What Do You Think About Hayao Miyazaki?

I like a handful of his films, not all. But outside of him being a famous film director I don't know much about him to have a strong opinion.

I wonder what hayao waifu would be...... But in all seriousness, he's done good with the stuff he's done, but I can see why hayao sees anime as a mistake, after all look at all the fan service and shitty harems out nowadays.

Anime is trash. It's about making money, which is justifiable, but it's the manner that the money is a result of. Harems, and sexualization. Even the legitimately good anime owes a large portion of its success to sexualization. Take Bakemonogatari for example. Legit story and concept, but supremely sexualized. And what is the great majority of the fanbase talk about? The underpinnings of the story? Fuck no. They talk about the waifus. They're looking up images of the sexualized underage girls. Inb4 the inevitable "Screw off man, I admired it for the story." Then you have the stuff that blatantly ignores anything of worth simply to flaunt sex. Ask the typical anime fan what they'd rather watch: To Love RU, or Welcome to the NHK. I think it's rather evident which one wins by a landslide, and for what reason. Sex sells, and I don't blame anyone for using it as a tool. However, now let's consider who Miyazaki is. Some of the foundations of his work is character behavior, the building of relationships, and then separations. He primarily uses child characters as leads because it allows him to tell a story of growth. Is there a deep political/religeous/scientific meaning to his films? Fuck no. They're aimed at 12 year olds. To say something like My Neighbor Totoro is shallow is a declaration that you don't understand the purpose of it. Miyazaki is oldschool. He believes in storytelling. Of COURSE he views anime as trash. And to anyone that thinks all of Miyazaki's work is shallow (and disregarding the point I made previously) then I'd be willing to bet Nausicaa, Mononoke, Porco Rosso, and The Wind Rises have never made it beyond your "might watch someday" list. I mention these films because, y'know, they're the films NOT aimed at 12 year olds, which coincidentally do NOT have a child lead character.