Anime Quote by Shinichiro Watanabe

The anime that inspired me the most and one that I probably have influence from is the very first series of 'Lupin the 3rd.'…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

There was a manga boom, so I read 'Astro Boy,' 'Osomatsu-kun,' and such. But what influenced me the most were things like 'Popeye' and…

— Akira Toriyama

When it was released in the 80s in Japan, 'Blade Runner' was actually a series that influenced the Japanese media very much so. I…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films.

— Takashi Miike

My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.

— Joe Cole

Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw…

— Anonymous

I grew up with a lot of monster movies, robot movies, since I was a kid. I love anime movies, like 'Evangelion' and 'Ghost…

— Rinko Kikuchi

I was an avid anime watcher until I was about 10, when I moved to manga. I think I am influenced by Osamu Tezuka's…

— Akira Toriyama

I would say films inspire me more than the makers.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I love that first-time feeling that I can't build in myself anymore, where I can learn and emulate other filmmakers. Be it Ayan Mukherjee,…

— Karan Johar

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

— Ed Harris

With each movie I have a different set of inspirations.

— Wes Anderson