Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino: Young animators must “crush” Hayao Miyazaki
Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, encouraged young professionals to "crush" Hayao Miyazaki and surpass him. Tomino's comments are praise for Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli…
That's exactly where I was going to start, the 1979 original.