Here we go again with this stupid realistic=better idea in videogames.

This is why so many games out of the west nowadays are nothing but seas of beige. Since when did a game being colorful and fantastical become bad?

Yamakan is indeed annoying. He needs to lock himself in his room for a month and choreograph more anime dances.

Only then will he be redeemed.

@KoollKat I see where you’re coming from and it’s my fault for not being clear enough. What I’m saying, and where I feel Miyazaki is coming from, is that immersing yourself too much in these things can be dangerous, especially if you no longer notice the world around you. Think of society in the book Fahrenheit [...]

Exactly! How anyone can misconstrue his rant as being against technological progression is beyond me. The man says it himself; it doesn’t matter whether it’s the new iWhatever, cell phone, cassette player or manga, the result is the same. You can’t get much more technologically simple than ink on paper can you? He doesn’t hate [...]