Replacement of the site chat with a Discord server
*Annoying Gojipedia staff by calling out plagiarism
*Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for painstaking analysis of Godzilla's regenerative capabilities in ''Godzilla 2000: Millennium''
==Physical Media Collection==
 
==Physical media collection==
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{{Under Construction}}
===Godzilla Movies and Shows===
===Godzilla===
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Godzilla Movie DVDs - Gojira -Classic Media 2006-.jpg|''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) - 2006 Classic Media DVD
Godzilla Movie DVDs - Gojira -Classic Media 2006-.jpg|''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) - 2006 Classic Media DVD
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I also have ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', and the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy taped off the Sci-Fi Channel.
I also have ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', and the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy taped off the Sci-Fi Channel.


===Other Toho Movies===
===Toho===
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<gallery widths="120" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
Classic Media Rodan and WotG DVD.jpg|''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' and ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' - 2008 Classic Media DVDs
Classic Media Rodan and WotG DVD.jpg|''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' and ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' - 2008 Classic Media DVDs
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</gallery>


===Daiei Movies===
===Daiei===
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small'>
S-l1600 (1).jpg|''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' - 1999 Neptune Media VHS
S-l1600 (1).jpg|''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' - 1999 Neptune Media VHS
91E8XTmA08L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' - 2010 Shout! Factory DVD
91E8XTmA08L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' - 2010 Shout! Factory DVD
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA LEGACY COLLECTION -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Legacy Collection DVDs
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA LEGACY COLLECTION -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Legacy Collection DVDs
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA COLLECTION VOLUME 1 -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Ultimate Collection (Volume 1) Blu-rays
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA COLLECTION VOLUME 1 -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Ultimate Collection (Volume 1) Blu-ray
Mill Creek Daimajin Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Daimajin (film)|Daimajin]]'', ''[[Return of Daimajin]]'', ''[[Daimajin Strikes Again]]'' - 2012 Mill Creek Blu-rays
Mill Creek Daimajin Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Daimajin (film)|Daimajin]]'', ''[[Return of Daimajin]]'', ''[[Daimajin Strikes Again]]'' - 2012 Mill Creek Blu-rays
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA COLLECTION VOLUME 2 -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Ultimate Collection (Volume 2) Blu-rays
Godzilla Movie DVDs - GAMERA COLLECTION VOLUME 2 -Mill Creek-.png|2014 Mill Creek Gamera: Ultimate Collection (Volume 2) Blu-ray
Mill Creek Gamera 1 and 2 Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'' and ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' - 2011 Mill Creek Blu-ray
Mill Creek Gamera 1 and 2 Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'' and ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' - 2011 Mill Creek Blu-ray
Gamera 3 Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' - 2011 Mill Creek Blu-ray
Gamera 3 Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' - 2011 Mill Creek Blu-ray
Gamera The Brave Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera the Brave]]'' - 2012 Tokyo Shock Blu-ray
Gamera The Brave Blu-ray.jpg|''[[Gamera the Brave]]'' - 2013 Tokyo Shock Blu-ray
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Other Kaiju Movies and Shows===
===Miscellaneous===
===Books===
===Books===
====English, non-fiction====
*''Godzilla'' by Ian Thorne (1977)
*''[[Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films]]'' by Stuart Galbraith IV (1998)
*''Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"'' by Steve Ryfle (1998)
*''Reptilicus: The Screenplay'' edited by Kip Doto (1999)
*''Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of the Monsters'' by William Tsutsui (2004)
*''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'' by Ray Morton (2005)
*''King Kong Cometh!'' edited by Paul A. Woods (2005)
*''Meet Godzilla'' by Robert Greenberger (2005)
*''Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction: A Thematic Survey'' by Allen A. Debus (2006)
*''In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage'' edited by William M. Tsutsui and Michiko Ito (2006)
*''[[Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters]]'' by August Ragone (2007)
*''Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda'' by Peter H. Brothers (2009)
*''Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties'' by Bill Warren (2010, both volumes)
*''Pacific Rim: Men, Machines & Monsters'' by David S. Cohen (2013)
*''[[Godzilla: The Art of Destruction]]'' by Mark Cotta Vaz (2014)
*''The Art of Japanese Monsters'' by Sean Linkenback (2014)
*''The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Vol. 1: 1954-1982'' by John LeMay (2016)
*''[[The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island]]'' by Simon Ward (2017)
*''[[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]'' by John LeMay (2017)
*''Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture'' edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr (2017)
*''Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa'' by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (2017)
*''Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema'' by Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle (2018)
*''Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films'' by John LeMay (2018)
*''Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies'' by Kevin Derendorf (2018)
===Comics===
===Comics===
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://astoundingbeyondbelief.tumblr.com/ Tumblr account]
*[http://astoundingbeyondbelief.tumblr.com/ Tumblr account]
*[https://twitter.com/AstoundingBB Twitter account]
*[http://astoundingbeyondbelief.blogspot.com/ Blogger account]
*[http://astoundingbeyondbelief.blogspot.com/ Blogger account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhYytfAdAsB9FFYMGIFvrg/feed YouTube channel]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhYytfAdAsB9FFYMGIFvrg/feed YouTube channel]
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Latest revision as of 04:08, 12 March 2023

Astounding Beyond Belief
Avatar by Maya Jade
Born 1993
Rochester, NY
Occupation Wikizilla writer and editor,
library clerk
First work Kaijuphile Forums (2006)
Notable work Tumblr (2013-present)
Wikizilla (2016-present)

Astounding Beyond Belief is a Wikizilla bureaucrat, and also the person writing this, so I feel weird using the third person. After making a few random edits to the site during its time on Wikia, I formally joined the site in December 2016 and rose through the ranks at terrifying speeds.

History as a Kaiju Fan

To be added.

Selected filmography

  • G-Fantis: Worlds Collide!!! (2011) - Mothra puppeteer [uncredited]
  • Kaijunited: Japanese Monsters and Us (2012) - Self [uncredited]
  • Godzilla vs. Gamera (2013) - Co-director / screenplay / editor / pyrotechnics / stop-motion / monster wrangling
  • Godzilla Battle Royale (2015) - Sprinting civilian [uncredited]
  • Gamera Forever (2015) - Editor / additional dialogue
  • Redman (Web 2016) - Redman / editor
  • Wikizilla (Web 2016-) - Editor [7 episodes] / writer [44 episodes] / narrator [3 episodes]
  • Monster Island Buddies (Web 2010-) - Move-It-Along Godzilla (voice) [episode 123]

Signature achievements

  • Transcribing complete credits for film pages
  • Writing numerous pages for actors and staff
  • Writing synopses for many obscure kaiju films (including some tragically exiled Asylum masterworks)
  • Banishment of non-Godzilla kaiju design pages
  • Replacement of the site chat with a Discord server
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for painstaking analysis of Godzilla's regenerative capabilities in Godzilla 2000: Millennium

Physical media collection

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Godzilla

I also have Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Mothra, and the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy taped off the Sci-Fi Channel.

Toho

Daiei

Miscellaneous

Books

English, non-fiction

  • Godzilla by Ian Thorne (1977)
  • Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films by Stuart Galbraith IV (1998)
  • Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G" by Steve Ryfle (1998)
  • Reptilicus: The Screenplay edited by Kip Doto (1999)
  • Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of the Monsters by William Tsutsui (2004)
  • King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson by Ray Morton (2005)
  • King Kong Cometh! edited by Paul A. Woods (2005)
  • Meet Godzilla by Robert Greenberger (2005)
  • Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction: A Thematic Survey by Allen A. Debus (2006)
  • In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage edited by William M. Tsutsui and Michiko Ito (2006)
  • Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters by August Ragone (2007)
  • Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda by Peter H. Brothers (2009)
  • Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties by Bill Warren (2010, both volumes)
  • Pacific Rim: Men, Machines & Monsters by David S. Cohen (2013)
  • Godzilla: The Art of Destruction by Mark Cotta Vaz (2014)
  • The Art of Japanese Monsters by Sean Linkenback (2014)
  • The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Vol. 1: 1954-1982 by John LeMay (2016)
  • The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island by Simon Ward (2017)
  • The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films by John LeMay (2017)
  • Giant Creatures in Our World: Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture edited by Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr (2017)
  • Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (2017)
  • Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema by Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle (2018)
  • Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films by John LeMay (2018)
  • Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies by Kevin Derendorf (2018)

Comics

External Links