The Studio Ghibli fake artist drama is wild

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[@GemAndMoth]

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.

[@goingferalluvs]

I heard "digital frames" and I immediately called shit. Plus how are you gonna be so excited to say you worked with them when they're literally suffering to animate

[@marosario07]

​@@goingferalluvs At some point the lie was that she drew them by hand, in Barranquilla, and fedexed them to Japan.

[@studyjapanese8]

⁠@@goingferalluvsactually she said that she had drawn 25,000 frames by hand 😅

[@tiefblau2780]

Hey as long as you think I dont know everyone would belive it

[@dxcSOUL]

Dunno how anyone can be a fan of that studio when the work conditions are so bad when it literally resulted in the death of a famous artist.

[@SirAsdf]

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

[@lauriechan1426]

Or 'my girlfriend lives in canada' 😂

[@dumbasses_R_us]

​@@lauriechan1426my girlfriend went to a different school so you wouldn't know her

[@lizzfrmhon]

@@lauriechan1426she goes to another school 😂

[@greenleif]

🚩Haha, yes! And the "made a mistake" fuckery is like the difference between; *_"I brought a yellow umbrella to work & accidentally grabbed someone else's yellow umbrella."_* VS *_Not bringing any umbrella at all, stealing the yellow umbrella & doubling down on a lie that it's yours._* We live in 🤡🌎.

[@tiefblau2780]

Hey as long as you think I dont know everyone would belive it

[@MorganVsTheInternet]

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

[@olhydra]

We know she was lying, but it’s actually true that not every person’s name will be in the credits. Sometimes they are just listed as the studio they work for, but everything else she said made it sound like she had no idea what she was talking about. I assume she learned that specific excuse about the credits from someone attempting to defend her online.

[@lamoskgr]

She has severe mental issues. She even said she used to communicate with the studio through WhatsApp.... THEY DON'T EVEN USE WHAT IN JAPAN!!!!!😂

[@KTheBoi]

That's not true. I personally have worked on huge projects that I am legally not allowed to disclose due to NDA. This is especially true if you're working as outsource. But that's just the thing, I'm not allowed to talk about it, like at all. Like you can't hide behind an NDA when people start asking for proof, because telling everyone you worked on this specific huge project like a Miyazaki film obviously already breaks that NDA in the first place lmao

[@SianaGearz]

​@@KTheBoiNDAs aren't normally allowed to last forever and aren't entirely all encompassing. Like the agreement allows the company to come after you for damages, but they'd have to be able to prove damages :D they also only cover things that are actually not public, so say I worked on something that was pitched to a famous Hollywood film director as a part of a bidding process, BUT since that entire thing got mothballed from what i heard, there's potentially nothing much i can say about it. If it did come out then it wouldn't make sense that I cannot say that I have worked on something. It's not useful to competitors or anything.

[@KTheBoi]

@@SianaGearz Must be nice, totally not applicable in my case; you're probably dealing directly with the IP holders if they're not yourself in your case. Talk to me when you work for a client who does not want *their* client to know their IP is being contracted away under the table. All I'll say further on the matter is, AAA gaming is completely unsustainable; had it not for cheap third-world labor finishing these absurdly huge projects, nothing would be released in the AAA space.

[@SaavyC]

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.

[@everyrose3225]

Her apology 😂 plenty of fancy words but so hypocritical like herself all the time, she lied to her circle at the beginning but she continued to lie all human beings in front of her for weeks, even giving a speech in a university!

[@srahhh]

I really have no idea what kind of apology would make bloodthirsty internet people happy these days. I've never seen an apology that didn't have comments calling BS underneath it. I thought she sounded genuinely circumspect and remorseful, and her original crime was not that serious. Why the viciousness?

[@SaavyC]

@srahhh because she didn't apologize. She pretty much said "I'm sorry people believed me". She lied, then instead of backtracking when she started to get recognition, she lied more. When people asked for proof, continued to lie and falsify "proof". A true apology shows that you are remorseful for your actions, not sorry my friends spread my lies and the media didn't fact check me.

[@del.howard]

@@srahhhshe didn’t take accountability, she blamed her friend who told the press then she blamed the press for not backing up their sources with proof. Blaming everyone but herself. There wouldn’t be sources that needed backing up had she not lied. Attempting to sue? Yeah that doesn’t scream remorse to me

[@PretentiousNitwit]

Trulyyyyy. She really said “sorry that my friend told everyone my BS lie, giving me bigger and bigger platforms to tell bigger and bigger lies on. If they had just kept their mouth shut I wouldn’t have gotten the chance… so it’s their fault really.” $10 says the friend (should they even exist cause this woman is clearly a pathological liar) fully saw through her bs. My theory: this was grandiose unprovable lie #253738 that “the Colombian” has told and they were sick of it. “That’s such an amazing ‘accomplishment’! People should know about all you’ve done. I’ve spoken to my reporter friend. You can tell them all about your “frames”. 🙂”

[@dannaalquati]

I can’t believe this reached English speaking KZbin

[@carlacruz893]

Dannaaa que haces aqui :0 ❤❤❤?

[@everyrose3225]

Eso! Qué vergüenza 🥲

[@virtuousthing9070]

que locooooo

[@astro-pp5xq]

DANNA!?

[@aerith119]

Of course, it's ghibli she shat on

[@baileyayyy5085]

pretty sure miyazaki has personally complimented like 4 people ever

[@dismurrart6648]

Yeah he won't even compliment his son. Why would anyone claim he complimented them

[@Musicanimedork01]

One of which was probably a cat

[@everyrose3225]

@@Musicanimedork01😅

[@thesparklingfern1488]

"he complimented ME because IM SPECIAL. You have to believe me because IM SPECIAL"

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

@@Musicanimedork01two of them are cats

[@hitfasthithard]

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

[@ravenramirez7524]

That’s what I thought of too!!!

[@PointsofData]

This entire thing also gives off Tommy Tallarico vibes. 😂 Miyazaki worked side by side with her for YEARS man!

[@collyflower6623]

​@@PointsofDatayes exactly what I thought too!

[@frejglass]

It reminded me of that CSGO gamer who blamed her friend Clara for installing cheats in her game 😂 some people...

[@attabooii]

It's like when a guy sends a flirty text to a girl and she rejects him and he's like "lmaoooo actually my friends stole my phone and sent that text 😂 that definitely wasn't me"

[@gh0stbyday]

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

[@roselane8152]

The audacity, right 😂

[@anagonzalez8972]

Maybe that was her plan the whole time lol

[@B-zk9bt]

It’s sort of what that girl on tiktok did when she faked cancer.

[@nikugrill]

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.

[@yveltalsea]

especially* his own son 😬 poor dude lol

[@catsinburg8626]

​@@yveltalseahe hates on that dude for no reason lmao

[@PointsofData]

And saying she did the entire opening...I'm not an animator but I struggle to believe a big studio hired one person to do 15k "frames" by themselves.

[@victoria1247]

please @@PointsofData dont undersell Geraldine. It was 25,000 frames, she had the gall to lie that BIG, she needs to stew on every little frame

[@nikugrill]

@@PointsofData some animators do keyframes for entire episodes on their own so on one hand it doesnt surprise me all that much. the thing that doesnt make sense is miyazaki letting someone that's not a veteran touch the opening at all lol.

[@maddiemare5093]

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

[@MaryGershwin]

because people don't fact check anymore. Me neither. I will take Austin for his word and not look further into this topic.

[@EddieNoon]

Yeah. Why lie about something that be proved wrong that easily? Why double down?? Why didn't this start and end with her just immediately being shot down by someone doing ONE google search??? This whole thing is so silly.

[@biggestfan.]

In the video it's stated that she lied to a friend for clout and he told other people then the news picked it up.

[@ReneeHarveyDuh]

It's just unremarkable enough to get past anyone not familiar with professional animation maybe? You can claim to have done a lot as long as it doesn't seem like something anyone would bother to make up. If she hadn't gotten so much attention for it, that got actual animation professionals raising issues, I doubt anyone she was bragging to would have thought much about it.

[@maddiemare5093]

@@biggestfan.with her track record, wouldn’t be a surprise if that was a lie. I wouldn’t put it past her to throw her friend under the bus.

[@yveltalsea]

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.

[@PointsofData]

*design* is the key word there 😂

[@Karmillina]

She talks about illustration, too, but what studio ghibli does is not illustration.

[@Gumbyloomy]

Thanks for saying it lol cuz im going nuts over here as a fellow art person

[@incredibleedibledez]

@@Karmillinais what they do considered animation? I assume so but I’ve only ever worked specifically within the recording industry. My son is a digital artist and he’s created animations but I’ve never gotten into the specifics of visual art.

[@Karmillina]

@@incredibleedibledez there are several factors but yes, there might be key animators and in-betweeners but you won’t find the position of “illustrator” in animation teams and movie credits. In japan there are also specific majors in animation, illustration, manga, graphic design, etc. and they all tackle different skillsets.

[@sea-abyssal]

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

[@OpalLeigh]

Crazy for the press, but also crazy of her to think she couldn’t be disproven 😬 it’s not the 90s, EVERYTHING is online. You can’t just lie about that.

[@fajartirta4934]

because most people dont lie about something that big too much risk and a lot of shame if the truth come out, that why people believe when someone lie and said they are rich kid from wealthy family.

[@NivellenMcJazzy]

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

[@eminempreg]

Right like no school would laud you for your art being such a blatant copy of someone else's. They'd tell you to branch out, fine more inspiration, make it your own.

[@everyrose3225]

😂

[@NatePilgrim]

Thats what she said, so probably is a lie as well.

[@Salmakia77]

It’s such a childish take…is she 12?

[@everyrose3225]

Yeah, all this reveal a poor personality, so many flaws, she managed to get people angry, and sad, and angry again @@Salmakia77

[@gladitsnotme]

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

[@Yuuteimiya]

Not to burst your bubble, but a ton of "adult" people are behaving like teens. It's more rare to see an actual 30+ that acts and thinks like one...

[@avril6922]

​@@Yuuteimiyaew... where are you from?

[@edgebringr3494]

@@avril6922you’d be surprised I guess. It can be a shock.. but a lot of adults are worse than children.

[@avril6922]

@@edgebringr3494 💀

[@papermaniac]

maybe she has mental issues

[@Karmillina]

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?

[@FabiolaRVela]

lol yeah did you see those clips where she showed her “diploma” with kanji in it but someone translated the kanji and it was a diploma from a ceramics course 😂. Also someone was interviewing her in a live and they asked her to speak Japanese and she literally only knew like 3 words 😅. I watch some Spanish content so I got to see a lot of this craziness unfold lol.

[@Karmillina]

@@FabiolaRVela i speak japanese as someone who studied in japan, i also had the chance to learn the migration requirements for students and other kinds of visas and also research what schools offered which careers and for that reason todai was never in my radar. I also dived into the screening, requirements and also the offers for scholarships and so nothing she said made any sense from any angle.

[@everyrose3225]

Totally

[@xladycaosx]

right the moment she said that she went to Todai with a scholarship to study animation I was like lmao girl u lying through your teeth. I’ve been in Japan 10 years and don’t know anyone who got a degree in animation there… cos they don’t do that. Hell I barely know people who graduated in anything from there cos it’s so hard to get in 😂 and this is from someone who’s also graduating from a different university still in the county’s top 10 😂

[@Karmillina]

@@xladycaosx i think there are so many people like us who saw all of these deeper ways that she didnt know what the hell was she talking about. Any international student in Japan, specially one in a creative field, knows at least this much.

[@TAKAT0NIC]

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.

[@hitfasthithard]

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

[@fishbrain9591]

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

[@Mlcastl]

As spanish speaker this was a christmas gift shaped gossip when it came out. I'm still not sure how the press thought this was legit, a joke that made me laugh the most was "Miyazaki doesn't support his own son, what made her think this would be believable?"

[@crizmeow8394]

Mi mamá y yo estamos obsesionadas con esta historia, que vergüenza ajena me da la chica…

[@seekittycat]

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

[@sideshowmob]

Sold to Miyazaki during The Purge

[@WildArtistsl]

😭🤣😭 stopp not the purge​@@sideshowmob

[@FrenkTheJoy]

The letter she said she got sounds like something a college professor would give a 1st grader who worked hard on something in some extracurricular activity.

[@Kaimax61]

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.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

25 THOUSAND frames.

[@darianstarfrog]

That would mean she did the WHOLE movie herself! 😂😂😂

[@melasnexperience]

"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.

[@Cherry-oh1in]

sure.. miyazaki, the man who walked out of his own son‘s movie premiere whilst the movie was still playing complimented this random girl..

[@derpderp8392]

Did she not realize that there are literally websites dedicated to giving recognition to animators for certain scenes in anime

[@Nathh99]

I can’t believe they would take the credit for Tommy Tallarico’s 25000 frames. His mother was very proud

[@xvgarnet]

In the video she admits that she was fired from tecnoglass, the company that she worked for as a professional on design and advertisement. She was asked to hand her resignation and go get her things from the office. She also says that they didn't give her time to get the proof that she was innocent. I'm guessing this was before she admitted she lied. Source: I'm a native spanish speaker. Honestly, she could have stopped this from the beginning. Since they asked to interview her. I'm sure she just liked all the attention she was getting and eventually everything got out of hand.

[@sari9645]

Thank you!

[@BunnyDoesArtThings]

Our hero

[@BunnyDoesArtThings]

Our hero

[@BunnyDoesArtThings]

Our hero

[@gotalifeanditsmine]

Not only that but she gave conferences and talks that payed her, she did this for the money 💰

[@snowbird1236]

As an animation student, I feel like I can give some info to hash out that lady's lie. The most frames I've seen was 48 frames per second and that was for the film, The Thief and The Cobbler. The usual amount of frames in a feature film is 24 frames per second. Usually animators get assigned one scene at a time which can take months. Which doesn't sound like a lot but when multiplying by hundreds of employees, it adds up. I'm just saying if she did one scene, it would not be 25 000 drawings, that is insane, even for anime industry standards. Also in that interview that lady did, she didn't do a proper ball animation, you're supposed to stretch the ball when its about to hit the ground and squash it when it hits the ground. If she could not draw at least a proper ball animation, I doubt she animated for ANY movie or show. A ball animation is a HUGE fundamental for animators to do. Its why even veteran animators still draw a ball animation, its an exercise. Miazaki would NEVER hire an animator who cannot bounce a ball properly to do the OPENING of his final film! Though I doubt he will retire. I think he just says he will retire as a way to have long vacations tbh cause he just keeps coming back.

[@hard.g0re]

I animate too, that was my IMMEDIATE first thought as well!! Show us even a simple animation you've done, the more simple the more telling as you're simplifying the movements based off what you know..a simple jumping gif works, literally anything 😭💀

[@alfredovitenteiii3612]

Thief and the Cobbler was shot on 35mm film, which is limited to 24 frames per second. Most traditionally animated features are animated mainly on 2s (1 drawing per 2 frames) and sometimes on 1s (1 drawing per frame) when needed. Thief and the Cobbler was unique in that it was animated all on 1s.

[@bobothefool3037]

I'm a Colombian living in Colombia. We are all making fun of her. And are apalled at how stupid our news outlets are

[@JaverBradi39]

As a spanish speaker I cannot believe how she passed as Colombian when her accent gives her true origin away

[@julianaespitia6572]

​@@JaverBradi39 She is Colombian, she's from Barranquilla 🙄. We have more than one accent

[@pumpkinicing]

This is really really funny. Like, it's a terrible thing to do, but it's also, like... she just decided to lie. And people went along with it.

[@glowvxn]

No fr 😭 it’s terrible but… also WHY,? Of all things to lie about and something that could easily be disproven. It’s a bit comical.

[@Days_27]

Yeah, and none of the initial news outlets does any fact check. That angers me honestly

[@kay-jay1581]

😂 yeah I’m from Mexico but never heard of this story thank goodness. It sound sos dumb and fake from the get go. 25,000 frames and having fun with the studio and being praised with Hayao Miyazak?! 😂 His well know to be a perfectionist and for being harsh.

[@niknak950]

“people really shouldn’t believe what they’re told” 😂😂 her apology is hilarious, I totally did it!

[@bekaz13]

it's giving "manage your expectations"

[@alemonyoyo69420]

Not her blaming her friend, saying they had "the audacity" to go to a news source. You had the audacity to LIE in the first place!

[@umi2751]

Her "friend"

[@katherinehavegreen515]

Also, even more than of her, this paints a bad image of official media. How did no one find this out earlier? Journalism is supposed to look for sources and the truth, isn't it?

[@mrjones2721]

Colombian media was probably too excited about having a Colombian on the world stage to do any fact checking.

[@zombiecat5019]

Unless Is all Fake news and the people Believe it.

[@ithalaine]

If you’ve ever had a personal relationship with a liar like this you’d know just how utterly exhausting it is and how laughable their lies are. If I were to guess I’d say one of her friends got sick of her obviously fake lies, decided to see just how far she would be willing to take it, and that’s how we ended up with national and international media attention on this. She got what she deserves, I hope nobody ever takes her seriously again, although I’m sure she’s going to spin this in her head until she’s the hero of it all again and that would be fun to dissect.

[@rei2684]

I know someone who is like her, those people will just lie and run with it and let the people who doubt their lies feel guilty and paint than themselves as victims because others don't blinds believe them.

[@RuruBelle2]

Sounds to me like she's a pathological liar. Literally can't help herself from lying.

[@ithalaine]

@@RuruBelle2 like I said, if you’ve had a personal relationship with these kinds of pathological liars it’s hard to sympathize with the consequences of their actions finally catching up to them. It’s completely exhausting for everyone involved, there is nothing to be gained from lying like this, and now more people will be aware to not trust her in the future. Win win situation.

[@BlissfulBluebell]

​@@RuruBelle2I feel like she's more of a narcissist. Builds up a grandiose image of herself, doubling down when being questioned and always shifting the blame even when caught. Pathological liars can't help it but narcissists purposefully lie and manipulate to make themselves a winner in life. With a sister who's also a narcissist, this actually triggered me and almost gave me a panic attack.

[@dnthgm2291]

Honestly im more ashamed by the news, the journalists that did their job - anyone can lie on the internet and make a fool out of themselfs, but it takes a complete idiot to actually believe it, not make ur ACTUAL job that is investigating facts (that are very easy to check btw) and publishing it without hesitation. Truly it says more about the state of journalism that we have nowdays then the person who told a dumb lie and and couldnt hold it up when presented with simple facts and arguments

[@FabiolaRVela]

Journalism is a joke nowadays. I often read articles in the news on my phone where they misspell the most simple of words and they redact things that sound like an elementary school kid wrote them, it’s awful. Also nobody fact checks anything

[@sheashells]

lol. at least Cartoon Brew--staffed by a handful of journalists--did more basic effort to fact check her story than El Tiempo and other bigger journalism/media companies.

[@DeathnoteBB]

They definitely just found something to fill an article quota by their deadline. Not idiotic to need to pay rent

[@ArekusaSan]

This story goes to show that people don’t know how animation and art in general works. 25,000 frames is an insane amount for just one person to draw single-handedly, even if it’s rough drawings or refining some details. I heard this story through a Colombian animator who lives in Japan, on Twitter, and she was rightfully upset in pointing out how there are Colombian women animating out there, and this women stole that recognition from them!

[@darianstarfrog]

If true, she would have drawn the WHOLE movie!😂

[@Days_27]

Exactly! 25000 APPROVED FRAMES! I'm sure you don't just "draw" in any professional animation studios. Stuff needs to go through a lot of reviews

[@neveronhereXD]

I’m sure 25,000 frames in a scene is insane for a human being, let alone an animator.

[@si3rrat]

Omg I can translate the twitter video Guy: [something about the end of the production that translates directly to "...the production ended?"] Geraldine: Uhhh, in Technoglass Guy: Technoglass? Okay... Geraldine: Yes, Technoglass. There I hold the title of Design and Marketing Professional. Uhh I am... uhhh well, I was the "right hand" of the Director of communications. I'm saying "I was" because, with all of this, I didn't have enough time to explain and compile all of the hard evidence... and, well, tomorrow I have to go collect all of the stuff I have in my desk. Guy: So did they fire you for all of this [situation]? Geraldine: Uhhh well yes. I've already been told to submit my resignation letter, and tomorrow I'm gonna talk with my boss in order to find a solution, find something. But yeah, what I can tell is that for now I have to submit my resignation letter. Guy: Okay. Geraldine: And well, clearly, yeah. Guy: Okay, let's continue... A lot of slang is used so sorry if it reads weird 💀 but sounds like she is being forced to quit yet is still trying to save her job. Also, most of the comments in the chat are making fun of her for telling such a dumb lie and basically starting this herself: "the real movie is the one she created".

[@TAKAT0NIC]

Thanks for the translation!

[@karengreer]

Thanks. I’ve seen the interviews in Spanish (I’m bilingual) and it’s so upsetting the way she is lying and at certain point being so brave about the things she’s clearly inventing. This situation is a lesson for everyone to be truthful and do not exaggerate accomplishments, a person will not know how this can impact his/her real world. Now, Geraldine is 30 years old and she started this lie a long time ago. That’s why she gave a conference at that university. Of you watch the video, the real professionals (teachers) give clear signs that they don’t believe what this woman is saying. It’s hard to explain why she was not called out since those days. Who knows. What is shameful is how this woman, at 30, can openly be so immature and blame others for her lies. She said the media is to blame for not fact checking her lies…really? And with the help of a corrupt lawyer now she plans to sue every official media, or KZbinr, who had used her image because she claims emotional and moral damage to her person. Unbelievable! Unfortunately, in Latin America her case has affected the reputation of real and talented animators that DO WORK in Japan. People who have really contributed to films or series and of course have proof of their work. To conclude, I personally feel happy that she lost her job. Her lies affected the reputation of the company and the CEO of the company. She showed herself as a compulsive liar, and professionally speaking she could have lied in her official documents like university degrees, job experience and diplomas taken in the past. A company must have trusted employees and not false people like Geraldine.

[@15oClock]

"I can tell you I worked on a Studio Ghibli film, but I can't prove it." That was a dead giveaway.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

At the very least shouldn't she have some kind of proof that she got paid by them for her work? A contract?

[@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526]

She is still blaming anyone and everyone else but herself that's what is really pissing me off, she still thinks it is her friends fault for having " the audacity" to tell someone else what she told them originally.

[@FabiolaRVela]

I don’t even think that “friend” is real tbh

[@xladycaosx]

a foreigner graduating from Todai (the top Japanese university… which doesn’t offer animation courses, but ok) while speaking Japanese to university level (cos only specific courses at Todai are in English… not super uncommon skills, but still relatively rare) and ending up working with Miyazaki (one of the top studios in Japan, in one of the fields that it’s harder to get into for a foreigner given the visa requirements - they basically would need to show you’ve got better skills than most Japanese) would be such a rare thing she’d be on the news/social media in Japan before anywhere else 😂 how did she think she was going to get away with this😂

[@fiftran]

lmaoo always "a friend did it on my behalf without my permission"

[@StarxLolita]

My Peruvian friend came to me and other friends about it when it was still coming out and the Latin American internet was laughing at her. I didn't know she went on to say she felt bad, not for lying, BUT BECAUSE HER FRIENDS TOLD OTHERS ABOUT HER LIES LMAO

[@EddieNoon]

Glad someone actually, like, checked the credits. Seems like a pretty easy way to blast it right open Why lie about something that can be proved wrong so easily? edit: According to Hbomberguy, if I remember the quote correctly; "If something is REALLY easy to check, NOBODY DOES"

[@TheMutantCreeper]

With this amount of dedication to lying, she could have put that effort into becoming a real artist.

[@burritobasura]

In the twitter video, she stated that she was the right hand to the director of communication, and due to the drama she was going to be let go. She said that she will be picking her stuff up from the studio tomorrow. They want her to give her letter of resignation, but she plans to talk to her boss so that they can resolve the issue. Feel free to add corrections, but this is what I understood from it, hope it helps!!!

[@josemiguelleiva8861]

She said she will be picking up her Chihiro figurines from her desk, which is ironic and funny af lol

[@EmiAmaya2007]

@@josemiguelleiva8861 No dice chihiro, dice chiros que acá en Colombia significa sus cosas jajaj

[@esmeraldaloschuetz9120]

If you are Coombian, could you please tell how the press that promoted her reacted to the scandal? Did they issue an apology? Are they getting heat at all?

[@EmiAmaya2007]

@@esmeraldaloschuetz9120 It was really funny because they did “apologize” but they all said basically the same thing they said that they were only trying to promote Colombian talent and that they blindly trusted Geraldine but honestly it doesn’t seem like they’re taking any responsibility at all from what I have seen. Also the media that promoted her are already known here in Colombia for not being reliable specially El Tiempo so it’s not really a surprise.

[@polarbearstudio90]

@@EmiAmaya2007Every country every region, the media act the same

[@colibri224]

This story feel like a modern cautionary tale you tell your children to teach them to not lie. Also, how sad is it that you can spend a lifetime working hard on your art and never know fame, but you can lie on your achievement and become an instant national celebrity just like that.

[@PointsofData]

Because the people who lie and get on the news tell fucking massive whoppers that are _meant_ to catch attention

[@Gumbyloomy]

Literallyyyyy it’s so grim

[@a-goblin]

maybe she should turn her shituation into a kids' story book. at least some good might come out of this.

[@crizmeow8394]

The craziest part from me if just that… where do you go from here??? The entire internet knows your face and your name. Your portfolio doesn’t have a single project actually made by you, no agency is going to hire you, we can’t even know if she’s a decent graphic designer. She’s jobless and most likely getting sued by the universities that invited her to speak. Life completely ruined at 30 years old.

[@neurotrollium253]

She is not a good graphic designer, she made it all, and in the video that the presenter was not able to translate, she showed her sketches and they were at a high school level at best. That latin American youtuber was with a long wtf face and the live comments were laughing at her

[@rei2684]

That just shows how people in the Internet doing better fact checks than journalists

[@Myst_Eerie_Isle]

As somebody who went to school for animation.... she is an outright liar. Plus I'm 1000% sure Ghibli won't hire outside of Japan. They prefer to keep their jobs local and keep work for people who are Japanese residents. Unless you are WAY better than any other animator out there, I highly doubt they would hire an outsider. Plus Hayao wouldn't be so "kind" to one of his animators. He's known for being a tyrant in the workplace. Animators also aren't illustrators, they're keyframers and inbetweeners. They could be outside of the studio, but while working that's what they're called.

[@xladycaosx]

not an animation expert but as an immigrant in Japan I second this. If the person has to be in Japan, to hire a foreigner and sponsor their visa you need to demonstrate that the foreigner is hired over a Japanese person because they have some skills that the Japanese person doesn’t have (that’s why it’s easier to get into jobs related to language skills etc.). Animation is a hard field to get into because of this, especially for a top studio it would be hard to justify not being able to find a Japanese to do this job. If we assume she’s working freelance from abroad… why hire her specifically ? Unless she has MAD skills, there would be someone in Japan who can do the same job without the language and time zone barrier.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Animation studios only outsource animation to other animation studios. If Ghibli WAS hiring outside of Japan, they would be hiring an actual studio and some random singular woman. If she was THAT amazing they would've hired her to work at the actual studio in Japan. I can't imagine how insane it would be to deal with having one random person working on half the movie alone in another country where she can't regularly meet with everyone else for feedback, storyboard meetings, script changes, etc. Plus the security of having one single person with that much of the movie? Yikes.

[@paucalderon8326]

I would like to imagine that the friend that went to the media knew Geraldine was full of BS from the get-go and decided to give her a lesson lol. Why would she lie to her inner circle about something SO BIG if she didn't want anybody to know?

[@22lklk]

As a latina, I followed this story live, but I've never be tired of listening about this whole mess again again and again. Somehow this is more hilarious for me when the English-speaker community noticed what happened. Tysm for the video, it was a great summary!!

[@Yuuteimiya]

Normal people being dissatisfied with their area of work: start courses go to animation school, apply for entry animation positions, etc. Jeraldine: Lie about working in the top known animation studio, and say you animated the most anticipated movie of 2023

[@RuruBelle2]

She's got that all or nothing mindset 😅😅 too bad it also came with being a pathological liar.

[@smjaiteh]

I think most people really don’t understand how big numbers can be, otherwise they wouldn’t use them in lies.

[@zk6954]

why would studio Ghibli hire a nobody from a whole different country when they have an entire studio/ country of their own with accredited artists

[@tropicalermine]

Colombian here. In the X video she said that she was the right hand of the director of communications at her company, and that after this scandal she was fired. She says that she still needs to go into the office and clean out her desk

[@alostkoi]

Honestly, why would you double down? Just back out the second it starts picking up steam on the national media...

[@machinegirl03]

Honestly I think a lot of ppl would double down in her position since admitting to doing smth like this is humiliating and she probably hoped the story would quickly fizzle out instead of gaining more traction

[@ImpulsiveBat-zf4ed]

Thank you for actually trying (and saying) the spanish words correctly. Its so frustrating when youtubers just go "Eh, I cant be arsed to try and pronounce this." Its a small thing but its appreciated.

[@joelman1989]

This is what my anxious brain thinks is going to happen every time I tell even the most insignificant lie lol

[@laumar4258]

I’m Colombian and I’m low key happy that you covered this lol. Not because I’m proud of what happened or anything like that, but because the whole thing was so ridiculous that it became hilarious and it definitely made me giggle after having a rough star this year.

[@JaverBradi39]

This girl was not even colombian. Listen to her accent closely, you will be surprised

[@Andrea-pr7wo]

​@@JaverBradi39she is colombian, from the northen costal region, that's the accent of that part of the country🤦

[@JaverBradi39]

@@Andrea-pr7wo she sounds exactly like the people in the mexican state of Tabasco

[@Andrea-pr7wo]

@@JaverBradi39 OK. I'm literally from Colombia, I live here and I'm friends with people from her city that sound just like her. But you can keep spreading misinformation if you want.

[@JaverBradi39]

@@Andrea-pr7wo I am Argentinian but have friends across Colombia an Mexico. This girl sounds like a mexican (from Tabasco) trying to pass as Colombian. Trust me, I've heard

[@frankensteinlives]

I appreciate that her apology mentioned that recanting a lie is difficult when it's gained a lot of attention, but I don't believe her about a friend being the one to get the ball rolling on that lie. I hope she's well and, if she wants to get into animation, I wish her luck.

[@starberrycupcake]

Absolutely awful decision from her to lawyer up to press any type of charges towards anyone considering she imparted academic conferences in Sergio Arboleda University with this lie as the backbone of them. That's not in this video but she benefited from this lie, it wasn't just people believing her on the news and making it viral. Pressing any type of charges is insane to me.

[@literally1999]

Atp these scandals show me how easy it is to get to the top if you know how to fake it enough. 2024 really is the year of “trust me bro” 💀

[@PointsofData]

It's only January my dude let's not be that cynical

[@Gumbyloomy]

@@PointsofDataI mean even more of a reason cuz it’s only January and there’s already so many 😭

[@FabiolaRVela]

Honestly that whole “trust me bro” thing has been around for a long while now 😅, nobody fact checks anything and people only believe what they want to believe or make shit up to feel better about the things they believe in 😅

[@a-goblin]

nah, i think 2024 is the beginning of "we don't trust you, bro"

[@GenX_files]

Wow that "appology" was something lol

[@felix_a_fiend]

She has to be some kind narcissist to be able to pathologically lie like that plus even think that her art emulates ghibli/looks good at all.

[@seekittycat]

Some of her portfolio work is straight up stolen from DeviantArt 😂. Her clownery knows no bounds

[@felix_a_fiend]

@@seekittycat it def looks traced, at least the physical ones that she showed at some point. The ones she straight up stole were okay, but they were inconsistent with each other, making it obvious that they’re stolen.

[@olliek8235]

narcissism is a medical condition that real people deal with, not a synonym for “asshole”

[@emperorfaiz]

She obviously is.

[@briannabirckett]

I really want to get into the minds of people who lie like this.. I just don't understand, what makes you think its a good idea to lie about something that you can't prove especially when its obvious your lying..

[@CaulkMongler]

Another instance between the clear divide between mainstream media journalism and random people online who have a lick of sense.

[@YashaVatrushka]

the fact that she's considering suing others is insane.

[@lackingmyface]

"I would have preferred not to have told my friends, especially the one who took the audacity to spread the information." The fact she has THE audacity to accuse her friends having the audacity to spread her lies is just beyond me. If that was the case, you wouldn't be giving that speech with your face throughout the entirety of the vid after the animation won the Golden Globe.

[@ondatheworld]

I can’t believe not a single journalist reached out to Studio Ghibli for comment before publishing anything

[@tonykokoro]

The worst part is that she was lying for at least a year but people recently found out when the movie won a Golden Globe award

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

"You think someone would really do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" - Buster (source I found was in 2012 I don't know when the episode aired)

[@imissmybed3469]

I love how she just would NOT take responsibility to the end and blame everyone else for the situation she is in right now. How do people in her personal circle interact with her? She didn't mind lying to the country and even doubled down, and made herself a victim in all of this. Imagine how she is in her personal life. I would do a cleansing ritual if I have a person like this within my radius.

[@BlahNetworkBro]

Honestly it takes the most basic knowledge of animation to see through this I’m so flabbergasted. She drew 25,000 frames and specifies it was by hand and not digital, so what she mailed the cells to Japan?😂

[@i.shuuya3231]

HBomb taught me that, despite it being paradoxical, it's easier to lie about something the simpler it is to check if it's untrue. Basically, people don't bother checking because we tend to think "no one would make up such an obvious lie, right?"

[@Datasavingmode]

Even for ONE frame, multiple people work on the animation, some do the keyframes, some do the background , some do the character animation, some do the storyboard , some do the background animations, and some do the post effects. Claiming she animated 25 k frames for a movie is like, "I was in a movie, not gonna tell you if I was behind the camera or I was acting, but trust me I was in a movie"

[@catherinethecatlike]

I literally just cannot understand how people can make such massive lies like this. How did they sleep at night??! I feel like the guiltiest person in the entire world and can’t even function when I say anything bordering on a fib. I lied once about a math test answer and when the teacher asked to talk to me after class I was terrified. I knew I was lying and I knew that my teacher knew I was lying. I don’t even know why I did something so dumb. I felt so terrible I ended up completely changing to a different class because I couldn’t face my teacher. To me lying is one of the worst feelings ever.

[@Kayawtiku]

I will never understand how people can make up such blatant and easily disprovable lies just for a modicum of attention. Clout is a hell of a drug.

[@karengreer]

What a shameful case. I live in Mexico and I heard about this through some contacts I have who are illustrators or had worked in animation here. I’ve seen the interviews in Spanish (I’m bilingual) and it’s so upsetting the way she is lying and at certain point being so brave about the things she’s clearly inventing. This situation is a lesson for everyone to be truthful and do not exaggerate accomplishments, a person will not know how this can impact his/her real world. There is a famous saying around here: lies have short legs. Geraldine thought she’d pulled this off, she clearly needs help with her mental issues… compulsory liars crave attention, but what she needs is help. Now, Geraldine is 30 years old and she started this lie a long time ago. At least, one or two years ago. That’s why she gave a conference at that university. If you watch the video, the real professionals (teachers) give clear signs that they don’t believe what this woman is saying. It’s hard to explain why she was not called out since those days. Who knows? So it a cultural trait of Latin Americans not to be direct and call on people like Geraldine? The issue here is that she WAS PAID for the conference, and now the attendees want a refund. What is shameful to watch is how this woman, at 30, can openly be so immature and blame others for her lies. She said the media is to blame for not fact checking her lies…really? And with the help of a corrupt lawyer now she plans to sue every official media, or KZbinr, who had used her image because she claims emotional and moral damage to her person. Unbelievable! What this woman needs is psychological or psychiatric help. Unfortunately, in Latin America her case has affected the reputation of real and talented animators that WORK in Japan. People who have really contributed to films or series, and of course, have proof of their work. To conclude, I personally feel happy that she lost her job. Her lies affected the reputation of the company and the CEO of the company. She showed herself as a compulsive liar, and professionally speaking she could have lied in her official documents like university degrees, job experience and diplomas taken in the past. A company must have trusted employees and not false people like Geraldine.

[@Bogotaeverything]

Girl, her certificates in Japanese were translated by her company and they were all fake and not even for animation courses, she stole someone´s ceramic course certificate and attached it to her fake CV 😭

[@eddieboyky]

It's interesting that there are no statements from Ghibli at any point. It's like no one thought to contact them for a statement about her or her work for the initial stories.

[@entidade_000]

I think it would be even more hilarious if no one at Ghibli is even aware this whole debacle happened, and then someone ends up asking about it and they'd be like "the hell you talking about?"

[@star0nyx]

I think it's so funny that she eventually regretted lying. Like how did this thought even cross her mind in the first place?

[@helloitsmemissjane]

"Im sorry for what happened, but it's everyone elses fault" damn

[@jesseast84]

ChatGPT did they thang with that bogus apology!😂😂 good video as always!❤🙌🏽

[@antonvernooy6186]

His ability to bring Latin news and stories to the English-speaking world could give him a huge leg up, and I look forward to more videos.

[@Linnzy]

What baffles me is ...How did she ever think that she would get away with this? In this day and age when people easily can fact-check everythign you say or do. Sure, some ppl were lazy and didn't jiust that, but she would be caught eventually. She didn't feel sad and regret for her lies, she felt sad and regret for getting caught. Truly, I believe she must've been delusional.

[@hitfasthithard]

I'm such a huge Studio Ghibli fan! I can't believe I never heard of this! 😯

[@octopus8978]

Same 🗣️

[@catsinburg8626]

It was mostly a latin american meme/news, ngl I'm kinda giddy that it's making the rounds around the world now that it's being covered in english

[@Nadia1989]

That's because you're not in Latin America. It's been all over my feed for weeks

[@Karmillina]

Just recently it has bled over to international media, specially when Japan (I think it was Asahi Shinbun, which is huge) picked up the story

[@FabiolaRVela]

It was huge in the Spanish speaking internet bubble, like some others mention.

[@killergrooves2438]

Narcissists gonna narcissist and never take responsibility.

[@asuka-ryo]

PLEASE, the fact that she implied that she's buddy buddy with THE Hayao Miyazaki is so telling 😭 Edit: also, what made her this confident? my god.

[@lukylex]

The fact that she blames her friends, (who were trying to probably talk about her accomplishments because they were proud of her and wanted her to get the right recognition) and says that they violated her trust because they spread the lies that she told them, this person is completely unhinged

[@0therun1t21]

She should apologize to Colombia for making it look stupid and to everyone who did work on that film. What a douche.

[@leticiab2544]

Colombia*! But yeah, you're right

[@0therun1t21]

@@leticiab2544 Thanks! I'll fix that.

[@JaverBradi39]

She is not even Colombian. Listen to her accent closely

[@0therun1t21]

@@JaverBradi39 I would have to do a lot of ear training to be able to tel since I'm American and am only used to hearing Mexican Spanish so I'll take your word for it.

[@JaverBradi39]

@@0therun1t21 she shounds like a Mexican trying to pass as Colombian to me.

[@Days_27]

How come these "Journalist" who just shared her fake story without any fact check?! As simple as checking the end credits?! I'm pretty sure it was taught even back in Highschool. This "Journalist" should be ashamed of themselves

[@Starsongzz]

Imagine threatening someone on behalf of a huge company

[@Corarii]

if she was sorry she wouldnt have tried to take legal action

[@elizabethmoreno1073]

Naurrrr it reached international attention 😭😭😭 i don't think Geraldine will ever live this one down, at this point

[@BurlapRat]

I love how nowadays when people publicly lie instead of taking responsibility for that they just start suing people.

[@iskraiskra_9007]

oh i would not show my face in public ever again

[@perlyshell]

Same 😭 I would change my name and ship myself to the remote plains of Mongolia or something lmaoooo

[@alarcon99]

Eso es mondar!😂 the audacity of her friend repeating what Geraldine had told her 😂

[@acm3047]

I don't know how someone would think they would get away with faking being an artist in a film and not expect people to look her up

[@kellylyons1038]

Austin, what i like about your videos is your calm delivery. I love tiktok drama videos on youtube, but a lot of channels have really obnoxious editing, loud voices (why do ppl shout at the camera 🫣), or gimmicky music. Your videos have the best style, plz keep it up!!

[@Flutter_Aeina]

Her lying about something most of us artists couldn’t even DREAM of makes me sick. It’s pathetic

[@stephsemilla1044]

another scary thing here is the newspapers did not do a background check to make sure that what they are putting out there is factual.

[@connorscanlan2167]

How come not one single person on KZbin can pronounce "Ghibli" correctly? It's not difficult to look up.