The cartoonist's work is solitary; even when dealing with editors and assistants, there is no such excitement as to creating unexpected drastic chang…

- Katsuhiro Otomo

During the production of the Steamboy film, what I put my most effort in was the process of layouts, and I did my best to check every detail. Once th…

- Katsuhiro Otomo

Since the waiting time required during the rendering process has been dramatically shorter in the last 10 years, I think that CGI animation has final…

- Katsuhiro Otomo

The industry in Japan moving toward CGI is not as severe and extreme as in the U.S. The animation industry in the U.S. is firing 2D animators and clo…

- Katsuhiro Otomo

Approximately 400 cuts - that would make 25 percent of the total - use CGI. I worked on the Steamboy's animation production based on the usual handwr…

- Katsuhiro Otomo

Although all studios are now moving towards digitalization, a foundation in which we draw pictures by hand hasn't changed, so I foresee that we will …

- Katsuhiro Otomo