The 2024 Academy Awards ceremony, held Sunday in Los Angeles, was a big night for Japan as two of the country¡¯s cultural titans ¡ª anime powerhouse Studio Ghibli and the 70-year-old Godzilla franchise ¡ª won high accolades from Hollywood¡¯s elite. The award for best animated feature film went to Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s ¡°The Boy and the Heron,¡± while Takashi Yamazaki¡¯s monster film ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± won best visual effects.
A common theme throughout the event was the weighty consequences of violent conflicts, as both ¡°The Boy and the Heron¡± and ¡°Godzilla Minus One¡± ¡ª as well as the winner of best international feature and best sound, ¡°The Zone of Interest,¡± and the event¡¯s biggest victor, ¡°Oppenheimer,¡± which took home best picture and six other awards ¡ª examine the devastation of World War II from different perspectives.
Studio Ghibli¡¯s ¡°The Boy and the Heron¡± won best animated feature film early in the night, marking Miyazaki¡¯s second time to claim an Oscar. He received his first in 2003 for ¡°Spirited Away,¡± and also received two Oscar nominations for ¡°Howl¡¯s Moving Castle¡± and ¡°The Wind Rises,¡± in 2006 and 2014, respectively.
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