Japanese animation tends to need high budgets. If I have a high budget for a movie, I usually make animation, but if the project has a low budget, th…

- Mamoru Oshii

I think overall, making a movie is like putting a stamp on the world. Every time I make a movie, I feed in elements to make sure that it's my movie. …

- Mamoru Oshii

As well as Japanese animation, technology has a huge influence on Japanese society, and also Japanese novels. It's because before, people tended to t…

- Mamoru Oshii

We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.

- Mamoru Oshii

Ever since I was a child, I always had insecurity or suspicions about my own personal identity. That's why I started going to a lot of movie theaters…

- Mamoru Oshii

I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go back and change ce…

- Mamoru Oshii

Just because a movie is satisfactory means that the person who makes it is satisfactory. One can make a wonderful movie but still not be a wonderful …

- Mamoru Oshii

I do have huge pressure in terms of making my animation, because a lot of audiences and producers are expecting me to make films with a lot of action…

- Mamoru Oshii

I do feel that there are things you can learn from an artist, but I think you need to be very close to that person, and to know that person fairly we…

- Mamoru Oshii