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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.
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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!
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about.
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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.
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In our work, the question is, how much you absorb from others. So for me, creativity, is really like a relay race. As children we are handed a baton. Rather than passing it onto the next generation as is, first we need to digest it and make it our own.
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Life is a winking light in the darkness.
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.