# The Dog & The Boy

- Date: 2023-01
- Type: film
- Credit: Netflix Japan / WIT Studio
- Genre: Animation, Drama
- Artists: [Netflix Japan](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/netflix-japan), [WIT Studio](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/wit-studio)
- Made with: AI background generation (unspecified)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DpusAZV_0
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-dog-and-the-boy

Netflix Japan and WIT Studio release a short anime with AI-generated background art, making it the first time a major studio openly credits AI alongside human artists in a commercial release. The backgrounds were AI-generated, but the craft was human. It sparked a heated debate in the anime community about where the line should be drawn, but it also offered a glimpse of what was coming: AI as a production tool, not a replacement.

Links:
- Netflix: https://www.netflix.com

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-dog-and-the-boy
Era: 2023 · The Cambrian Explosion
Last updated: 2026-09-23