Toei Animation To Apply AI to ‘Various Processes of Animation Production’ in the Future
Toei Animation To Apply AI to ‘Various Processes of Animation Production’ in the Future
More details emerge on Toei Animation's AI aspirations after its investment in PFN, described as possessing "top-level AI technology competence in Japan."
The only way this wouldn't be supremely disappointing would be if they were keeping all staff and only introducing this for lower-importance sequences to reduce the famously insane workload. But yeah, I know I'm only kidding myself to even entertain that idea.
Toei Animation said in some cases, the time spent on a background was reduced to one-sixth of its normal time.
How is creator compensation changing as a result of the introduction of AI?
Are they being paid one-sixth less? Are they working one-sixth less?
One sixth of the people will be working on a project that usually requires a six times greater workforce
That’s like……anti-anime
Personally I don't see this as any different than anime animators using 3D renders or other CGI to relax their workload. And just like those cases there will be some anime where there you can barely tell there's any CG, and some where it's blatant and hastily done. Maybe even some that use 100% AI. This change is inevitable, because it already happened once, and I bet the outrage looked the same back then. "They're using computers instead of paying animators? Those cheap bastards, they have no respect for the art of anime."
I just hope they don't cut salaries.
Uhh huh. And cgi ruined all of anime at it's inception. Every last one. Let them feel things out. They'll swim or sink with the new floaties.
Haven't watched anything Orange or Ufotable have put out have you?
consider fans already used AI for dbz fanfiction already.