With the assumption that animation is a medium for children, I want to make movies that reaffirm the future, and let them know that this world is a world worth living in.

I think the inner and outer aspects of the self together make one person.

We are on the verge of losing the traditional idea of the family, especially in Japan, where the declining birth rate shows no signs of stopping. This is precisely why I think we should consider with a sense of urgency what the new image of "family" should be like, and not fall into the nostalgism that days gone by were just better.

With the assumption that animation is a medium for children, I want to make movies that reaffirm the future, and let them know that this world is a world worth living in.

Usually, people tend to see someone on the surface and think that that's who that person is.

People have two sides, and a person first becomes appealing when you discover both of those sides - and worlds work exactly the same way.

I want to take themes that are shared throughout the world, express them through animation, and make movies from them.