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A curated guide to the intersection of generative AI and ACG culture. This list highlights anime, manga, games, and live-action productions that feature confirmed or suspected AI-assisted art, music, and writing. It also tracks the studios and creators driving this shift. Due to the shifting definition of ‘AI’, this list is built on a mix of public information, personal judgment, and occasional speculation.
🎬 Works
Works are ordered by release date.
アルトネリコ3 世界終焉の引鉄は少女の詩が弾く
English Title: Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Release Date: 2010-01
Medium: Game (RPG)
Comment: Utilizes the R.A.H. + ADAMS adaptive BGM generation system.
ぱいどん
English Title: Paidon
Release Date: 2020-03
Medium: Manga
Comment: AI is one of its major selling points. An experimental work that uses StyleGAN to generate characters. Sponsored by KIOXIA.
火狩りの王
English Title: The Fire Hunter
Medium: Anime
Comment: Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes.
犬と少年
English Title: The Dog & The Boy
Release Date: 2023-01
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI generation is featured as one of its primary selling points.
Critterz
Medium: Anime
Release Date: 2023-04
Comment: AI is one of its selling points. Also known as “匚尺丨ㄒㄒ乇尺乙”. It has two short film versions: one using Dall-E 2 (April 2023) and another using Sora (February 2025).
トリリオンゲーム
English Title: Trillion Game
Release Date: 2023-07
Medium: Live-Action Drama
Comment: Episode 8 contains AI animation.
真夜中ハートチューン
English Title: Tune In to the Midnight Heart
Release Date: 2023-09
Medium: Manga
Comment: Suspected of using AI-assisted drawing.
TEZUKA2023ブラック・ジャック 機械の心臓―Heartbeat Mark II
English Title: TEZUKA 2023 Black Jack: Mechanical Heart - Heartbeat Mark II
Release Date: 2023-11
Medium: Manga
Comment: AI is one of its selling points. An experimental project.
胶囊计划 第二季
English Title: Capsule Project Season 2
Release Date: 2023-12
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: Episode 6 utilizes AI rotoscoping/repainting.
火狩りの王 第2シーズン
English Title: The Fire Hunter Season 2
Release Date: 2024-01
Medium: Anime
Comment: Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes.
悶えてよ、アダムくん
English Title: Modaete yo, Adam-kun
Release Date: 2024-01
Medium: Anime
Comment: The Ending (ED) sequence utilizes AI rotoscoping.
千秋诗颂 第一季
English Title: Ode to a Thousand Years of Poetry Season 1
Release Date: 2024-02
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI generation is one of its main selling points.
Nobody (from Kaiju No. 8)
English Title: Nobody (from Kaiju No. 8)
Release Date: 2024-04
Medium: Music
Comment: The cover art is obviously an AI-generated image.
メガトン級ムサシW
English Title: Megaton Musashi W: Wired
Release Date: 2024-04
Medium: Game
Comment: The title screen references a sketch generated by Stable Diffusion.
旅のゆくえ
English Title: Tabi no Yukue
Release Date: 2024-05
Medium: Music
Comment: One of the covers is obviously an AI-generated image.
南緯六〇度線の約束
English Title: The Promise at 60th Parallel South
Release Date: 2024-09
Medium: Manga
Comment: Uses AI assistance.
千秋诗颂 第二季
English Title: Ode to a Thousand Years of Poetry Season 2
Release Date: 2024-10
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI generation is one of its main selling points.
マーダーミステリー・オブ・ザ・デッド
English Title: Murder Mystery of the Dead
Release Date: 2024-11
Medium: Anime
Comment: Obviously uses AI-generated images.
ズバーン研究会活動記録
English Title: Zubaan Kenkyuukai Katsudou Kiroku
Release Date: 2025-01
Medium: Anime (AD)
Comment: Suspected of using AI, though the production team has denied it.
ツインズひなひま
English Title: Twins Hinahima
Release Date: 2025-03
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. It is often regarded as “the first AI anime.”
恶兽
English Title: Evil Beast
Release Date: 2025-03
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Release Date: 2025-04
Medium: Game (Turn-based RPG)
Comment: Suspected of using AI. Uses AI-generated assets in early test.
劇場版 うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX
English Title: Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: TABOO NIGHT XXXX
Release Date: 2025-05
Medium: Anime Movie
Comment: Uses machine learning tools for lip-syncing. Source: Sony’s Corporate Report 2025. This technology application started with the 2021 TV anime, with three other unnamed works also using it.
岸辺露伴は動かない 懺悔室
English Title: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: The Confessional
Release Date: 2025-05
Medium: Live-Action Drama
Comment: Soundtrack composed by AI. Source: Twitter.
神魔狩りのツクヨミ
English Title: Shinmagari no Tsukuyomi
Release Date: 2025-05
Medium: Mobile Game
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
シャインポスト Be Your アイドル
English Title: Shine Post: Be Your Idol!
Release Date: 2025-06
Medium: Switch 2 Game
Comment: Unrecorded songs with different member combinations were synthesized using AI.
尽诸东流
English Title: Jin Zhu Dong Liu
Release Date: 2025-06
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: Personal project. Features AI dubbing/voice acting.
週刊ラノべアニメ
English Title: Weekly Light Novel Anime
Release Date: 2025-07
Medium: Anime
Comment: Obviously uses AI-generated images.
東方錦上京 〜 Fossilized Wonders
English Title: Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
Release Date: 2025-08
Medium: Game (Danmaku STG)
Comment: Uses Adobe Firefly to generate backgrounds.
generAIdoscope：ジェネレイドスコープ
English Title: generAIdoscope
Release Date: 2025-08
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
機械じかけのマリー
English Title: Clockwork Marie
Release Date: 2025-10
Medium: Anime
Comment: Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes.
小泉八雲のKWAIDANの世界
English Title: Koizumi Yakumo’s World of KWAIDAN
Release Date: 2025-10
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
「岸辺露伴は動かない 密漁海岸／懺悔室」オリジナル・サウンドトラック
English Title: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Poaching Seashore / The Confessional OST
Release Date: 2025-10
Medium: Music
Comment: Features AI composition.
イナズマイレブン 英雄たちのヴィクトリーロード
English Title: Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
Release Date: 2025-11
Medium: Game (RPG)
Comment: Parts of the background art were synthesized using Stable Diffusion.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Release Date: 2025-11
Medium: Game (FPS)
Comment: Uses AI-generated assets.
ダーウィン事変
English Title: The Darwin Incident
Release Date: 2026-01
Medium: Anime
Comment: Uses AI-generated assets.
TOKYO 巫女忍者
English Title: TOKYO Miko Ninja
Release Date: 2026-01
Medium: Live-Action
Comment: AI is a major selling point. Produced by Kiwami AI Odaiba Studio.
团圆令
English Title: Tuan Yuan Ling
Release Date: 2026-02
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
ドラゴンクエストX 目覚めし五つの種族 オンライン
English Title: Dragon Quest X Online
Release Date: 2012-08
Medium: Game (MMORPG)
Comment: Added AI conversation partners based on Google’s Gemini in 2026.
劇場版 暗殺教室 みんなの時間
English Title: Assassination Classroom The Movie: Everyone’s Time
Release Date: 2026-03
Medium: Anime Movie
Comment: Uses AI-generated assets.
こめかみっ！ガールズ
English Title: Komekami! Girls
Release Date: 2026-04
Medium: Anime
Comment: Transformation sequences were generated using AiHUB.
本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～ 領主の養女
English Title: Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of the Archduke
Release Date: 2026-04
Medium: Anime
Comment: The Opening (OP) background uses AI-generated images.
リィンカーネーションの花弁
English Title: Petals of Reincarnation
Release Date: 2026-04
Medium: Anime
Comment: Suspected of possibly using AI. Produced by BENTEN Film, a subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X.
VIVANT続編
English Title: VIVANT Sequel
Release Date: 2026-07 (Estimated)
Medium: Live-Action Drama
Comment: Uses Google Veo 3.
怪奇！死肉の男
English Title: Bizarre! The Man of Dead Flesh
Release Date: 2026 (Estimated)
Medium: Live-Action
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points.
愚公移山
English Title: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains
Release Date: Not Released
Country: China
Medium: Anime
Comment: AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. Not publicly released.
🤖 Characters
紡ネン
Medium: VTuber
Comment: An AI VTuber that predates ChatGPT.
Neuro-sama
Medium: VTuber
Comment: An AI VTuber created by Vedal987.
Evil Neuro
Medium: VTuber
Comment: An AI VTuber created by Vedal987.
しずく
Medium: VTuber
Comment: An AI VTuber from Shizuku Lab. The project notably secured a $15M seed investment led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
ゆめかいろプロダクション
Medium: VTuber group
Members: ゆめみなな 月窓ろみ
Comment: An AI VTuber group from KLab Inc.
梵そよぎ (Soyogi Soyogi)
Medium: Voice Bank
Profession: Voice Actor / Musician
Comment: Part of the AI project “Soyogi Fractal”.
👥 People
梶裕貴 (Yuki Kaji)
Profession: Voice Actor / Musician
Comment: Created the personal AI project “Soyogi Fractal”.
松任谷由実 (Yumi Matsutoya)
Profession: Musician / Production
Comment: Features the Synthesizer V AI persona “Yumi AraI”.
美空ひばり (Hibari Misora)
Profession: Musician
Comment: In September 2019, NHK established the “VOCALOID AI Hibari Misora” and produced the new song “Arekara”(あれから), which was performed at the 70th Kohaku Uta Gassen.
橋田壽賀子 (Sugako Hashida)
Profession: Production / Writer
Comment: In May 2025, the Hashida Cultural Foundation built an LLM called “AI Sugako Hashida”(AI橋田壽賀子) to be used for scriptwriting.
🏢 Companies
Creator’s X
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: AI animation company.
Studio Saiga
Profession: Background Art Studio
Comment: A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, formed in December 2024.
K&K Design
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, acquired in November 2024. Works including “Trillion Game” and some Manga.
BENTEN Film
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, acquired in August 2025.
taziku
Profession: AI solution provider
Comment: Provides AI solutions for many works, including “Trillion Game”.
KaKa Technology Studio
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: The studio that creates “Twins Hinahima”.
KLab株式会社 (KLab Inc.)
Profession: Production Company
Comment: Manages the AI VTuber project “Yume Kairo Production”(ゆめかいろプロダクション).
Ziine Studio
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: Characterized by low-cost, short-cycle drama animations with obvious traces of AI.
CyberAgent
Profession: Production Company
Comment: Operates “Kiwami AI Odaiba Studio”, a studio primarily used for commercial shooting that employs techniques like AI-generated backgrounds.
Cygames
Profession: Production Studio
Comment: Has an AI-focused subsidiary division named “Cygames AI Studio”.
日本コロムビア (Nippon Columbia)
Profession: Production Company
Comment: Has an AI-focused subsidiary named “NCG ENTERTAINMENT”.