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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every time I'm watching a low budget anime with terrible CGI, I think, wow, if only we could add AI into the mix too.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Will exArm get a new season?

Anime on demand! Please no there's already enough trash out there.

I can see how Generative AI can help streamline animation or save man hours for studios that use outsourced animators but this isn't that, this is just "money, more money"

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And yet its fanbase will keep dragging it backward

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Man, thank god Miyazaki exists in this world. Fuck this demon tech.

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 22 points 2 days ago

Well they are an Ex chairman so hopefully that's a good sign?

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I can already imagine the market being flooded with both adaptations and anime made on the fly, and you look at it all and think, damn, I'll never watch that much in my life, why the hell are there so many of them, they're not even all that different from each other, complete crap, so what should I watch and is there any point at all?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welp, looks like the anime industry is dead.

Long live Manga, supreme ruler since ages before our time.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, it won't last long. This horror will reach both manga and light novels.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Meh, maybe Shonen Jump or other big names might enshitify, but I dont see this technology competing with human artists for limited spots.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Well, considering that people choose what is easier, yes... I just saw some fan adaptations of anime made in a few days with the help of AI and they are no different from if they were made by real large studios.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Easier and much lower quality, limited capability, and very high risk of plagiarism. AI is shit, mate.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I almost agree with you, but I completely support your opinion that AI is crap.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

This is definitely a time I will 100% gladly gatekeep anime. If gen "AI" is used I will 100% say anyone "working" on it isn't part of that industry and is nothing but a pathetic loser not worthy of a job in any real anime company.

Similar sentiments to short form anime. Also towards people who watch either.

I'll stick with what I'll be calling real anime if that future becomes the new normal.

Old man screaming at the cloud in the sky and in the server.

[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Kadokawa says that, it will end up overexploiting it like the Isekais, as well as the CGI.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's not, it's an ex executive. I surmise he's no longer there for a very obvious reason.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He was arrested in September 2022 on allegations of bribing an executive related to the Tokyo Olympics in exchange for KADOKAWA receiving preferential sponsorship treatment.

He was later charged by prosecutors and stepped down as chairman of the company on October 4, 2022. He denies the charge. KADOKAWA’s current CEO, Takeshi Natsuno, confirmed as recently as March 2025 that Tsuguhiko is barred from meeting with him and is not involved in the company (Toyo Keizai). Despite Tsuguhiko’s lack of involvement with KADOKAWA, which is active in conventional and short anime while also “actively investing” in AI for production, his words underscore a growing trend.

From the article.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

seems like the guy just wants to hurt kadokawa and the industry at large because he was caught doing something he shouldn't have been doing.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of it already seems AI generated tbh.

Well, considering that AI could create anime a year ago, albeit with human editing, yes, they can do it now.