The Dog & The Boy

Netflix Japan / WIT Studio

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.

Made with AI background generation (unspecified)