FROGMAN's DLE Launches AI Brand for Older Anime Properties
The brand marks a formal move by a veteran anime studio to repurpose its back catalog through generative AI, parallel to its existing traditional anime brand.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Anime studio DLE announced a new brand called AI Kaeru Otoko Shōkai, which will use generative AI to create short anime based on the studio's older 2000s properties, including Kofun Gal no Coffy and Dokan-kun. The first short debuts today, with new ones every Wednesday on YouTube, TikTok, and X.
DLE, the studio behind the Eagle Talon franchise, is launching a generative AI-focused brand called AI Kaeru Otoko Shōkai. The brand will produce weekly AI-generated shorts based on the studio's older properties from the 2000s, such as Kofun Gal no Coffy and Dokan-kun, characters that first appeared in The Frogman Show and Keihin Kazoku. The first short goes live today, with new episodes every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. JST on YouTube, TikTok, and X. The brand runs parallel to DLE's existing traditional anime brand Kaeru Otoko Shōkai. FROGMAN, the creator of Eagle Talon, became DLE's president in June 2025.
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