I think animation can tell more than live action. - Makoto Shinkai

It is a part of puberty that we just want to go somewhere far away. We only have a vague image, like behind that mountain or a place more beautiful...

It’s the situations that these distant relationships create that interest me more than the distance itself.

I think most directors and people who make anime would agree that their latest film is probably the one they feel the most confident in, that they have done their best and put everything into.