Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIIt would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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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.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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Prizes do not mean anything to me.
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Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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