“A long time ago. Osamu Tezuka had his production house-it’s still in business- called Mushi Pro, and I first got work there as an animator. But before that, I drew manga and was a part of an animation club when I was about 19. Before that, I was drawing comics in high school. Even if I were to tell you what comics I was trying to draw at the time, you probably wouldn’t recognize the titles.”