CATDOLL: Japanese animation director: Letting children watch animation will make them useless in the future

In fact, many people still have the idea that "animation is for children". Although domestic animation is still mainly for young children, there seems to be less and less animation suitable for children in Japan, so there are voices of "making more animation suitable for children". However, a first-class Japanese animation director recently said that such calls are unnecessary, as he believes that letting children watch animation will turn them into useless people.

The director published an unsigned article, "Animation is for children," in which he wrote: "I often receive comments like 'Make some animations that are not for otaku but for children', and I am basically against it. Although I have such aspirations, I think animation should not be shown to children. I grew up watching animation myself, so there is no worse example than me (laughs)."

"Children should not be allowed to use animation to escape reality from an early age. They should go to the mountains and the sea to fully experience the natural world and the real world. Compared with picture books and novels, animation is easier to understand visually and will be deeply rooted in children's minds with real pictures. Therefore, it is easy for them to mistakenly think that this is reality, which is very dangerous."

Many netizens expressed their opinions on the director's statement. They commented: "This statement is too extreme. It feels like he even denied Anpanman.", "I don't know why, but I can understand what he said.", "Hayao Miyazaki said he wanted to make animations for children.", "Who is this first-class director? I think he is just a first-class talker!", "I think it has nothing to do with children or adults. This is a problem of being too addicted to animation." So what do you think about this issue? Let's discuss it together.