A quote by Hayao Miyazaki

I’ve always thought that, if given the chance, I might as well do what I really want.

I may be somewhat guilty of overstating the problems of Japanese anime. I certainly don’t want to give the impression that all anime works use overexpressionism. Indeed, some people have made great efforts to establish their own style of acting in animation despite the many constraints faced. Others have tried hard to depict both space and time in

By the way, when a director makes a film, does he have in his mind a clear image of the completed work? MIYAZAKI: No, that’s not the case for me. It’s only after it is completed that I see what I have made. I don’t see the entirety at the initial planning stage. The part that can be explained in words and sentences is only the surface layer of what

—What was the difference between what you and your staff were doing and what other studios were doing at that time? Miyazaki: Other studios may also have been pushing their limits. I do think they were all working very hard. But I think we were working the hardest. What I mean is not that we were just working hard, but that we consciously determine