I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them anyway!

You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in.

A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.

Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.