"It is a part of puberty that we just want to go somewhere far away. We only have a vague image, like behind that mountain or a place more beautiful..."

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“You don’t want to be imitating his style. You’ve got to create something different, something that he hasn’t done.”

“It’s the situations that these distant relationships create that interest me more than the distance itself.”

“I think animation can tell more than live action.”

“Your Names success told me movies still have the power to connect with society. As a medium, it still has a power that resonates.”

“But I do want to trigger emotions like his movies triggered our emotions.”

“I think most directors and people who make anime would agree that their latest film is probably the one they feel the most confident in, that they have done their best and put everything into.”

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