Aya Suzuki and World Animation

I found an interesting article on animator Aya Suzuki who originally began her career in the UK before she went on to work on films like Belleville Rendezvous, found here: http://www.mangauk.com/?p=aya-suzuki There's something inspirational to me about working across the world and reaching an audience that covers a wide variety of culture, especially in comparison to people like Amano Yoshitaka who once went to his local animation studio to show his portfolio before he landed the job. In previous years studios never had such easily established ties to other countries but it's now considered the standard in business thanks to current technology and the internet. The article linked also puts light upon the working methods that Aya has used since there is a notable eastern and western style of making animated feature length movies.