“Usually, the things that are quickly slapped together become the big h...” — Shinichiro Watanabe Quote

“Usually, the things that are quickly slapped together become the big hits, rather than the ones you would painstakingly deliberate on.”

“National borders have always been arbitrarily drawn by people, and in ancient times there was a lot of exchange of people and culture with the continent.”

“When you're making anime, if you get all of your inspiration from anime... it's going to lack originality and creativity, so I try to get my inspiration from different genres.”

“I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.”

“It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.”

“When I started, I was very deliberate about making friends with people like John Mulaney who were really funny and wanted to go up and do as many open mics as I did.”