Mamoru Oshii(I)

One of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli along with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata but left over creative differences. Despite their differences, Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli would later help Oshii with his production of Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex (2002).Oshii maintains skeptical, but respectful, views of each of Takahata and Miyazaki's films; he has been critical of Miyazaki's attitude towards his workers, but also claims that he would feel "strangely empty" and "it would be boring" if both Miyazaki and Takahata stopped making films.

Experiencing a world that is different from reality - somewhere other than here and now as someone who does not exist - is an essential part of living a human life, an essential experience for human beings. It is no exaggeration to say this is the essence of culture and religion. Since prehistoric times, human beings have lived fictions that are not limited to reality, and it is these experiences that have made us human. This is perhaps the only thing that will not change in any given future.