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.

Basically with everything, I choose my criteria based on what can be easy. If I made the real world the setting, I'd have to draw looking at reference materials for stuff like buildings and vehicles. When you do that, people complain even if it's just a little bit off.

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

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