As if Hideaki Anno’s Evangelion isn’t enough, the diversity alone of anime greats. Satoshi-Kun, Oshii, Miyazaki… I could compare entire dynasties like Disney with just one director and I can say those don’t even match up in terms of maturity in storytelling and scope of the visions found in the stories.

Of course, some would say it’s an unfair comparison since half of the directors I listed have works that are aimed at a more sophisticated audience than children. In that alone, I think it already is evidence of a more mature group of filmmakers.

Satoshi-Kun is a great example since his works are all mature not because it has high content of violence or sex. I can put his works alongside my favorite Western and international live-action filmmakers.

I hope Japan itself won’t forget their own great animator/filmmakers and encourage more such great works.