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When you watch the subtitled version you are probably missing just as many things. There is a layer and a nuance you`re not going to get. Film crosses so many borders these days. Of course it is going to be distorted.
[response to the otaku view of cute female lead characters as a form of wish fulfillment] It`s difficult. They immediately become the subjects of rorikon gokko [play toy for Lolita Complex guys]. In a sense, if we want to depict someone who is affirmative...
[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I`m actually not that worried. I wouldn`t give up on it completely. Once in a while there are strange, rich people who like to invest in odd things. You`re going to have people in the corners of garages making carto...
Well, yes. I believe that children`s souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It`s just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches ...