Ascendance of a Bookworm anime studio acknowledges gen AI use in opening, promises to replace offending scenes with hand-drawn art - AUTOMATON WEST
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Following backlash after the anime's premiere, Ascendance of a Bookworm production studio WIT addresses the generative AI usage allegations.

The fourth season of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime, produced by WIT Studio, premiered on April 4 this year, though to an unexpectedly rocky start. The long-running series was faced with serious backlash after the reveal of the animated opening sequence, which viewers suspected featured AI-generated assets. In response to the criticism, WIT Studio posted an official announcement on April 10, in which it states that upon investigation into the opening’s production process, it confirmed that generative AI was involved. Consequently, the opening sequence recently published on YouTube has been removed from the platform. ……

  • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
    1·
    22 hours ago

    Almost no anime do this

    I’ve seen many anime do this. Chihayafuru comes to mind.

    It’s a deliberate choice of art style

    I dunno about that. I think it’s just much easier to render the clothing that way.

    • loppy@fedia.io
      11·
      17 hours ago

      “Many” meaning how many though? I think there’s no way I (personally) could come up with 100 shows that have this aesthetic, and I wouldn’t consider 100 “many” in this context.