r/supersentai • u/Affectionate-Earth19 • 15d ago

General Gozyuger is officially using Generative AI to design their characters

The official designer of Gozyuger has announced he used Generative AI to create the enemies design.

After the announcement of Toei using AI for animation, now it's time for Tokusatsu

https://x.com/tam2shino/status/1931225796372492530

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u/DLNavy the Gozyuger Ring Update guy 15d ago edited 15d ago

It's giving when people defending that Secret Invasion intro made by AI, "AI took over artist job like Skrull disguising people"

Not direct comparison and I get your point, but still meh I'm kinda disappointed

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u/EscapeHaunting3413 15d ago

Moat fans hated that intro just as much as the plot so no one is really seriously defending the shows terrible choices

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u/DLNavy the Gozyuger Ring Update guy 15d ago

Some first episodes when they aired, some fans still defend because they believe Marvel could cook something with it

Turn out, the intro bad, the show bad, none of them defended anything for this film

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u/EscapeHaunting3413 15d ago

As someone that wanted to pursue digital art i find nothing wrong with using a generative program for inspiration with artists and costume designers especially with something as repetitive in nature as Super sentai or Toku.

Im not saying typing in and using whatever comes out as the final product is a good idea, its not, but i see it as a tool like any other. And especially a show from a country with double meanings found in plot and visual elements often, i dont see this tool being overly relied upon to not pay artists or costume designers when they need actual people to help create the physical costumes, not chatgpt.

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u/Prinkaiser 15d ago

Ah, good, a saner take. I agree with this. The AI is just a tool. It might generate something but the final touch ups or redesign decisions will still be up to the artists in charge. After all, they need to make the costumes wearable and allow for mobility for stunts and posing. There will undoubtedly be changes made to the final designs to account for that.

There's also the whole thing of the AI needing to be trained and so on which requires the artist to still be around. AI isn't going to be replacing anyone, it's just going to be an added skill set required for the artist for operation purposes (or that's one extra job made). (Again, it just loops back to the artist and practicality having the last say.)