4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Japan's manga artists can't ignore AI any more
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The brushstrokes of generative AI can help anime and manga to thrive.
Japan's creative sector has been wrestling with the question of the role of generative AI in the production process.
Imagine if the late Osamu Tezuka, Japan's revered 'Godfather of Manga' for his pioneering artistic techniques and visionary behind the iconic worlds of Astro Boy and Black Jack, were alive today. What would his stance be on generative artificial intelligence (AI)?
His eldest son Macoto Tezka believes that he would have embraced it.