The Fake Studio Ghibli Artist in 'La Niña y La Farsa'

Don't lie on your resume.

Remember, guys; I was responsible for 40 minutes of Re-Animator. That was all me.
Oh right
I'm supposed to give hints about things, right?
Teasers? ARGs? *Is that what the kids call 'em?*
How about....

"Re-Animator? More like... Be-Animator! Ha ha! Got em!"

.......Nailed it.

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[vincentthesnom]

I immediately knew she was lying when she said Hayao Miyazaki “affectionally nicknamed her the Colombian.” Miyazaki. The guy who’s memed for how cynical he is. The guy who walked out of his own son’s film to smoke a cigarette and called his son’s movie bad. THAT Miyazaki? I looked into it and even in a work relationship that’s lasted 11 films(Joe Hisashi) he’s described as emotionally distant. I doubt he’d ever affectionately nickname someone he met 3 times.

[apocalypserising]

"My uncle works at Nintendo" type situation

[VanAkita]

Girl what? Acrylics? Watercolors? Copic markers? In the era of 2020s? Everything from Ghibli is digital animation after spirited away, they just use similar processes to traditional animation
, which is why it looks traditional. Another clue that this girl had no idea what she was talking about.

[not_ever]

I also worked on this movie. I did the part where everybody claps. I drew it with my feet because I injured my hands in a tragic accident whilst animating forty minutes of Spirited Away all by myself. Hayao Miyazaki calls me The Feet.

[oftheriverr]

No animator works ALONE on an entire scene. Even in Japan. Storyboarding, rough animation, cleaning and coloring are all SEPARATE JOBS. There is no such thing as "illustrating" a scene. Sincerely, an animation student.

[GnoccitheThrro]

Said it in stream earlier, ill say it again.
The moment she said that Miyazaki affectionately called her "the Colombian" made me squint really hard. I dont think that man would compliment his own son let alone a random animatorm

[akinaharris]

All I can think about after finishing this is:..oh, she is so blacklisted from the animation industry.

[twisteddanid]

This sounds like the plot to an episode of a kids cartoon lmao. Where the main character tells a little white lie and that lie is blown out of proportion to the point where the character has to make up more lies in order to cover it up. And at the end the main character learns that lying is bad and telling the truth is always right, or whatever lmao.

[table.]

Imagine accusing a massive studio of making one individual woman animate 30mins of a feature length animated movie. What part of that did she think was believable, exactly?

[sleepystar_zzz]

“it was like a test” so… A big studio like Studio Ghibli… decided to test a Colombian woman… who wasn’t on the team… by making her draw one third of a movie??? THAT was the fabled “test” she thought people would believe???

[ennipumpkin]

… How in the hell does she not know what a storyboard is??? Like I think anyone with the slightest knowledge of how films are created would know. Even for a beginner artist that seems like pretty common knowledge don’t you think?

[BlinkingTwin]

Person making a monumental lie about a well known beloved studio: Surely, no one will ever bother to fact check this.

[Kralisedra]

Like half of the comments said, it's striking how she mischaracterizes Miyazaki. It's such a small thing, but it is just striking how little she seems to know about the studio she claimed to work for. Even very casual Ghibli fans know how standoffish and cynical Miyazaki is. How many memes have been made comparing Miyazaki and Junji Ito's demeanors? So not only does she know less about animation than me (self taught and not a great animator, believe me), she also doesn't seem to know what Miyazaki is like. Like, damn.
Edit: And for the record, I am not saying this to deride Hayao Miyazaki. I'm an artist and animation fan, of COURSE I love Ghibli. and while he might not be an affectionate person himself, there's no denying that his work has a very special place in my heart.

[ryandoggo]

As a 40 year old, I still feel embarrassed that I lied that I know how to play musical instruments when I was in high school. Just because I wanted to impress a few people that I know. It was really embarrassing when I got busted. I don't think I have the guts to lie to this level.

[batty]

Spanish speaker here, my favorite part of this fiasco was in one of her interviews, for a "demonstration" of her skills in animation she did the most BASIC excercise ever (the ball motion one), and the news station was like "omg guys she an expert" LMAOO that's what cemented it for me, putting aside the "lovely and attentive Hayao Miyazaki gave me a cute nickname ^o^" comments,

[eptck]

i think the hand injury serves a double use here ; not only does it show her " dedication, " but it also serves as a reason for people not to ask her to draw in the ghibli style as a way of checking her . even if realistically she could still do it, most people won't think to ask out of courtesy for her injury

[greenbird]

"she doesn't even go here!"

[casualdork]

her blatant lies actually make my blood boil. i just cant believe so many artists work their whole lives to get recognized and this lady, who doesnt know jack squat about the medium shes talking about, gets paraded around

[AntiVectorTV]

I love the assumption that, while working for _Studio Ghibli, for years, _ she would only have met Miyazaki three times.
_Edit: Copic markers. For a Studio Ghibli film._

[chacha_rouge]

As an animation student, I want to mention that if any of this were a true tale, she'd have basically completely shut down any recruitment prospects within the industry because of NDAs, defemation, and basically lying about her experience with malicious intent (clout chasing by defamation is malicious). The animation world has blacklists, and they share them. An easy example: if you are caught leaking or revealing information while under NDA, or of any project you do not own, the company WILL blacklist you, and it's over.