You Must See With Eyes Unclouded By

I Don't Like Games. You're Robbing The Precious Time Of Children To Be Children. They Need To Be In Touch With The Real World More.

Almost All Japanese Animation Is Produced With Hardly Any Basis Taken From Observing Real People, You Know. It's Produced By Humans Who Can't Stand Looking At Other Humans. And That's Why The Industry Is Full Of Otaku!

Modern Life Is So Thin And Shallow And Fake. I Look Forward To When Developers Go Bankrupt, Japan Gets Poorer And Wild Grasses Take Over.

[on The Future Of Hand-drawn Animation] I'm Actually Not That Worried. I Wouldn't Give Up On It Completely. Once In A While There Are Strange, Rich People Who Like To Invest In Odd Things. You're Going To Have People In The Corners Of Garages Making Cartoons To Please Themselves. And I'm More Interested In Those People Than I Am In Big Business.

We Are Not Trying To Solve The World's Problems... However, Even In The Midst Of Hatred And Killing, There Are Things Worth Living For. A Wonderful Encounter, Or A Thing Of Beauty Can Still Exist.