I always hope that the artwork will complement and enrich a story.

People of different ethnicities are definitely not of differing species. Biologically speaking, people are people.

I always hope that the artwork will complement and enrich a story.

I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the reader when you give young characters that kind of agency.

I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide.