>>5960702Of the list of highest grossing anime films, he's responsible for 7 of the top 50 worldwide,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Japanese_films. Furthermore, one of those films, Spirited Away, is further considered by many critics, publications, and fans to be in the list of top 100 best films ever made.
When your movies print money, AND are critical successes to the point that people are putting you on top 100 films of all time lists as a regular entry, you get a lot of leeway to be a dick to your staff and have people look the other way.