Artificial intelligence risks taking Japanese anime artistsโ 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 Howlโs 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.
โIt wouldnโt be surprising if, in two yearsโ time, there was a film made completely through AI,โ he said in an interview last week.