Not One Right Way

How do people get jobs in animation, film, gaming? Marve Aguiñaga and Melissa Manuel sit down with people across all these worlds to find out who they are, how they "got in" and who they know. Turns out the entertainment industry can be pretty small and there's not one right way to do it!

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Latest episodes

04 May 2026

Angie Duran (Mao Mao, The Casagrandes, Big City Greens, The Smurfs)

Marve and Melissa welcome Background and Visual Development Artist Angie Duran (@phalangieee)! We discuss Angie's early love of drawing and how that led to her attending Pasadena ArtCenter, interning in recruitment at Nickelodeon, then through posting her work online being approached by the art director for Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart and being mentored on background design while working on that show, to now working on shows and returning to teach at ArtCenter.

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20 April 2026

Emnet Mulugeta (Goodbye Kansas, Assassin's Creed Shadows & Valhalla)

Marve and Melissa welcome director and multidisciplinary creative Emnet Mulugeta (@emnetmulugeta)! We discuss Emnet's pivot from physics to art school, working in advertising, teaching themselves After Effects, and how they pivoted careers later in life to begin working as a director of cinematics for games.

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07 April 2026

Tato Lu (Big, City Greens, My Boyfriend's An Alien, Runaway)

Marve and Melissa welcome storyboard revisionist Tato Lu (@tomatatoro)! We discuss Tato's love of reality TV, how he went from making comics to becoming a storyboard artist at DTVA, and his love of little guys.

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23 March 2026

Ellen Su (大星 DAISING, Studio MoonMoon, Titmouse, Nathan Love)

Marve and Melissa welcome Anime Director and Designer Ellen Su (@ellensu.tv)! We discuss Ellen's journey from getting commissions on Neopets, working 5 years in advertising and how to work with clients, how Ellen's work with Women in Animation led to her time as a recruiter at Titmouse, and how she is creating her own anime series 大星 DAISING!

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10 March 2026

Gabi Rodea (Big City Greens, Bertha)

Marve and Melissa welcome storyboard artist Gabi Rodea (@thegabitype)! We discuss Gabi's journey from studying animation in New York, to how Pokémon fanart helped them get their first job, and then Gabi shares a little bit about their own project Bertha! (Special Guest Appearance: Mingus)

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23 February 2026

Elinor Keyes (Cotton Candy Flavor Media)

Marve and Melissa welcome Film Producer Elinor Keyes (@nellkeyes)! We discuss their love of Shakespeare, how Cotton Candy Flavor Media came to be, their exciting new project Stupid Cupid, You're A Real Mean Gal, and the importance of learning a little bit of everything to be a great producer.

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