Remembering a true legend 🕊️
One of the quiet legends behind Studio Ghibli’s magic ✨
She wasn’t a director or a celebrity voice actor, but her animation helped shape some of the most emotional and visually alive moments in anime history.
As a key animator, Futaki worked on beloved films:
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Kiki’s Delivery Service
• Princess Mononoke
• Spirited Away
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Ponyo
• The Wind Rises
• When Marnie Was There
• Akira
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
and many more!
For decades, she was personally trusted by Hayao Miyazaki and the studio with the kind of details that made Ghibli worlds feel real: movement, nature, animals, atmosphere, and quiet emotional expressions. Those small moments are a huge reason so many scenes still stay with fans years later.
June 19 marks her birthday, and her legacy continues through the films that introduced generations of anime fans to the beauty of hand-drawn animation.
Rest in peace, Makiko Futaki 🕯️
Iranian-French filmmaker and graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi has sadly passed away at the age of 56.
Satrapi was best known for Persepolis and its acclaimed animated film adaptation, works that brought her international recognition and made her one of the most influential voices in contemporary graphic storytelling.
Her legacy spans literature, film, and advocacy for freedom, women’s rights, and human rights.
Rest in peace. 🖤
I’m just doing anything except sleeping lmao I’ll try to join the spamtenna week challenge asap 🫶🏻
This is all you have for now happy anniversary #spamtenna