August Ragone was born in San Francisco and is the two-time Rondo Award winning author of the highly regarded “Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters” (Chronicle Books, 2007). He is the on-air host of Shout! Factory TV’s “Kaiju Movie Marathon” and “Super Sentai Spectacular,” as well as guest host of “Famous Monsters TV.”
August has commented on Japanese film and popular culture on radio, television, in print, online, and at events for more than three decades. While still a teen, he served as “Japanese Film” & “Godzilla Expert” and programming consultant for legendary horror host Bob Wilkins at KTVU TV-2 (Oakland/San Francisco).
From his experience living in Tokyo and meeting Japanese filmmakers, August has written liner notes for numerous DVD releases, edited and authored over 100 subtitle scripts (so far), and has also contributed to periodicals such as the Japanese Fantasy Film Journal, Filmfax, Video Watchdog, Asian Cult Cinema, Oriental Cinema, G-Fan, Super7, Otaku USA, and Famous Monsters of Filmland.
The Baghdad-by-the-Bay native son has also been an event promoter, starting with the “Japanese Fantasy Film Faire” (1979), the first Anime event held outside of Japan, as well as producing live music and multi-media events including The Sleazefest, Incredibly Strange Wrestling, The Greaseball, Godzillafest, and Shock It To Me!.
He also maintains the multi-Rondo Award nominated blog, “The Good, The Bad, and Godzilla”.
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