One of One Piece's directors is outraged by the new wave of AI Ghibli that has taken social media by storm last week.

IndexSynopsisIntroductionWhy is it so hyped now?Possible legal issues arising from Ghibli contentCopyright related issuesEthical considerationsHow will people differentiate between Ghibli of ChatGPT and other platforms?

Satyarth Pandita On 26th March, 2025, OpenAI introduced a new update to ChatGPT, which took X (formerly Twitter) and the Internet by storm. The update allowed people to transform their images into the Studio Ghibli animation style.

OpenAI's new image generator allows users to make portraits in the style of Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki. Reactions are mixed.

The lawyer said that OpenAI could face legal challenges for training its AI models on copyrighted works belonging to Studio Ghibli

If you’ve been on the internet this past week, you undoubtedly know that controversy was just kicked up a notch by the Studio Ghibli memes — pictures cribbing the style of the legendary Japanese film studio.

The challenges posed by AI-generated art necessitate a multifaceted approach that includes revising existing laws, implementing safeguards, and encouraging ethical practices.

If an artist’s work can be copied, modified and distributed by AI without consequence, we may have crossed an irrevocable line, argues Aron Solomon of Amplify. In this guest commentary he explains how the loopholes in intellectual property law need reworked to protect human creativity.

As the wave of AI-generated Ghibli images spreads, with users 'Ghiblifying' their families in an attempt to capture the studio's signature cinematic poetry, reactions have been divided.