How Does Artificial Intelligence Affect the Animation Industry?

Products created with artificial intelligence technologies, especially in the fields of animation and anime, are seen as a new turning point in the art world. Los Angeles-based production studio Corridor Digital made a big impact with its 7-minute video "ANIME ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS", which used artificial intelligence technologies during production. This is seen as a milestone in the world of anime and animation. However, some have expressed concerns that artificial intelligence technologies will cause human artists to become unemployed by replacing them. Also, there are allegations that artificial intelligence technologies interfere with the creativity of human artists and steal their work. However, the benefits that artificial intelligence technologies bring to the art world should not be ignored. Artificial intelligence technologies can speed up the animation production process and reduce costs, allowing artists to focus on larger projects. Traditional animation techniques involve characters being drawn by hand, painted, and then their movements being drawn scene by scene. With artificial intelligence technologies, creating animation has become much easier. In particular, "deep learning" technology has become very useful for character models used in animation production. This technology is used to automatically create the movements of characters during animation production. Especially in Japan, there is a great interest in using artificial intelligence technologies in animation production. Animations created with these technologies have a more realistic and detailed appearance. In addition, artificial intelligence technologies speed up the animation production process and reduce costs. However, there are also concerns about the use of artificial intelligence technologies. In particular, the possibility of completely replacing animations created with traditional animation techniques with those created with artificial intelligence technologies raises questions about the originality and creativity of art.