Internet is flooded with Ghibli studio photos inspired by the last Cat update. With the release of GPT-4O, with a peak image generation tool, fans of the emblematic Japanese animation studio filled social media with works of art imitating the fanciful and hand-drawn style. The trend has taken off, attracting everyone, from everyday users to high -level figures like Elon Musk.
Openai unveiled GPT-4O on Tuesday, praising him like their “most advanced image generator to date”. The native multimodal model promises precise photorealist outings, but users quickly discovered its ability to reproduce the distinct anime aesthetics from the Ghibli studio.
Theme of the day pic.twitter.com/2iog0staxl
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 26, 2025
The attraction of the trend has reached new heights when the Elon Musk technology tycoon, owner of Rival Ai Tectifit Grok, joined the fray. Taking on his X account, Musk shared a catchy image which merges the charm of the Ghibli studio with its signature flair. In the work of art, he appears as a monkey (of the king of the lion) hiding the Mascot Doge as a nod to the cryptocurrency of the cryptocurrency. “Theme of the day,” he legend the post. His supporters joined the trend publishing memes on the same lines.
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CEO Sam Altman is also on the trend of Ghibli and has changed its x -legging image in animation.
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> Wake up one day to hundreds of messages: “Watch I have made you a Ghibli Twink Haha style”-Sam Altman (@Sama) March 26, 2025
The point of view of the co-founder of Ghibli on the animation generated by AI-Ai
While the trend spreads life a forest fire, an old video of the co-founder of Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, speaking on animated visuals generated by AI created by artists has surfaced on social networks.
Since this total junk is trendy, we have to take a look at what Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Studio Ghibli, said about the art created by the machine. https://t.co/1tmpcfgije pic.twitter.com/ivam9wzl3t
– Nuberodesign (@nuberodesign) March 26, 2025
The video would star creators presenting their AI zombie art in Miyazaki to which he replied: “I am completely disgusted. If you want to do scary stuff, you can go ahead and do it. I would never want to incorporate this technology into my work.”
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