That was the point that Hayao Miyazaki was trying to make in context of that popular 'anime is a mistake' meme. He was observing that the second wave creators that came after Tezuka and his cohorts including himself increasingly based their works on manga and first wave anime they grew up with.

March 28, 2026 - 17:11 UTC

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No idea how much friction there was between himself and his most famous protege who goes by the name Hideaki Anno, but the grumpy old man in him lamented for a while that Anno's generation didn't go outside and touch grass for their inspiration and instead just insularly copied each other.
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