NPR: How 'Professor Godzilla' Learned To Roar

William Tsutsui is a name that hardcore Godzilla fans should be familiar with. He wrote a book on his fondness (or obsession) on Godzilla a few years ago (2004, to be exact), Godzilla On My Mind.

For various reasons, many fans did not like Tsutsui's book. I have to admit, it was different, but it was an interesting read. Many, I think, just didn't understand it.

In the interests of "full disclosure," Tsutsui used some quotes from articles I had written and he also used my photo of a fan-made Mechagodzilla costume.

National Public Radio's (NPR) website has a new article on William Tsutsui. He is about to take the reigns of Hendrix College (not named after Jimi Hendrix, in case you were wondering) in Little Rock, Arkansas.

They wrote:

Hendrix College, a small school outside of Little Rock, Ark., is about to get a new president. His name is William Tsutsui, a Princeton-, Oxford-, and Harvard-educated economist, but he's best known for a certain expertise that has landed him the nickname Professor Godzilla.

A friend sent me an email with a link to the article. In reading the title of the piece, "How 'Professor Godzilla' Learned To Roar," I initially thought it was about how composer Akira Ifukube created Godzilla's roar with musical instruments.

A photo of Tsutsui with some of his Godzilla toys is included with the article.

To read the full article, go here.