I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.

The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where they two mutually inspire each other to live– if I’ m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.

See with eyes unclouded by hate.