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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/brianmerchant/statuses/114236956363312157">Brian Merchant (brianmerchant@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 15:14:43 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant" title="brianmerchant@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/160373-48-20230818190132.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Brian Merchant" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Brian Merchant</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant/114236948908031436" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>Here's how one artist, Reid Southen, told me he feels about the AI Studio Ghibli trend:</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4805598#notice-9413862">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-28T15:14:43+09:00" title="Friday, 28-Mar-2025 15:14:43 JST">about 9 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant/114236956363312157" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant/114236956363312157">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4375194">I think one of the worst parts of it is that the styles that get aped the most inevitably end up being devalued and feeling cheap, at no fault of the originals. It's like how so much of the stuff out there rips off Pixar and DreamWorks stuff to the point where now my knee jerk reaction to seeing those styles is to associate it with slop. It's kind of an internal battle sometimes when just trying to view things, and it's extremely sad and worrying to me that the work of a beloved studio like Ghibli is now inextricably tied to slop due to this trend. At a cultural and subconscious level, AI is now eating away at part of what makes Studio Ghibli's work so special, and that's not helping art or animation, it's actively hurting it.I suppose a silver lining is that to a discerning eye, the actual similarity to Ghibli's style is superficial at best, and it won't be long until everyone moves onto the next set of jingling keys.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/236/953/974/440/634/original/9d7c4eb8f6c682ad.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/236/953/974/440/634/original/9d7c4eb8f6c682ad.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Brian Merchant (brianmerchant@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 15:14:43 JST Brian Merchant
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Here's how one artist, Reid Southen, told me he feels about the AI Studio Ghibli trend:
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1. I think one of the worst parts of it is that the styles that get aped the most inevitably end up being devalued and feeling cheap, at no fault of the originals. It's like how so much of the stuff out there rips off Pixar and DreamWorks stuff to the point where now my knee jerk reaction to seeing those styles is to associate it with slop. It's kind of an internal battle sometimes when just trying to view things, and it's extremely sad and worrying to me that the work of a beloved studio like Ghibli is now inextricably tied to slop due to this trend. At a cultural and subconscious level, AI is now eating away at part of what makes Studio Ghibli's work so special, and that's not helping art or animation, it's actively hurting it. I suppose a silver lining is that to a discerning eye, the actual similarity to Ghibli's style is superficial at best, and it won't be long until everyone moves onto the next set of jingling keys.
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