“The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.”

See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”

I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.

I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.

Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.

You always have to appeal to your audience.

If you’re going to retire, retire early.

I’ve never studied psychology.

To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.

AI animation is, “is an insult to life itself.

When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.

Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

I think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.

I intend to work until the day I die.

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

Their words were only accidents in the mutual silence.

Kill me, or you are a murderer.

As we all know, too much of any divine thing is destruction

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.

I’m doing badly, I’m doing well, whichever you prefer.

We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.