"It Will Give More Opportunities": Japan's First AI Anime Is Defending Itself Before It Even Goes Live
“I never even thought of entrusting directing to AI. I thought it would be pointless to let AI do the interesting parts of video productions. [But] Anime production is made up of imitation. Animators have to imitate character designs, and in-betweeners have to imitate key drawings. That’s how anime is made. [Animators] have fewer and fewer opportunities to think about directing. It’s an environment where it’s difficult to develop animators who can direct....