I Do Believe In The Power Of

It Is The Fate Of Modern Life That We Repeatedly Lose Touch With Nature, The Environment, The Planet. But We Try To Regain It Again And Again. It's Like A Circle. In Children's Hearts And Souls When They're Born Into The World, Nature Already Exists Deep Inside Them. So What I Want To Do In My Work Is Tap Into Their Souls

I Intend To Work Until The Day I Die. I Retired From Feature-length Films But Not From Animation. Self-indulgent Animation. It's Nice That I Have The Mini-theater In The Museum. Most Of The Museum Visitors Attend The Mini-theater Screenings And We've Never Had A Complaint About The Quality Of The Films. I'd Like To Continue To Make Films That Leave The Audience Satisfied, But I Also Think It's Pointless Unless I Offer Them The Kind Of Animation They Can't Get Anywhere Else. They're Fun To Do. They're Short So It's Less Stressful.

I Do Believe In The Power Of Story. I Believe That Stories Have An Important Role To Play In The Formation Of Human Beings, That They Can Stimulate, Amaze And Inspire Their Listeners.

I Managed To Work For More Than 50 Years With Just Paper, Pencils And Film. My Son's Generation And The One Coming Up After Can't Work With Just Paper And Pencils Any More. I Managed To Avoid Using A Computer. I Don't Even Have A Cellphone. I Feel Lucky I Managed To Live Like That.

Chihiro, Huh? Her Real Name's Chihiro? Can't Beat The Power Of Love.