It’s not up to me to decide what other people think. The responses will vary depending on the consumer.

From the video:

From the video’s description:

AI is also used in some stages.

The AI ​​used is primarily Adobe Firefly, mainly for finishing touches, coloring assistance, and creating intermediate frames for the video.

The AI ​​is not entrusted with the entire production process; it is merely one tool to assist in expression.

From the author’s pinned comment:

※補足

【使用AIツール】

・ChatGPT

・COPAINTER

・Adobe Firefly

・Grok（使用予定）

AIツールは、各サービスの利用規約を確認したうえで、AI事業者ガイドライン、文化庁の「AIと著作権に関する考え方」などを参考にしながら使用しています。

また、Content Credentials / C2PAに対応したツールを活用し、可能な範囲でAI使用の透明化にも努めています。

I am not strongly opinionated on AI (whether “pro” or “anti” as some would put it). Even today, people (anime fans especially) have a really good eye for these things. Just as much as one can tell the difference between 3DCG, cel, digital ink/paint, or flash. In the end, consumers have standards and with the diverse selection of media, AI tends to be the one consumers will filter out of their view.

The fourth one is also unrelated to matrix.org: https://therecord.media/matrix-criminal-encrypted-chat-platform-takedown-police

The dismantled operation is not the same as a legitimate messaging platform hosted at matrix.org.

I am waiting for the final episode to drop and I’m going to binge the entire thing.

The creator made a BTS video which shows how they used AI to produce some scenes.

But as far as Lain transcending into an AI, there was an official Lain chat bot a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dl_yJwLSA

It was giving the impression that it was AI. Upon reading the comments, it seems to be the case.

Most anime made in digital are often done in lower resolutions then upscaled. More pixels just becomes more work and at a certain point it becomes very inefficient and expensive. IIRC most anime are done under 1080p then upscaled to 1080p during the compositing stage (or maybe even after compositing?).

The only anime that could be “properly” upscaled to 4k are those that were done traditionally in cel, provided that it’s physically big enough. The same is true for film.

I read the manga (up to the first arc only) and I thought it was pretty funny

iphone brain

Nyanyame nyanyajyuunyanyado no nyarabi de nyakunyaku inyanyaku nyanyahan nyanyadai nyanynaku nyarabete nyaganyagame

SARU cooked. They really added their own flavor to this.

From what I understand, it picks up from the third movie “Rebellion” (the first two movies are series recaps).

Last year, I bought an Eva blind box figure and got Mari.

She’s still in the box.

The file name is funny

I think it was Season 3 of SNK. Watched the whole thing in a day lol

Serial Experiments Lain.

I was rewatching a couple of episodes and I had forgotten how eerie and creepy this one was.

The Persona 4 English dub is funny (good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIERguCzJD0

I have been craving for a Sky Crawlers video essay and I’m happy to see STEVEM deliver.

This is one of his better videos in my opinion, and he did his research well and covered perhaps everything there is to talk about the movie although some sections felt cut a bit too short. Particularly on Jean Baudrillard who I think has been highly influential in many of Oshii’s films.

I hope STEVEM (or anyone else) would make a video on Oshii’s live action films too. I think that side of Oshii is often overlooked by his anime fans.

Oh wow that’s Senjougahara Hitagi’s birthday

Your Name is always a good choice.

It’s a movie so newcomers don’t need to invest a lot of time to finish it. It’s visually stunning, the soundtrack sticks with you, the narrative starts simple but becomes increasingly complex and memorable. It fits into most age brackets and its not marketed toward one gender only.

I think it’s still widely available for streaming too so it should still be pretty accessible.