U-Animator Makiko Futaki waseStudio Ghibli udlule emhlabeni ngoMeyi 13 esalashelwa ukugula. Omunye wabahlaziyi abakhulu yalolu cwaningo, kulawa mashumi eminyaka eba ngumthombo okhuthazayo onamafilimu amahle opopayi odumile.
UFutaki waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko njenge-animator yeTelecom Animation Film, lapho asebenza khona esiqeshini se-153 seLupine III: Ingxenye II. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, wenza ukulingisa kwezokulingisa akukhombisa kwiPrivate Animation Festival (PAF). Sebenza okokuqala ngqa eStudio Ghibli ngo-1981 kaJarinko Chie futhi kamuva noHayao Miyazaki eNausica eSigodini Somoya.
Wayesebenza kuningi lamafilimu e-Studio Ghibli anjenge i-freelance cheerleader nanjengomqondisi wosizo lokugqwayiza weCuentos de Terramar wasestudiyo esifanayo. Umsebenzi wakhe wokugcina ubewenzela iMarnie's Memory lapho ebesebenza khona njengomuntu obenandisa.
Ngaphandle kwama-movie we-Studio Ghibli, futhi usebenze njenge-animator ka-Akira, Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force, Milky Way Night Train kanye neGosenzo-sama BanBanzai!. Ubuye waveza nezembozo zamanoveli kaMoribito kaNahoko Uehashi.
Futhi kwadingeka indima ebaluleke kakhulu kuPrincess Mononoke njengaku-Akira, amafilimu ama-animated amahle kunawo wonke ake enziwa, ngakho-ke sibhekene nokulahlekelwa okukhulu emhlabeni wezithombe ezizokulahla nakanjani.
Indima ye-animator efana neFutaki ukudala ukugqwayiza okuyinhloko lokho bese udlulisela kubangenisi ezibhekene nokudweba izithombe phakathi kwalabo abamaka umlingiswa nokunyakaza okukhulu kwe-animation.
Ungafinyelela kokunye ukugqwayiza kwayo kusuka kulesi sixhumanisi lapho iqoqo elihle labalandeli lilayishiwe eminye yemisebenzi yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu. Izinsuku ezimbalwa ezidabukisayo zomhlaba wokugqwayiza lapho kungekudala sifunde ukuthi ehlobo sizoba nazo maduze enye evela ku-Studio Ghibli.