Hayao Miyazaki at an event for Ponyo (2008)
Hayao Miyazaki and his animated films.
Each of these awards went to one of the biggest symbols of Japanese cinema in the world.
Godzilla debuted in 1954 and has been appearing in movies, TV and comics ever since. He is known as The King of Monsters and is the most famous Kaiju of the country, spearheading the movies about giant monsters. It took the visual effects Oscar for Godzilla Minus One (2023).
Hayao Miyazaki is an animator and director founder of Studio Ghibli, his acclaimed films have taken Japanese animation all over the world and are critically acclaimed. He took the Best Animated Feature Oscar for The Boy and the Heron (2023).
Which of these symbols of Japanese cinema has had the greatest cultural impact?
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