But our efforts in promoting the industry to the rest of the world amount to nothing if we don't get potential animators interested.

The starters know that they can come out of the game for a rest, and that the others won't let it slip. The reserve players know that they'll be counted on to help contribute, as well.

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.

We have the same sense of humor as the Western studios, and we pay attention to detail like the Japanese.

We were arrogant, we thought we were safe because we had our production contracts with the big studios. Now we have to look at new ways to grow.

Boosting the industry's workforce with fresh animators to enable the studios to meet global demand is the most formidable challenge the industry faces.