Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.

The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.

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.

Engineers turn dreams into reality.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.