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Michael "Mike" Rianda (born December 25, 1984) is an American cartoonist, director, writer, and voice actor. He is known for his work on Gravity Falls as a creative director and writer for season 1, and creative consultant for season 2. He is also known for directing, co-writing, and co-starring his feature directorial debut The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Rianda was born on December 25, 1984 in Salinas, California. He attended the California Institute of the Arts after he "drew and said amusing things" in school, studying character animation. Rianda also started writing and directing two short films at the animation school titled Everybody Dies in 90 Seconds (2008) and Work (2010). He became a creative director and writer on the Emmy-award winning Disney Channel animated television series series Gravity Falls, until his departure in 2013. Mike also voiced Lee, Thompson, Mr. Poolcheck, and the additional voices. Rianda later returned and served as an creative consultant for its second season. In 2021, he directed and co-written, along with Jeff Rowe, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, in which he also voiced Aaron Mitchell. The film was released on Netflix on April 30, 2021.
Every Mario game introduces new characters—whether to fight, befriend, or play as in fun spinoff games. But then those characters get unceremoniously ignored by Nintendo! These outcasts from the past are exiled to The Lost Levels, clinging to the hope that one day they’ll be invited back into Nintendo's newest hit game. But as time passes, hope fades. Fed up with being ignored, the long-forgotten frog king Wart decides enough is enough. Tired of Nintendo’s blissful neglect, he rallies a rogue squad of discarded Mario characters. Their mission? Crash the next Mario Kart game and make themselves impossible to ignore! It's an action comedy where the past should never be ignored!
