Fake Evangelion Animator Resigns from Teaching Post
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 3, 2009 09:36 JST
- Tags: Crime, Education, Evangelion, Fraud, Khara, Takeshi Honda
A man who had been using top Evangelion animator Takeshi Honda’s name to gain work at two universities has resigned after being exposed as a fake. He even had the gall to claim the real Honda was merely an apprentice of his being allowed to use the name.
He was unmasked after Khara, an anime studio founded by legendary director Hideaki Anno, launched an investigation after hearing that a man had been misusing the name of a Khara animator to gain work.
He had been working at his ill-gotten post for eight years without suspicion.
The fake Honda was reported to have surfaced around 2001, where he started to teach part time at Joshibi University of Art and Design’s College of Media Arts, and later at the University of Shobi. He was only forced to resign in 2009.
The real Honda however does not teach in any university, college, or otherwise, the reason the fake was eventually exposed.
The impostor concocted a variety of stories to explain his circumstances, even going so far as to claim the real Honda as a disciple being allowed to use the name. He claimed that the name was actually a pseudonym (far from unknown), explaining his having a different one.
He elaborated to people at Joshibi that he, “Takeshi Honda”, abandoned his name after problems with director Kon Satoshi during the production of the theatrical anime, “Millennium Actress”. Thus, he generously allowed his disciple (the real Honda) to take the “Takeshi Honda” name.
The fake resigned after having his lies laid bare, admitting his crimes and apologising, and then withdrawing.
Takeshi Honda is widely regarded as a legend in the animation world, and had headed the original and theatrical remake of the Evangelion series. He was so revered that he was even nicknamed “Master”, which might explain why someone went to such great lengths to hijack his name.
The lack of any further action by Khara is perplexing though…
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Takeshi Honda's work.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2436112
What next? Will we get Akira Toriyama impersonators roaming around manga schools? :D
Tiny typo @ "for[e]ced".
being allowed to use the name being allowed to sue the name typo?
8 years... wow
+1 for rei being a character i want to sleep with vote thanks to that pic alone
Last pic is small changed Nono from diebuster... =_="
Some samples:
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/275969/absurdres-amano_kazumi-chiko-diebuster-dix-neuf-gu
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/287033/ahoge-buster_machine_7-diebuster-dix-neuf-high_res
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/278816/diebuster-nono
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/304395/buster_machine_7-diebuster-dix_neuf-lal-c_mellk_ma
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/296788/buster_machine_7-diebuster-dix_neuf-high_res-lal-c
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/336694/diebuster-miyabi92m-nono-wallpaper
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/343351/buster_machine_7-diebuster-nono
Ok Ok I'll confess my real name is "handsome be wonderful"
"The lack of any further action by Khara is perplexing though…"
Well it's japan, as long as you apologize you are fine, even more if you are a teacher... unless you are a gaijin :D
Or you asked some little girl where the nearest grocery store is...
requesting nude filter for second pic =P
Requesting test suit filter for second pic ;-)
O_O
He was only foreced to resign in 2009.
foreced --> forced
The impostor concocted a variety of stories to explain his circumstances, even going so far as to claim the real Honda as a disciple being allowed to sue the name.
sue --> use
/grammar-nazi
thanks for clearing that up..I got confused on the 'sue' part..
rei is so cute
The sixth paragraph sounds awkward. The wording I mean.
English is not my first language
Well, with this communication skills he could do great as a politician.
its not that big of a deal is it?
i mean @ least he had the experience
thats identity theft....its a big deal.
He may have been sufficiently experienced to hold the jobs, but if I had been the person whose name and reputation were stolen, when I found that person I would give them a severe beat-down and kick their raggedy ass to the curb.
Some people, perhaps even many people (certainly myself), place great stock in their reputation, and don't want it tarnished.
Someone using my reputation and doing work even a tiny bit less-quality than I do best be prepared to face my wrath.
but you are still anon aren´t you ?
He is anon because he doesn't want others to steal his name to gain works at teaching XD
lol
Pride of the legion >:3
Hijacking someone else's name in order to get a paid job isn't a big deal? What?
...
typo "being allowed to sue the name."
well im guessing its a typo x'D
o.O
well i guess leavin that aside, his proved himself for 8 years
you can't prove yourself unworthy as an art teacher because art isn't something you grade, it's something your teacher grades you in because they're supposed to know EVERYthing. The teachers don't get evaluated; it's not something like a maths teacher where some wise student can expose someone immediately.
What I don't understand is that why did he had to steal another's name and use the fame related to that name to get a job, when he has already proven himself capable and skilled enough to stay hired for EIGHT YEARS at two different universities who hired him as 'Takeshi Honda'...?
In other words, he is skilled enough to be not suspected as an imposter by the university, even when he is offering such a large-name cover as 'Takeshi Honda' and offering such a 微妙 story...
In the art world names, networking, where you've worked, what you've worked, etc on mean A LOT. You can get a job solely because of who you are (or in this case, who you are impersonating) because of the things attached to your name. It's one thing to get hired on your own merits. It's another to be handed a job because of who you say you are. There's a whole lot of people skilled in art and not a whole lot of jobs for them to fill. Something like saying you are a famous artist will put you head and shoulders above any other viable candidates.
*universities
Beung exposed as a fake? Interesting.
That's just bizarre. No one thought to check his credentials?
I doubt so.....
Is it just me, or is Sankaku's layout fucked up?
Really? This long and just now they caught him? Idiots.
They didn't actually "catch" him. More like expose him after a long search for evidence to use against him
Actually, I wrote in that part and don't see any problem with it?
after beung exposed
nice post.
also. thanks for leaving that pic there at the end
THERE'S A SPAH CREEPIN' AROUND HERE!
THAT HONDA'S A SPY!
mega.....nekko.....can't speak....
megane (glasses) is one word dude.
I think he was just gasping for air half-way through...
*gets his inhaler*
ksssh!
"meganekko" ~= "kitty-girl wearing glasses"?
"meganekko" ~= "a very, very fat cat"?
Don't want the second.
The first might be interesting.
It's Japanese slang.
Megane = glasses
ko = girl
Meganekko = glasses girl