DeNA and Utopai Studios to Test AI Anime Production Workflow
Utopai Studios announced September 3 that it will collaborate with DeNA's Entertainment Development Division to begin verifying AI-assisted anime production workflows. The collaboration uses Utopai's production AI "PAI" for character and background visual development and scene design, testing whether long works keep design and worldview consistency. Story, direction, and visual style decisions stay with creators. PAI is already used overseas, including an AI-assisted anime series co-produced with China's Huace Film & TV. DeNA is applying its "AI all-in" policy to anime.