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Atsuko Ishizuka, Mari Okada, Masaaki Yuasa, Kōji Yakusho, More Invited to Oscars' Academy
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda & Joanna Cayanan
The Academy extended invitations to the following people involved with Japanese content:
- Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further Than the Universe, Goodbye, Don Glees! director)
- Mari Okada (maboroshi, Maquia director)
- Masaaki Yuasa (INU-OH, Mind Game director)
- Ryo Orikasa (Miserable Miracle, Datum Point director)
- Shūzō John Shiota (Blame!, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege executive producer)
- Chie Uratani (In This Corner of the World assistant director)
- Atsushi Wada (Ikimono-san director)
- Tatsuji Nojima (Godzilla Minus One visual effects)
- Kiyoko Shibuya (Godzilla Minus One visual effects director)
- Masaki Takahashi (Godzilla Minus One visual effects)
- Takashi Yamazaki (Godzilla Minus One director, screenplay, visual effects)
- Kōji Yakusho (Perfect Days actor)
- Takeshi Seyama (The Boy and the Heron editor)
- Rie Matsubara (The Boy and the Heron, When Marnie Was There editor)
- Ryuto Kondo (Cream Lemon cinematographer)
- Takuma Takasaki (Perfect Days writer)
This year's list includes 71 Oscar award nominees, including 19 winners.
Tatsuji Nojima, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Takashi Yamazaki won the Best Visual Effects award for Godzilla Minus One in this year's 96th Academy Awards.
The Academy invited Takeshi Hamada (Departures, Sakura Guardian in the North), Katsumi Yanagijima (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Battle Royale, The Grudge 2, Shutter), Michiru Ōshima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Little Witch Academia), Sayoko Kinoshita (Pica-don, A Little Journey), Fusako Yusaki ("The Rose of the Winds", "Winter Days" claymation shorts) in 2020.
Sources: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Hollywood Reporter (Scott Feinberg)
