I-studio yeGhibli animator uMakiko Futaki usweleke nge-13 ka-Meyi ngexa wayephathwa ngokugula. Enye yeenkokheli eziphambili kolu phononongo, kula mashumi eminyaka esiba ngumthombo okhuthazayo kunye neefilimu ezintle zoopopayi kwityala lakhe.
U-Futaki waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobungcali njenge-animator yeTelecom yoPhilayo weFilimu, awayesebenza kuyo kwisiqendu se-153 seLupine III: Icandelo II. Phambi koku, wenza oopopayi abalingqangi awabubonisayo kuMnyhadala woPhiliso lwaBucala (PAF). Umsebenzi okokuqala kwi Studio Ghibli ngo-1981 kaJarinko Chie kwaye kamva noHayao Miyazaki eNausica kwiNtlambo yoMoya.
Wayesebenza kuninzi lweefilimu ze-Studio Ghibli ezinje i-freelance cheerleader nanjengomlawuli onceda oopopayi baseCuentos de Terramar bakwisitudiyo esinye. Umsebenzi wakhe wokugqibela yayikukukhumbula uMarnie apho wayesebenza njengokonwabisa.
Ngaphandle kweefilimu ze-Studio Ghibli, nazo usebenze njenge-animator ka-Akira, Amaphiko e-Honneamise: I-Royal Space Force, i-Milky Way Night Train kunye neGosenzo-sama BanBanzai!. Uye wabonisa namaqweqwe eenoveli zikaMoribito nguNahoko Uehashi.
Kwakhona Indima ebaluleke kakhulu kwiNkosazana uMonoke njengakwi-Akira, zimbini zeefilimu eziphambili ezakhe zenziwa, ke sijamelene nelahleko enkulu kwilizwe loopopayi eliya kuyiphosa.
Indima ye-animator efana neFutaki kukwenza oopopayi abaphambili ukuba emva koko uye kubathetheli Abajongene nokuzoba oopopayi phakathi kwabo baphawula umlinganiswa kunye nentshukumo ephambili yoopopayi.
Unokufikelela kwezinye zeemifanekiso zayo kweli qhagamshelo apho iseti enkulu yabalandeli ilayishiwe eminye yemisebenzi yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu. Ezinye zeentsuku ezilusizi kwilizwe leopopayi xa kungekudala sifunde ukuba ehlotyeni kungekudala siza kuba nazo enye evela kwi-Studio Ghibli.