VIDEO : Anime Director Mamoru Hosoda on Drawing by Hand and the Industry Post-Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese Anime Director Mamoru Hosoda 2015 anime film "The Boy and the Beast" was the biggest-grossing Japanese film released in 2015, finishing with nearly $60 million domestically. The World of Mamoru Hosoda at the Tokyo International Film Festival showcased the anime director's work in the first-ever retrospective of his films. His charming animations, often centered around stories of family and growing up, have won him fans in Japan and around the globe. The 49-year-old director studied oil painting at Kanazawa College of Art, the alma mater of Studio Ghibli's Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Nintendo video game creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Hosoda explains in an interview that he still draws by hand despite the fact that animation is largely shifting to digital. He also explains that in a post- Hayao Miyazaki industry, people are looking for someone to fill his role.