This is such a weird lie because if you’re actually a fan of Ghibli, you’ve likely watched the documentary about the studio and absolutely none of her story matches how they work.

This takes "My uncle works for Nintendo" to whole new levels of stupid.

Her apology was complete BS. "I'm sorry I blatantly lied to people in my inner circle, who then spread said lies. I'm sorry the news sources who covered my story believed me as I tripled down on those lies". Give me a freaking break.

Did she forget that animated movies have long end credits that show every single person who worked on the movie?

dude imagine creating an entire international lie in which you take credit for other artists’ work and then threatening to sue people for making fun of you after you get caught, that part FLOORED me

Her claiming she “didn’t want recognition” but also claiming to have done the first 15mins of the film which, if you’ve seen it, is arguably some of the most visually complex animation in the whole movie is both really funny and really frustrating.

most animators didnt care much besides getting a good laugh out of it because it was obvious that she was lying. nobody counts their work by “frames”. Usually they count them by individual drawings and the big kicker is miyazaki doesnt compliment anyone, including his own son lol.

edit: i need to clarify by "nobody uses frames" i mean "nobody talks about the frames in terms of 24 fps" because not everything is timed on 1s or even 2s. i cant believe i have to say this lol.

pretty sure miyazaki has personally complimented like 4 people ever

I'm surprised she even got as far as she did...
Someone really used the "source:trust me bro" as an actual source

Oh my God shes blaming a friend for "spreading the information" 🙄 Just like that review bombing Goodreads author!

Very telling that she doesn't apologize to the actual artists of the film for claiming their hard work as hers

As a 3D modeler, this one makes me laugh. The fact that so many people don't know the difference between GRAPHIC DESIGN and other art jobs like Animation, Illustration, concept art, and literally even 3D modeling baffles me. Graphic design is literally like, magazine layouts, websites, advertisements... It's not even close to animation, especially 2D frame animation... Insane.

I was shocked that she's 30. This is behavior you'd expect of an 18 year old.

How did she think she could get away with lying like this? Actually, why did people take her word without a second thought?

I cant believe someone would try to tell a lie about Studio Ghibli of all things. And a lie thats so easily disproven!

She claimed she studied animation in Tokyo University, but a simple google search shows that Todai doesn't even have a school for art and design. I don't think many people mention this, but I knew that Todai not only is very hard to get in but also they don't do any creative careers. She talked about Todai like you talk about entering a Zumba class. Not only she lied blatantly, but she did it for monetary benefit since she offered conferences in universities before her lie went vital. I don't feel bad for her because she managed to scam people. but she won't mention any of that. She's lying even about her supposed friend running with the story, because how do you explain those conferences from a year back?

The "I drew 2500 frames" didn't flag me, but one mention that "Hayao Miyazaki "praised" her", is when I raise my Bullshit flag. Not even his own son got praised by him, let alone some stranger.

Love the idea that her school said “Wow your stuff looks so much like Studio Ghibli you should go work for them” and not “Hmm your art is literally entirely derivative of somebody else’s style.” Lmfao

😂😂 her made up interactions with Miyazaki are hilarious and reads like Y/N fanfiction I'm surprise she didn't say they start dating 🤣

"Actually, it's YOUR fault that you didn't fact-check me, and anyway, why aren't you talking about the REAL news" is one helluva non-apology.