Name Geraldine Fernandez has made headlines around the world over the past week. She is a Colombian illustrator who, day after day, has watched her figure become one of the most controversial on the planet. Reason includes Studio Ghiblisuccessful animation company producing games such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro or Princess Mononoke. His last film Boy and heronwill be released last 2023.
The last work of the eternal master Hayao Miyazaki She was extolled and received praise from all over the world. So much so that he even won Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, beating out another big favorite, Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse. It was after these events that the name Geraldine Fernandez began to resonate. The girl began to comment that she was working on a film.
Gradually, companies, universities and the media contacted her. Already in October last year Fernandez He even offered a lecture for the Sergio Arboleda University. In it, he told students about his experience. He also stated that since Studio Ghibli They sent him a letter and a gift, thanking him for his hard work. “After you’ve illustrated almost 50,000, 20,000 frames, your hand looks like this, and obviously it’s overly valued there,” he noted at the event.
This is where things start to go wrong. And the thing is, while to the untrained eye this story may seem plausible and not a big deal, to anyone who understands animation, this comment is jarring. Anyway, Geraldine Fernandez He continued to spread the word until the famous Golden Globe. The prestigious recognition brought the illustrator to the attention of all of Colombia. Newspaper Herald published a report about her.
Work by Geraldine Fernandez at Studio Ghibli
In the specified news Fernandez He once again stated that he took more than 25,000 shots Boy and heron. “It was sheet by sheet, scene by scene, all by hand, some things were digital,” he explained. Once in the press, this story spread throughout the rest of the world. The media loves Information They also published this. And even the company I worked for Technoglassthey wanted to be proud that she was in their ranks.
“I would like there to be a harvest of exportable talent here, people who fly high. A person does not want to be a pilot of an airplane, but rather a passenger, so that people can move forward on their own, and later alone, to be able to share that they were there,” he said Christian Daes, CEO of the company. Praise for Geraldine Fernandez They came from everywhere.
Fire scene
A few days ago she offered to give an interview to a Spanish YouTuber. Cait Sith. He told him that he was the one who created “the first part of the film, which is almost 15 minutes long.” Geraldine Fernandez talked about the fire scene, one of the most famous moments Boy and heron. Sith He questioned her to make sure her words were correct, and she again assured that the scene was her responsibility. However, the echo of his story reached social networks. Many users began to explore the illustrator’s incredible work. And indeed, she was accused of being untrustworthy and of making it all up.
The first evidence was that the name Geraldine Fernandez never appears in the credits Boy and heron. If she had worked on this, and especially on something as big and important as the fire scene, it would be logical to think that she would at least have received due credit. The second proof is that already in December Back released a report revealing that the episode was a work Shinya Ohiraartist specially appointed by himself Miyazaki for the mission.
Ohira worked in films Studio Ghibli for more than two decades. There are illustrations in his filmography Spirited Away, moving castle or The wind is getting stronger. His style is so precise that the director wanted him to paint the fire scene to convey to the viewer the feelings of confusion, fear and agony of the young man. Mahito. The question then became: what did he actually do? Geraldine Fernandez V Boy and heron.
Apology to Geraldine Fernandez
Once the lie was exposed, the memes spread unchecked on social media. Thousands of fans Ghiblivictim of deception, accused Fernandez manipulative and making everything up. The situation had gotten to the point where he had no choice but to admit what had happened. Although, again, with versions that cause surprise in this regard.
Geraldine gave an interview in Blue radio where he regretted that he had exaggerated. “It’s not true that I took 25,000 shots alone. It was a team. I did 200,” she said. According to him, at first he talked about working on the film only with his friends and private circle. Studio Ghibli. But a friend decided to tell reporters about it, and from that moment the snowball did not stop growing. Instead of clarifying what happened from the beginning, he decided to rush forward with lies.
“I regret everything. I would rather not tell my friends about this, especially the one who dared to spread the information,” he mused. As noted A country, Geraldine Fernandez He also said that he contacted the studio to send him a certificate of his contribution. Of course, even though he received it, he didn’t want to show it so as not to stir up controversy further.
The issue became even more confusing when a new statement was released shortly thereafter, signed by Geraldine Fernandez in which he admitted that he had never worked in Boy and heron neither with Hayao Miyazaki. A new version, accompanied by a confession from a journalist from Snail Radio Vanessa Dela TorreThis happened when the case began to spread in the Japanese media.
Thus, the dispute was settled, in which a young woman tried to deceive half the planet, but the result was expected, but fruitless. Geraldine Fernandez never had anything to do with Boy and heron not with any project Studio Ghibli. All his lies were born out of love for the company’s films and immaturity in managing the information published.
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