“Godzilla Minus One”: Exceeding Expectations with Efficient Effects

Godzilla towers over Tokyo’s buildings. (© 2023 Toho Co., Ltd.)

Tokyoites flee in terror from the trampling kaijū. (© 2023 Toho Co., Ltd.)

The Shirogumi team after receiving their Oscar. From left: Takahashi Masaki (3DCG director), Yamazaki Takashi, Shibuya Kiyoko (VFX director), Nojima Tatsuji (effects artist/compositor). Taken March 2024 in Los Angeles. (© WireImage/Getty Images/Kyodo)

Professor Kuno Tsutomu teaches everything from tokusatsu filming techniques to distribution. (© Nippon.com)