u/lule34567

17m; i do web development at https://malingen.xyz/; guess im into retro tech and such as well as occasionally video games. i own the entire main series of tokyo ghoul, neon genesis evangelion, girls last tour, and cells at work manga; and i own Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Uzumaki by Junji Ito, and one volume of Akira, as well as a couple volumes of homunculus. i am horribly lonely and bored. im heavy into films, so check out my letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/lule345/ favorite anime is probably either serial experiments lain or evangelion. i dont know how to talk to people

recently a new lain project came out named "Lain: Protocol 7" and people are already lambasting it as AI slop. if you havent seen the video, watch it via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRkP5qihwQ

i highly doubt this is entirely AI, it even says so in the description: "The production combines hand-drawn animation, VRoid, live-action footage, and After Effects processing, and in some stages, AI is used as a tool to assist in expression."

the director has an entire background behind him with experience in other animes, including directing some of his own, as seen in his linktree (https://lit.link/en/moyashin12) and his twitter (https://x.com/moyashin12)

specifically, when digging through his twitter, you can find two posts showing a part of the behind-the-scenes of the trailer:

https://x.com/moyashin12/status/2067736797053067731/

https://x.com/moyashin12/status/2068079438496239908

he's also directed "Shin Yaranaika", which has a 6.2/10 according to IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32334071/)

until we're given more information on how the production is done as well as to what extent AI is used, please don't blindly yell some series out as AI. no, i'm not a fan of AI either, but you should consider whether something is partially done with AI, even at minor points, or completely made with AI. we've already seen people lambast projects because it admitted to allowing AI to some extent, such as the linux kernel or godot, but at the same time, those projects have strict policies on AI usage to the point that fully AI-created contributions are rejected, and people still support and use them daily.

for those who want to keep digging into the director and/or the studio's background, please do. i feel like this is a poor PR stunt on the director's behalf rather than the actual film being entirely AI.