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[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 Cartoons To Please Themselves. And I'm More Interested In Those People Than I Am In Big Business.

Currently Computer Graphics Are Used A Great Deal, But It Can Be Excessive.

In The Past, Humans Hesitated When They Took Lives, Even Non-human Lives. But Society Had Changed, And They No Longer Felt That Way. As Humans Grew Stronger, I Think That We Became Quite Arrogant, Losing The Sorrow Of 'we Have No Other Choice.' 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.

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

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.