AI will take anime artists’ jobs but Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki irreplaceable, son says

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Artificial intelligence risks taking Japanese anime artists’ jobs but nothing can replicate Hayao Miyazaki, the creative lifeblood of the studio behind classics such as Spirited Away, his son says.

Movies such as My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle are famous for their lush nature and fantastical machinery, painstakingly drawn by hand.

While the studio has not commented directly on the image trend, Goro Miyazaki, 58, predicted that artificial intelligence could one day replace animators.

Studio Ghibli-style pictures created by ChatGPT, such as this one, are exciting fans of the animation studio, but also raising copyright concerns. Photo: X/lycfyi

“It wouldn’t be surprising if, in two years’ time, there was a film made completely through AI,” he said in an interview last week.