{"id":29615,"date":"2024-04-11T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29615"},"modified":"2024-04-11T19:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:13:05","slug":"can-ai-solve-anime-industry-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/can-ai-solve-anime-industry-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Can AI solve the anime industry\u2019s problems? Industry member sparks discussion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A debate in Japanese about AI\u2019s place in the anime industry has blown up on X. In an open letter-style post to the anime industry, one creator and company president explained how correct use of AI could help employees under the anime industry\u2019s notorious working conditions (Related Article<\/a>). The post quickly went viral with over 1000 retweets and many users expressing their opinions on the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post translation: <\/strong>To everyone in the anime industry,<\/em> 
I haven\u2019t made this public, but in addition to being a CG creator, I am also the president of a company overseas that produces hand-drawn animation (a contact point for Chinese anime companies). <\/em> 
There have been many criticisms of generative AI lately, and I think that misuse of AI is totally unacceptable. <\/em> 
However, hardly anyone in the anime industry talks about how employees at their client anime companies in China are being overworked due to stringent unit prices and timelines due to repeated schedule disruptions.<\/em> 
Please stop saying \u201cwe don\u2019t need AI\u201d and acting like this isn’t happening!<\/em> 
I wonder if the end users (such as the large anime companies abroad and in Japan), who support the creation of the majority of Japanese anime in incredibly harsh working conditions, truly understand.<\/em> 
I want it to be known that there are people researching AI with the desire to improve the workplace.<\/em> 
While we must prohibit the misuse of AI, I really hope people will stop criticizing research into AI.<\/em> 
If used effectively, AI has a lot of potential to solve many issues in the anime industry.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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He went on to explain how AI could be used as a useful tool- as it is getting better and processing images with increasingly high resolution. He emphasizes that the work of the human artist will not disappear, but suggests that animators can use AI to enhance their initial drawings and save time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post translation: <\/em><\/strong>AI is more accurate if you give it instructions by drawing them, rather than using prompts.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some people agreed with this approach of using AI as a time-saving tool for animators, envisioning specific ways it could be utilized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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