TY  - ELEC
TI  - Netflix and WIT Studio: The Dog and the Boy (AI backgrounds)
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/01//
PB  - Netflix Japan / WIT Studio (English coverage: Anime News Network)
AB  - The Dog and the Boy is a January 2023 anime short in which WIT Studio, in collaboration with Netflix Japan, used a localised Stable Diffusion model to generate background art from human concept drawings. Netflix's public statement attributed the decision to Japan's animator labour shortage, which drew immediate and sustained criticism from animation professionals regarding pay structures, creative credit, and ethical use of AI in production. The case is the most widely cited real-world example of generative AI deployed in anime production, and functions as a primary teaching artefact for discussions of practice, labour, and professional ethics in animation education.
KW  - production-practice
KW  - labour-and-workforce
KW  - image-generation
UR  - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-02-02/wit-studio-produces-the-dog-and-the-boy-anime-short-with-ai-generated-backgrounds/.194426
LA  - en
ER  -