AI Doga Saizensen Magazine Launches October 6 with KLab and Endo Interviews
The publisher positions the title as the first AI video creator specialty magazine in Japan, per its own research as of September 1, 2026, and plans to run it as a recurring periodical rather than a one-off.
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Asuka Publishing will release AI Doga Saizensen, a magazine for AI video creators, at bookstores nationwide on October 6, 2026. Supervised by AICU Japan head Akihiko Shirai, it carries exclusive interviews with 12 key figures and companies, including KLab, which announced the AI anime film The Celebrity Secret, and director Kumiko Endo, whose all-AI feature Matilda: Devil's Gene drew international attention. The 96-page issue covers production methods, costs, and copyright guidance from lawyer Kengo Yabuki.
The A4, 96-page all-color issue sells for 1,760 yen including tax. It also features AI video creators Raimu Light, Keigo Matsumaru, Marika Hirata, Kakuni Hoshimaru, and Imoto, plus AI video CM firm Blue R and AI anime studio KM AI Anime Studio. Writer and game creator Hiroji Watanabe contributes a piece on AI interactive drama. The legal section draws on Takagicho Law Office lawyer Kengo Yabuki, whose firm sits on the Justice Ministry's AI-related law committee, to explain where generative AI video crosses into copyright trouble. Asuka Publishing plans to grow the title into a regular periodical and, based on its own research as of September 1, 2026, calls it the first AI video creator specialty magazine in Japan.
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