Animators, Researchers Develop Automated Technique
for Coloring Anime:
"Japanese animation production companies Imagica Group and OLM Digital have
joined forces with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) to develop a
technique for automatic coloring within anime production.
Imagica Group is a production company that specializes in video production duties,
including filming, dubbing, editing, restoration, and streaming. One of their subsidiary
groups is Oriental Light and Magic (OLM), the production studio of the Pokémon
anime. The OLM group specializes in both 2D and 3D animation, as well as visual
effects.
The coloring technique developed by the researchers is based on recent advances of
machine-based deep learning. The researchers developed a color script to correspond
with the different segments of an image, which is then applied by an algorithm
capable of machine learning. These techniques have been applied widely in various
fields, such as coloring black-and-white photos, although the researchers claim to be
the first to develop a technique for automatic coloring in Japanese anime production in
particular."
See:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...-anime/.140131