According to a report by IT House on November 13, NHK reported in June this year that the famous Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka's masterpiece "Strange Doctor Black Jack" will usher in a sequel in the form of AI-assisted creation. It was officially announced today that the sequel to "Strange Doctor Black Jack" will be published in the latest issue of "Weekly Junior Champion" on November 22 as a tribute to the late master. According to NHK, the team consists of a group of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and manga creators, among others, and is led by Tezuka's eldest son, Makoto Tezuka, and Satoshi Kurihara, a professor at Keio University. The project is called "TEZUKA2023", and the team claims that the sequel will use GPT-4 to capture Osamu Tezuka's unique art style and plot style, allowing the team to create a sequel that is "consistent" with Tezuka's work. It was previously reported that the comic team led by the eldest son of the famous Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka will use GPT-4 to continue the creation of "Strange Doctor Black Jack".

Babbitt news, on June 28th, the Emerging·AIGC Industry Application Salon co-sponsored by Babbitt, China AIGC Industry Alliance (AIGCxChina) and Timestamp Weilan was held in China (Hangzhou) Future Blockchain Innovation Center. Li Heming, director of culture and art, shared that AI painting technology can already participate in the auxiliary design and drawing of animation and comic characters, and the production of art materials for comic and illustration scenes. AI painting has indeed greatly improved the work efficiency of the industry. In addition, he believes that AI painting also has some current pain points. For example, creators need to know more about prompt words and AI painting. In fact, the current understanding of AI technology for manga and animation practitioners is still in the learning stage. In addition, hand drawing is still more efficient in many situations, such as to solve the perspective of images and so on.

According to NHK reports, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the famous Japanese cartoonist Osamu Tezuka's work "Black Jack", a team of artificial intelligence experts and comic creators announced that the sequel of the work will be available this fall. , and serialized in the manga magazine "Weekly Shonen Chyanpion". It is reported that the team is led by Osamu Tezuka's eldest son Shin Tezuka and Satoshi Kurihara, a professor at Keio University. The project is called "TEZUKA2023". The team claims that the sequel will use GPT-4 to obtain Osamu Tezuka's unique The painting style and plot style enabled the team to create a sequel with "consistency" with Tezuka's work.

According to Forkast, Masaaki Taira, a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and head of the Web3 project team, said at the NexTech Week trade show in Tokyo on Thursday that Japan has seen the future, and that is the blockchain. “While other jurisdictions try to regulate an area that is not fully understood, Japan has a relatively good grasp of what we are trying to push, and global technology companies have taken notice.” Furthermore, Masaaki Taira said Japan’s Experiments with stablecoins are bearing fruit, with government advisory bodies looking for ways to link public and private blockchains to improve scalability. And Japan's soft power in animation, manga, and games is very suitable for the Web3 field, especially in the field of NFT and Metaverse development, which are full of untapped potential value.