Anime Genre Quotes

I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'

I am a firm believer that the craziest stories that have been told and are being told are in anime. They have character arcs that go over, like, 400 episodes, like a 400-episode character arc.

I watched a lot of animes, especially 'Dragon Ball Z,' which was my bible from the time I was 7 till I was 15.

I do enjoy a bit of the fantasy world that anime provides, but at the same time, I need the reality in it. I'm very much a stickler about the actual animation. I'm not into the cutesy, stereotypical animation with big eyes and a small chin. That annoys the hell out of me.

I don't remember the very first animation I saw, but the one that stays deepest in my memory is definitely 'Astro Boy.'

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.

My favorite anime movie is 'Fist of the North Star'.

To me, the thing about anime is that it's so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see 'Akira' there with the little 'Not for Kids' sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.

'Slice of life' is not a genre I had experimented with much, and it's quite difficult.

You don't want to be imitating his style. Every anime-maker is thinking, 'I can't be too like Miyazaki.'

I guess anime helped me understand the Japanese culture a little better and makes me want to honor certain language nuances that don't always translate to English.