OpenAI has introduced a ChatGPT version that produces AI-generated art. It is called GPT-4-o model. Across the world, AI has been used to adapt images to the peculiar style developed by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. There are many who see this as an assault on the creative process.
Miyazaki was born in Tokyo in 1941. He took to Manga, distinct comic style of Japanese comics and graphic novels. After graduation, he started his career as an animator in 1963.
He is associated with long-running comic series in the 1970s before co-founding studio Ghibli in 1985. Miyazaki directed many films produced by the Studio.
Studio Ghibli developed a distinctive aesthetics — vivid details, rich colours, daily objects, dreamlike characters. These are hand-painted drawings and are made without any digital assistance. These sketches represent the labour of a human illustrator, using a tool like a pencil.
Miyazaki never admired AI-generated art.
Studio Ghibli’s stories are a mix of mundane and fantasy. The characters are complex. They oscillate between the good and evil. The recurring themes is pacifism, since Miyazaki was born in a post-World War ll Japan.
Another common theme is environmentalism. He is concerned about nature being destroyed. His stories tell about the relationship between humans and nature.
Miyazaki is known for his treatment of female characters. Many stories tell us about coming-of-age stories of the girls. While doing so, there is no sexualization or fluff. His female protagonists are strong-willed.
Spirited Away (2001) won the Academy Award for Best Animated feature. Another Miyazaki film The Boy and The Heron (2023) too won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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