I was deliberately trying to express how possible it might be for unmarried men and adults not blessed with biological children to become "fathers of choice." In an old-fashioned, traditional world, this might not matter. But I think that it's probably going to become terribly relevant as time goes on.
Mamoru HosodaPeople have two sides, and a person first becomes appealing when you discover both of those sides - and worlds work exactly the same way.
Mamoru HosodaPeople who are open about their own faults, especially, often want to ferret out "inner feelings" beneath the surface and expose any falsehood, and they think that it's in their inner feelings that the truth lies. But I don't think that's the truth.
Mamoru HosodaI was deliberately trying to express how possible it might be for unmarried men and adults not blessed with biological children to become "fathers of choice." In an old-fashioned, traditional world, this might not matter. But I think that it's probably going to become terribly relevant as time goes on.
Mamoru HosodaThe process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation would have to be drawing the pictures.
Mamoru Hosoda