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This is a guide to the intersection of generative AI and ACG culture. The following list highlights anime, manga, games, and live-action productions that feature confirmed or suspected AI-assisted art, music, and writing. It also tracks studios and creators actively using AI. Due to the ever-shifting definition of ‘AI’, this list is based on a mix of public information, personal judgment, and informed speculation.
Given the vast number of works and creators, this tracker does not document every instance of AI use. Instead, it focuses on notable examples, particularly works that have been broadcast on television or screened in theaters. The list is organized by release date and includes information about the works, characters, people, and companies involved.
🎬 Works
Works are ordered by release date.
| Release Date | Title (Original) | English Title | Medium | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01 | アルトネリコ3 世界終焉の引鉄は少女の詩が弾く | Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel | Game | Utilizes the R.A.H. + ADAMS adaptive BGM generation system. |
| 2020-03 | ぱいどん | Paidon | Manga | AI is one of its major selling points. An experimental work that uses StyleGAN to generate characters. Sponsored by KIOXIA. |
| 2023-01 | 犬と少年 | The Dog & The Boy | Anime | AI generation is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2023-01 | 火狩りの王 | The Fire Hunter | Anime | Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes. |
| 2023-04 | Critterz | Critterz | Anime | 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). |
| 2023-07 | トリリオンゲーム | Trillion Game | Live-Action | Episode 8 contains AI animation. |
| 2023-08 | 魔游纪 人工智能辅助篇 | Biography of The Mutants: AI-assisted Chapter | Anime | AI is one of its selling points. |
| 2023-09 | 真夜中ハートチューン | Tune In to the Midnight Heart | Manga | Suspected of using AI-assisted drawing. |
| 2023-11 | TEZUKA2023ブラック・ジャック 機械の心臓―Heartbeat Mark II | TEZUKA 2023 Black Jack: Mechanical Heart - Heartbeat Mark II | Manga | AI is one of its selling points. An experimental project. |
| 2023-12 | 胶囊计划 第二季 | Capsule Project Season 2 | Anime | Country: China. Episode 6 utilizes AI rotoscoping/repainting. |
| 2024-01 | 火狩りの王 第2シーズン | The Fire Hunter Season 2 | Anime | Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes. |
| 2024-01 | 悶えてよ、アダムくん | Modaete yo Adam-kun | Anime | The Ending (ED) sequence utilizes AI rotoscoping. |
| 2024-02 | 千秋诗颂 第一季 | Ode to a Thousand Years of Poetry Season 1 | Anime | Country: China. AI generation is one of its main selling points. |
| 2024-04 | Nobody (from Kaiju No. 8) | Nobody (from Kaiju No. 8) | Music | The cover art is obviously an AI-generated image. |
| 2024-04 | メガトン級ムサシW | Megaton Musashi W: Wired | Game | The title screen references a sketch generated by Stable Diffusion. |
| 2024-04 | 霹靂英雄戰紀：刜伐世界 | Pili Fantasy: Broken World | Live-Action | Use AI voice synthesis to replicate a voice actor’s tone. |
| 2024-05 | 旅のゆくえ | Tabi no Yukue | Music | One of the covers is obviously an AI-generated image. |
| 2024-09 | 南緯六〇度線の約束 | The Promise at 60th Parallel South | Manga | Uses AI assistance. |
| 2024-10 | 千秋诗颂 第二季 | Ode to a Thousand Years of Poetry Season 2 | Anime | Country: China. AI generation is one of its main selling points. |
| 2024-11 | マーダーミステリー・オブ・ザ・デッド | Murder Mystery of the Dead | Anime | Obviously uses AI-generated images. |
| 2024-12 | 新大头儿子和小头爸爸 带你看中国 第一季 | New Big-Headed Kid and Small-Headed Father: A Tour of China, Season 1 | Anime | Country: China. AI generation is one of its main selling points. |
| 2025-01 | BanG Dream! Ave Mujica | BanG Dream! Ave Mujica | Anime | Some of the live background art appears to have been generated by AI. |
| 2025-03 | ツインズひなひま | Twins Hinahima | Anime | AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. It is often regarded as “the first AI anime.” |
| 2025-03 | 恶兽 | Evil Beast | Anime | Country: China. AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2025-04 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Game | Suspected of using AI. Uses AI-generated assets in early test. |
| 2025-04 | 霹靂邪章之道劫龍戰 | Pili Chapter of Evil: The Daoist Crisis | Live-Action | Use AI voice synthesis to replicate a voice actor’s tone. |
| 2025-05 | 劇場版 うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX | Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: TABOO NIGHT XXXX | Anime | 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. |
| 2025-05 | 岸辺露伴は動かない 懺悔室 | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: The Confessional | Live-Action | Soundtrack composed by AI. Source: Twitter. |
| 2025-05 | 神魔狩りのツクヨミ | Shinmagari no Tsukuyomi | Game | AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2025-06 | シャインポスト Be Your アイドル | Shine Post: Be Your Idol! | Game | Unrecorded songs with different member combinations were synthesized using AI. |
| 2025-07 | 週刊ラノべアニメ | Weekly Light Novel Anime | Anime | Obviously uses AI-generated images. |
| 2025-08 | 東方錦上京 〜 Fossilized Wonders | Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders. | Game | Uses Adobe Firefly to generate backgrounds. |
| 2025-08 | generAIdoscope：ジェネレイドスコープ | generAIdoscope | Anime | AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2025-10 | 機械じかけのマリー | Clockwork Marie | Anime | Suspected of using AI for its “Harmony” animation technique scenes. |
| 2025-10 | 小泉八雲のKWAIDANの世界 | Koizumi Yakumo’s World of KWAIDAN | Anime | AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2025-10 | 「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 | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Poaching Seashore / The Confessional OST | Music | Features AI composition. |
| 2025-10 | 霹靂兵濤 | Pili Bing Tao: Game of Mirrorland | Live-Action | Use AI voice synthesis and video generation. |
| 2025-10 | 新大头儿子和小头爸爸 带你看中国 第二季 | New Big-Headed Kid and Small-Headed Father: A Tour of China, Season 2 | Anime | Country: China. AI generation is one of its main selling points. |
| 2025-11 | イナズマイレブン 英雄たちのヴィクトリーロード | Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road | Game | Parts of the background art were synthesized using Stable Diffusion. |
| 2025-11 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 | Game | Uses AI-generated assets. |
| 2026-01 | ダーウィン事変 | The Darwin Incident | Anime | Uses AI-generated assets. |
| 2026-01 | TOKYO 巫女忍者 | TOKYO Miko Ninja | Live-Action | AI is a major selling point. Produced by Kiwami AI Odaiba Studio. |
| 2026-02 | 团圆令 | Tuan Yuan Ling | Anime | Country: China. AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2026-02 (AI feature) | 시월드가 내게 집착한다 | My In-Laws are Obsessed with Me | Manga | LINE Manga, AI character chat feature. Following its launch in February 2026, the number of readers tripled and revenue increased sixfold. |
| 2026-02 (AI feature) | 작전명 순정 | Operation: True Love | Manga | LINE Manga, AI character chat feature. |
| 2026-03 | 劇場版 暗殺教室 みんなの時間 | Assassination Classroom The Movie: Everyone’s Time | Anime | Uses AI-generated assets. |
| 2026-03 (AI feature) | ドラゴンクエストX 目覚めし五つの種族 オンライン | Dragon Quest X Online | Game | Added AI conversation partners based on Google’s Gemini in 2026. |
| 2026-04 | こめかみっ！ガールズ | Komekami! Girls | Anime | Transformation sequences were generated using AiHUB. |
| 2026-04 | 氷属性男子とクールな同僚女子 | The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague | Manga | Mantra Engine: AI-Assisted Text Placement in Comics |
| 2026-04 | 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 | Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of the Archduke | Anime | The Opening (OP) background uses AI-generated images. |
| 2026-04 | 异环 | Neverness to Everness | Game | Some background arts were generated using AI and have been corrected after being identified. |
| 2026-04 | リィンカーネーションの花弁 | Petals of Reincarnation | Anime | Suspected of possibly using AI. Produced by BENTEN Film, a subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X. |
| 2026-06 | 김부장 | Manager Kim | Live-Action | Uses AI generated clip. Made by Morpheus Studio with AICRON. |
| 2026-06 | 怪奇！死肉の男 | Bizarre! The Man of Dead Flesh | Live-Action | AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. |
| 2026-07 | VIVANT 第2シーズン | VIVANT 2 | Live-Action | Uses Google Veo 3. |
🤖 Characters
| Name | Medium | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 紡ネン | VTuber | An AI VTuber from Pictoria that predates ChatGPT and debuted on 8 October 2021. Part of AI VTuber group AI CAST. |
| Neuro-sama | VTuber | An AI VTuber created by Vedal987. |
| Evil Neuro | VTuber | An AI VTuber created by Vedal987. |
| しずく | VTuber | 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 | VTuber group | Members: ゆめみなな / 月窓ろみ. An AI VTuber group from KLab Inc. |
| 梵そよぎ (Soyogi Soyogi) | Voice Bank | Part of the AI project “Soyogi Fractal”. |
| 燦鳥ノム | VTuber | The official VTuber of Suntory that announced the debut of an AI VTuber version in May 2026 and is developed by Pictoria. |
👥 People
| Name | Profession | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 梶裕貴 (Yuki Kaji) | Voice Actor / Musician | Created the personal AI project “Soyogi Fractal”. |
| 松任谷由実 (Yumi Matsutoya) | Musician / Production | Features the Synthesizer V AI persona “Yumi AraI”. |
| 美空ひばり (Hibari Misora) | Musician | 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) | Production / Writer | 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
| Name | Profession | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Creator’s X | Production Studio | AI animation company. |
| Studio Saiga | Background Art Studio | A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, formed in December 2024. |
| K&K Design | Production Studio | A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, acquired in November 2024. Works including “Trillion Game” and some Manga. |
| BENTEN Film | Production Studio | A subsidiary of the AI animation company Creator’s X, acquired in August 2025. |
| taziku | AI solution provider | Provides AI solutions for many works, including “Trillion Game”. |
| KaKa Technology Studio | Production Studio | The studio that creates “Twins Hinahima”. |
| KLab株式会社 (KLab Inc.) | Production Company | Manages the AI VTuber project “Yume Kairo Production” (ゆめかいろプロダクション). |
| Ziine Studio | Production Studio | Characterized by low-cost, short-cycle drama animations with obvious traces of AI. |
| CyberAgent | Production Company | Operates “Kiwami AI Odaiba Studio”, a studio primarily used for commercial shooting that employs techniques like AI-generated backgrounds. |
| Cygames | Production Studio | Has an AI-focused subsidiary division named “Cygames AI Studio”. |
| 日本コロムビア (Nippon Columbia) | Production Company | Has an AI-focused subsidiary named “NCG ENTERTAINMENT”. |
| SQUARE ENIX | Publisher | Mantra Engine: AI-Assisted Text Placement in Comics |
| DLE | Production Company | AI studio “OBETA AI STUDIO”. “AI Frogman Company”. (AI蛙男商会) |
| 霹靂國際多媒體股份有限公司(PILI) | Production Company | AI-Driven Content Company. (AI 驅動的內容公司) |