Ascendance of a Bookworm anime studio acknowledges gen AI use in opening, promises to replace offending scenes with hand-drawn art - AUTOMATON WEST
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Following backlash after the anime's premiere, Ascendance of a Bookworm production studio WIT addresses the generative AI usage allegations.

The fourth season of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime, produced by WIT Studio, premiered on April 4 this year, though to an unexpectedly rocky start. The long-running series was faced with serious backlash after the reveal of the animated opening sequence, which viewers suspected featured AI-generated assets. In response to the criticism, WIT Studio posted an official announcement on April 10, in which it states that upon investigation into the opening’s production process, it confirmed that generative AI was involved. Consequently, the opening sequence recently published on YouTube has been removed from the platform. ……

  • Sas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    23·
    15 hours ago

    I was afraid of stuff like this. The show is one of my favourites and now it’s at least partially soured

    • jlow@slrpnk.netEnglish
      16·
      15 hours ago

      Yeah, esp in a brutal “all day crunch, everyday” industry like anime it was unfortunately very likely they’d be tempted to use slop as a shortcut (jist like in the games industry)