Anime Japanese Quotes

#1. I liked to watch anime in the original Japanese even though I couldn't speak a single word of the language.

S.M. Reine

#2. The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

Ralph Bakshi

#3. And where shall we go from here? The Library is vast and infinite.

Hideyuki Kurata

#4. Life in Japan, nowadays, is nothing like a Kurosawa movie, and only the contemptible Weeaboo thinks that it is. In order to be a whole, well-rounded Otaku, you need to be up on Japanese popular culture, as much as you may be up on anime, samurai philosophy or the canon of Square Enix games.

Alexei Maxim Russell

#5. Even if there are no new Mighty Atom manga or films created, the Mighty Atom character has become a permanent fixture of both Japanese and global pop culture.

Frederik L. Schodt

#6. In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)

Ai Yazawa

#7. I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.

Ai Yazawa

#8. In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it's reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

#9. At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview.

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

#10. I guess anime helped me understand the Japanese culture a little better and makes me want to honor certain language nuances that don't always translate to English.

Laura Bailey

#11. I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.

Laura Bailey

#12. I'm really interested in independent publishers and memes and mini comics. But even before that, I was interested in Japanese manga and anime.

Toyin Odutola

#13. I've always loved Japanese legend, anime and manga.

Lauren Beukes

#14. You're not a true fan if you only like the Marvel movies; you can't be in the anime community unless you speak fluent Japanese; you're not allowed to dress up as Ms. Marvel unless you've read every Ms. Marvel comic, ever.

Sam Maggs

#15. I'm totally addicted to Japanese anime and spend way, way, way too much time watching it.

Connor Jessup

#16. In pursuing a 'way,' Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate.

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

#17. I'd forgotten I'd done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film.

David Ogden Stiers