“Pacific Rim is the ultimate otaku film that all of us had always been waiting for. Who are you, if you are Japanese and won't watch this?”
In July 2013 Kojima posted an eight-tweet review of Pacific Rim from his English account, with express permission from Warner Bros., calling it the ultimate otaku film and a love letter from Guillermo del Toro crossing the Pacific.
“Pacific Rim is the ultimate otaku film that all of us had always been waiting for. Who are you, if you are Japanese and won't watch this? — HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) July 5, 2013”