Summary
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War director Tomohisa Taguchi’s comments about AI in anime are inappropriate and unreasonable considering recent controversies in the industry. The comments from Taguchi and Crayon director Shin-chan Keiichi Hara seem to shed light on the issues surrounding Studio MAPPA and its toxic work environment. The controversy raises the question of whether AI has a place in anime, but based on past examples, it seems that AI is not suitable for the genre.
Bleach: The thousand-year blood war director Tomohisa Taguchi decided to comment on artificial intelligence as a creative tool and his timing couldn’t have been worse. Over the past few years, AI has become a controversial topic over fears of how it will displace the innovators and executives willing to let it happen, with the SAG-AFTRA strikes and The WGA recently pivoted to restricting its use in media production. .
Anime is no exception to the AI discussion, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War director Tomohisa Taguchi has stirred up controversy around it at just the right time. At the 2023 Annecy Film Festival, Tomohisa Taguchi not only did not object Shin chan pencil director Keiichi Hara that AI can be used to replace “loser” animation and “scum” directors, but he also said that AI could be used to both assist with scriptwriting and overcome Hara’s problems with animators. Saying such things is extremely harsh given the recent SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, but given some of the most recent controversies in the anime industry, those comments are especially bad.
Bleach anime director appears to shed light on Studio MAPPA controversy
The most important point about Tomohisa Taguchi and Keiichi Hara’s comments on AI is how they seem to shed light on the controversy surrounding Studio MAPPA. Studio MAPPA has always been criticized for creating a toxic work environment, and it’s gotten worse over time, with Many animators participated Jujutsu Kaisen Production on season 2 is moving forward X to comment on how overworked and underpaid they were in the first place. With that in mind, the idea that Taguchi and Hara would seriously advocate AI replacing screenwriters and animators is made even worse by the fact that it ignores the problems behind what they see as poor performance. capacity.
However, in Tomohisa Taguchi and Keiichi Hara’s defense, neither of them specifically criticized Studio MAPPA’s staff, so their comments seem to be more general of things. Not only that Keiichi Hara admitted that some people had to leave projects due to pressure and overwork, so they understood that some animators were actually overworked rather than lazy and incompetent.. Even so, for them to make any kind of generalization about animators as an AI-powered medium is extremely bad given everything that’s happened with Studio MAPPA over the past few months and as a result, cannot be protected.
Does AI have a place in Anime?
With Tomohisa Taguchi and Keiichi Hara stirring up controversy surrounding AI in anime, it raises the question of whether AI has a place in anime. Although there aren’t many examples of AI in anime, Digital corridor Rock, paper, scissors has been criticized for using AI to create what many consider a disjointed and overall ugly product, so it seems AI is no better for anime than any other medium.. Even if Bleach: The thousand-year blood warTomohisa Taguchi doesn’t seem to be taking Studio MAPPA’s controversy lightly, his opinion of artificial intelligence most remain unfounded and there is little support for their legitimacy.
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