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Generative AI in Anime, Manga & Games: A Complete Tracker of AI Works

A comprehensive list of anime, manga, and games featuring AI-generated, AI-assisted, or AI-suspected visuals, music, and scripts, plus the studios and people behind them.

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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 the studios and creators actively using AI. Due to the ever-shifting definition of ‘AI’, this list is built on a mix of public information, personal judgment, and informed speculation.

🎬 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.
2023-09 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.
2024-05 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.
2025-05 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 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 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 (Estimated) VIVANT続編 VIVANT Sequel Live-Action Uses Google Veo 3.
Not Released 愚公移山 The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains Anime Country: China. AI is featured as one of its primary selling points. Not publicly released.

🤖 Characters

Name Medium Comment
紡ネン VTuber An AI VTuber that predates ChatGPT.
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”.

👥 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
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