Dwango Unveils Anime-Drawing Assistant AI With
Sibling Mascot Characters:
"Dwango revealed on Tuesday that part of the production of the FLCL Progressive film
and CalorieMate's "Susume, Karolina" commercial use an animation production
assistance technique from the company's machine-learning technique division Dwango
Media Village. The company is calling the technique an "assistant" that can help users
streamline the "animation processes of anime production."
Dwango also unveiled the "Tokigahara siblings" anthropomorphizations that represent
the two functions of the new assistant. The character duo consists of the sister Umeru
Tokigahara and the brother Utsusu Tokigahara. "Nazo no Anime-dan" (Mystery Anime
Group) is credited with their character designs. A Twitter account for the pair also
launched on Tuesday.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in various industries has been spreading in recent
years, and Dwango has been researching and developing AI techniques that can
support animators' work. As part of that aim, the new AI can assist with the
inbetweening and keyframe-tracing parts of the anime production process."
See:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...acters/.137288