Miyazaki reportedly intends to use some CGI elements in his next film. But when presented with an artificial intelligence project, in which grotesque humanoid forms crawl around by using their heads like feet, Miyazaki said he wanted nothing to do with it.
He described a friend living with a disability for whom even a high five takes tremendous effort, and said anyone who created disturbing images like the zombie figures "has no idea what pain is."
His comments were addressed to Nobuo Kawakami, the head of the Japanese media company Dwango, and his team.