{"id":170564,"date":"2024-03-07T17:38:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=170564"},"modified":"2024-03-07T17:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:38:56","slug":"ai-in-manga-transforming-japanese-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/literature\/ai-in-manga\/","title":{"rendered":"AI in Manga: Transforming Japanese Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generative AI reshapes the Japanese manga industry, from creative processes to copyright concerns.<\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>AI assists in manga creation by offering suggestions for plots and illustrations, aiming to make the creative process more efficient\u200b\u200b\u200b.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Concerns persist about AI's potential impact on jobs and copyright infringement amidst legal ambiguities\u200b\u200b\u200b.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The future of manga with AI involves a collaborative approach, enhancing rather than replacing human creativity\u200b\u200b\u200b.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2><b>Embracing AI in Manga Creation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/literature\/post-wwii-japan-mangas-role-in-shaping-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manga industry in Japan<\/a> is <b>exploring generative AI&#8217;s potential<\/b> to revolutionize the creative process. This innovative venture is highlighted by the launch of a project in Tokyo aiming to develop a new episode of &#8220;Black Jack,&#8221; a renowned manga by the late Osamu Tezuka, using AI technology. This project, spearheaded by Tezuka&#8217;s son, Makoto Tezuka, alongside Tezuka Productions, aims to demonstrate AI&#8217;s potential in supporting manga creation without surpassing the quality of Osamu Tezuka&#8217;s original works\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Black Jack&#8221; by Osamu Tezuka is getting a new 32 pages chapter in Weekly Shounen Champion issue 52\/2023 out Nov 22. The chapter is created by humans &amp; AI together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this cult medical manga.<\/p>\n<p>Title: &#8220;Black Jack &#8211; Kikai no Shinzou &#8211; Heartbeat Mark\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Uh5pPdOYb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1Uh5pPdOYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manga Mogura RE (Manga &amp; Anime News) (@MangaMoguraRE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MangaMoguraRE\/status\/1724019314443813237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Potential and Pitfalls<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Bringing AI into the process of making manga <b>creates a lot of excitement and concern among creators<\/b>. AI gives them a powerful new tool that could make creating manga faster and open up the field to more people. But, there&#8217;s also concern about how this might cause some people to lose their jobs and how it could make art less special because it&#8217;s so easy to make good-looking pictures by using AI image generators now. This has led some publishers to unofficially discourage the use of AI image generators by contributors\u200b.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Legal and Ethical Conundrums<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Currently,<b> Japanese law permits the use of diverse content for AI training <\/b>without explicit consent from the creators. This is causing a lot of talk about whether we need tougher rules. Many artists are worried about others stealing their work and how this could mess with their way of making a living. They&#8217;re pushing hard for changes in the laws to keep artists safe now that AI is becoming a big part of the scene.<\/p>\n<h2><b>AI&#8217;s Role in Manga&#8217;s Future<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Despite these challenges, there&#8217;s a positive view of <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/entertainment\/ai-news\/the-impact-of-ai-on-the-workforce-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI&#8217;s role<\/a> in making manga. <b>AI could open up new ways to share stories and express ideas<\/b> by building a working partnership between people and machines. Projects like the AI-assisted &#8220;Black Jack&#8221; episode show the good things that can come from working together, highlighting AI&#8217;s use as a helpful tool, not something that takes away from human creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10026,"featured_media":170570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3840],"tags":[3846],"class_list":["post-170564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature","tag-manga-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10026"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}