Many have argued that AI technology poses an existential threat to the modern animation industry. In the midst of a new AI-art trend inspired by the legendary Studio Ghibli, Goro Miyazaki -- Ghibli's managing director and the son of studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki -- is still confident that Ghibli's continued success is dependent on both his father and Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki.

As reported by Japan Today, the popular AI-based program ChatGPT recently released a new image creator that allows users to instantly generate illustrations based on Ghibli's iconic animation style. Goro Miyazaki, who directed Tales of Earthsea (2006) and From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) at Ghibli, acknowledged in a recent interview how sophisticated AI generators have become in just a few short years. Consequently, he believes that filmmakers will continue to use it as both a conceptual and a production tool. "It wouldn't be surprising if, in two years' time,...