I Don't Intentionally Make Deep Movies.

Life Is A Winking Light In The Darkness.

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.

I Would Like To Make A Film To Tell Children "it's Good To Be Alive".

I Create Women Characters By Watching The Female Staff At My Studio. Half The Staff Are Women.

If [hand-drawn Animation] Is A Dying Craft, We Can't Do Anything About It. Civilization Moves On. Where Are All The Fresco Painters Now? Where Are The Landscape Artists? What Are They Doing Now? The World Is Changing. I Have Been Very Fortunate To Be Able To Do The Same Job For 40 Years. That's Rare In Any Era.