In the same manner, anime and manga have permeated all of Western culture; their aesthetics, language and coding, their unforgettable and powerful stories have held great power for my generation of storytellers. You can see the enormous love I have for all things Japanese in everything I do, be it Hellboy, Pacific Rim or Pan's Labytrinth, I remain keenly aware of Japanese filmmakers, Yokai legends, the engravings of Utamaro or Hokushai, the Kwaidan of Lafcadio Hearn or the anime of great masters, Miyazaki, Otomo, Go Nagai, OSamu Tezuka, Satoshi Kon and many others, the brilliant game design of Hideo Kojima, the Kaiju of Tsuburaya and the manga of Naoki Urasawa (one of which I am proud to be adapting into a TV series).