'It's The End Of Toei': One Piece Studio Confirms It Will Use AI In Anime
2025-05-18
Game Rant
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Toei Animation announced new AI initiatives for storyboard creation, coloring, genga correction and background generation, backed by funding to Preferred Networks. Fans and animators express confusion and fear over style replication and job losses, sparking social media backlash despite no AI deployment or concrete incidents yet.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly mentions the planned use of AI in animation production but does not report any harm or negative outcomes resulting from this use. The concerns expressed by fans and artists are about possible implications, such as AI replicating art styles and affecting jobs, but these are speculative and not realized harms. Hence, the event fits the definition of an AI Hazard, as the use of AI could plausibly lead to harms (e.g., to artists' rights or employment), but no incident has occurred yet.[AI generated]