The director behind one of anime's most extraordinary films manages to completely subvert my expectations with latest coming-of-age adventure: "Having a secret was really important"

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In hindsight, I should have.

“It’s really just how she sees the world, and how she relates to other people.

Watching The Colors Within, I was moved by how much I related to Totsuko in unpredictably tiny ways.

This is the power of specificity.

So I think I put in a lot of effort into […] looking at myself objectively.”

But my childhood is as true as it was confusing.

Yamada said in New York.

“And I think that’s really beautiful.”