did someone say anime

by Kari Schaefer III 4 min read
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When was the Golden Times interview with Miyazaki published?

A user by the name of old-japanese-men took a clip from an interview that was done with Miyazaki for a Japanese publication called Golden Times, published online on the 27th of January in 2014. In that interview, Miyazaki indeed expresses his frustrations with the animation scene in Japan these days. But nowhere does he outright say that “anime was ...

Will anime change?

Anime will change, for sure, but change is often good. The meta nature of anime will possibly develop new, wilder, more creative products for us all to enjoy. The real world is, to an extent, static. But the world of imagination is boundless in every direction, outwards and inwards.

Did Miyazaki say anime was a mistake?

Miyazaki did not say, “Anime was a mistake.”. He was quite critical of modern otaku culture, but he never made that statement. It was a fake quote made up to troll people. And even if he did say it, I certainly don’t think it was a mistake.

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