Seven decades of anime, one scroll.

TV anime is invented in black-and-white. Osamu Tezuka slashes budgets with limited animation so Astro Boy can fly weekly, and an industry is born.

“Robots, like the Earth itself, are our friends.”

Space opera and the Real Robot genre arrive. Mobile Suit Gundam argues mecha are weapons, not toys — and anime grows up with its audience.

“I believe that children's souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations.”

Home video unchains budgets. Akira and Nausicaä prove anime can out-think Hollywood, Dragon Ball Z makes shounen global, and Gainax invents Gainax.

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it — I know this is considered mainstream, but it's hopeless. Essentially, we have to examine how we contaminated this lush green Earth.”

Evangelion weaponises genre, Bebop redefines cool, and Ghibli peaks with Princess Mononoke. Satellite TV and VHS trade carry it worldwide.

“Evangelion is my life. I have put everything I know into this work. It is a piece of my life, a thing of my life.”

Naruto and Bleach conquer living rooms across continents. Late-night slots give us Haruhi and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex — the internet-native generation.

“Movies are subjective things. The best compliment I can receive is when someone says, 'I saw your film, and it felt like I was dreaming.'”

Attack on Titan detonates in 2013. Your Name out-grosses Frozen in Japan. Crunchyroll and Netflix push simulcasts worldwide — there is no late adopter anymore.

“I wanted to draw a picture of the adventure and dreams of the boys, that would not lose to One Piece's grand adventures.”

Chainsaw Man, Frieren and Bocchi the Rock! rewrite the formula. Jujutsu Kaisen goes mainstream; production pipelines strain at unprecedented demand.

“Animation is the medium of dreams. If we stop dreaming in it, we have failed our audience before we began.”