Beat Takeshi Hates Anime and That's Okay

Famed comedian, actor, director and television personality Beat Takeshi does not like anime. In particular, he mentioned the anime of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. But don’t think for a second he doesn’t recognize anime’s importance. He does. During the Tokyo International Film Festival, H25 Takeshi was asked about the sort of things that are important while creating a work. He talked about deciding what you want to do and doing that in your own voice. Continuing, he told the crowd (via Livedoor), “I hate anime and even though I truly hate, h25 com สล็อต​ like, Hayao Miyazaki’s work, I can recognize how great anime is just by the amount of money it earns. I think you should do things you like, but you also need to be open enough to recognize the things you think you don’t.”cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1651169963","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise as Beat Takeshi also hates computers, email, and video games. Oh, and Twitter. https://kotaku.com/beat-takeshi-hates-games-computers-and-email-what-abo-5609031 There’s nothing wrong with liking anime, nor is there anything wrong with hating it (or hating video games or computers or h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ email or even Twitter). But, as Takeshi explains, there is something wrong with being unable to recognize the importance of it—or anything else, for that matter. 北野武監督、宮崎駿が「大嫌い」、作品は認める「余裕が大事」 [Livedoor] Top photo: Office Kitano To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.