If You're Going To Retire, Retire Early.

I Think It's Really Good For A Family Or Children To Have A Dog, Cat, Bird Or Whatever To Grow Up With.

The Characters Are Born From Repetition, From Repeatedly Thinking About Them. I Have Their Outline In My Head. I Become The Character And As The Character I Visit The Locations Of The Story Many, Many Times. Only After That I Start Drawing The Character, But Again I Do It Many, Many Times, Over And Over. And I Only Finish Just Before The Deadline.

[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.

People In Japan Have Experienced Many Tsunamis And Various Earthquakes Throughout The Ages.

I'd Like More Of The World Go Back To Being Wild.