JAPANESE ANIMATORS: HEIRS OF MACGYVER

Jun Awazu, the director of the all-CGI kaiju movie, NEGADON, has posted a message up on the movie's official site and while most of it is a bunch of hype he also tells how he made the movie:

"NEGADON is “a movie created in a garage.”  Well, not actually created in a garage, but our team members, including all staff and cast, were as few as only 11 people. Me included, of course. I created most of the video by myself on my PC using 3D Studio Max and After Effects software."

Then there's CASSHERN, the mostly-all CGI movies from Japan that is currently rotting in the Dreamworks vaults (just a hint guys: the longer you hold onto CASSHERN without releasing it, the more valuable it becomes. Like fine wine!) was made on a shoestring as well with much of the computer equipment cannibalized from older equipment and tricked out by the crew to do what they needed.

Why are these guys so smart? And why do I feel so bad about myself whenever I hear them telling how they created an epic movie using a stick of gum and Excel?