(Invited talk) The Future of Animation Industry Drawn by Creators and Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Recently, the researches of artificial intelligence(AI) have been developed remarkably using the deep learning. In those fields, the anime is one of the most interesting and difficult research target. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of the animation industry, AI is strongly expected to help and improve the situation of creating animation. In this lecture, I show the current problems of the animation industry and the possibility of artificial intelligence in animation studio with looking to the future of the animation.