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How ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Topped the VFX Oscar Competition


How the Kaiju movie 'Godzilla Minus One' topped the VFX Academy Award competition.

).” Recipients included Masaki Takahashi, a veteran CG director; and Tatsuji Nojima, an effects artist and compositor who is just 25 years old. Then came the Jan. 13 VFX category “bake off,” an event held at the Academy Museum during which the potential nominees representing the 10 shortlisted movies presented clips and spoke about their work before branch members entered their ballots for the final five. Speaking to the press following the Oscar win, Yamazaki said, “I still can’t process what’s happening around this but I do believe that perhaps the success opened up a new opportunity for a lot of Japanese filmmakers.

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