AI x Anime: The Future of Anime Production and Anime-Style Content

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how anime and anime-inspired content is developed, produced, and distributed. This technical and practice-driven session brings together leading creators, engineers, and AI researchers working at the forefront of anime production to examine how AI is being applied in real-world pipelines today, and where it is headed next. Through concrete case studies and forward-looking discussion, we will move beyond the hype to explore practical applications. Key Themes: Industry Landscape: How AI is currently being adopted across major anime studios, independent productions, and global entertainment companies, and what the next phase of adoption looks like. Technical Deep Dives: Emerging AI models, tools, and workflows for scene building, animation, and production efficiency, with insight into upcoming technologies. Data, Rights, and Ethics: Practical considerations around training data, IP protection, and responsible AI deployment in creative industries. This event is part of the AI × Entertainment Series, leading into an AI Filmmaking Hackathon in April. Hackathon winners will premiere their work at the historic Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles as part of a three-day Global Hollywood Film Festival, connecting innovation directly to industry audiences. Agenda 18:00 - 18:30: Doors open 18:30 - 18:50: Talk 1 - Precise Control with Nano Banana For Scene Building and Animation (Yves Dalbiez) 18:50 - 19:10: Talk 2 - Making the “5 Requests Per Second” Anime Film Trailer: A Hybrid Anime Production with and without AI (Sho Akiyama) 19:10 - 19:30: Talk 3 - Defining the Blueprint for AI in Anime (Coco Nitta) 19:30 - 19:50: Talk 4 - IP × AI: Now and Next (Hiroaki Yabusaki) 19:50 - 20:10: Talk 5 - TBD 20:10 - 21:00: Networking