AI × Anime & More: A Curated List of AI-Related Works and Entities in ACG Culture

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:46:02 +0000

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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”.

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