Both my assistant and my wife tell me that during battle scenes, when a character is making a 'guwaa' sort of face, my face also ends up going 'guwaa.' So afterwards, my whole face is tired. I guess it's because I'm the kind of guy who gets caught up in his own work.

I don't remember the very first animation I saw, but the one that stays deepest in my memory is definitely 'Astro Boy.'

In the second half of primary school, I liked live-action shows and giant-monster movies, and then in junior high, I got into regular movies.

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