The British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) announced on Monday that video game and anime composer Yoko Shimomura will receive the BAFTA Fellowship at the 21st annual BAFTA Games Awards on April 8.
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Other Japanese creators who have received a BAFTA Fellowship include Shigeru Miyamoto (2010), Hideo Kojima (2020), and Shūhei Yoshida (2023).
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Shimomura received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) in March 2024.
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The event will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and will be livestreamed on BAFTA’s YouTube and Twitch channels.