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Bollywood meets Studio Ghibli: Netizens reimagine iconic film scenes with latest AI trend
March 28, 2025 5:25 pm
Ever since ChatGPT got the latest update, users have been using it to turn their favourite photos into Studio Ghibli-type images. Now, some of Bollywood’s most legendary moments–from DDLJ to K3G-everything has gotten Ghibli-fied.
ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
March 28, 2025 10:35 am
The trend has highlighted ethical concerns about artificial intelligence tools trained on copyrighted creative works.
This Word Means: Studio Ghibli
March 28, 2025 1:14 pm
Every day, 500 words on a word (or expression) that has appeared in The Indian Express
The Wild Robot movie review: A heartfelt, gorgeously animated film
October 18, 2024 12:53 pm
The Wild Robot movie review: Based on author Peter Brown’s book – which is why the movie seems as complete as it does, rather than thought hastily on a storyboard – The Wild Robot uses a hand-painted animation technique, part classic Disney, part Hayao Miyazaki.
Cabinet clears setting up of National Centre of Excellence in Mumbai for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality
September 19, 2024 9:15 am
This will be a Section 8 Company under the Companies Act, 2013 in India.
What relationship the Olympics in Japan shares with anime
July 17, 2021 8:20 pm
Why sports icons look to anime and manga for inspiration
Chaar Sahibzaade reflects Harry Baweja’s animation mastery
October 31, 2014 1:00 am
Animated films may still be in the nascent stages in India, but that hasn’t stopped director Harry Baweja from presenting a realistic 3D animated film, titled Chaar Sahibzade
Creating fantasy
September 06, 2013 12:44 am
The story recalls the original,but builds around its skeleton with many new details unfolding layer by layer where our two blundering musician protagonists meet ghosts,obtain boons,avert wars and marry princesses
In the Graphic World
June 28, 2011 12:39 am
In Kolkata,as a child,he spent endless nights watching animated Hollywood movies.
Creating Megamind
May 20, 2011 5:56 pm
At a press conference held by DreamWorks to announce the technology advancements in animation in Mumbai last year,the focus was on hair.
ANIMATION VIDEOS
‘Pepper’ Humanoid Robot that reads your emotions
January 08, 2016 9:35 am
Tokyo, Jan 08 (ANI): Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank has launched a humanoid robot “Pepper” with Aldebaran Robotics. “Pepper” is the world's first personal communication robot that can read emotions, with the ability to analyse people’s expressions and voice tones. It is designed to live with humans. SoftBank started leasing of an enterprise model of the humanoid robot Pepper, ‘Pepper for Biz’ in October last year. Based on the consumer model of Pepper now being sold in Japan, Pepper for Biz is a model that comes with pre-installed applications for use by enterprises, including ones for office reception and approaching potential customers. Corporate users also benefit from the ‘Pepper for Biz Platform’, a tool that stores information from customer approaches and other relevant information that can be utilised for marketing purposes. “Pepper for Biz” is offered at a monthly rental plan of 465 USD a month. Also, Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute and Japanese robotics company Kokoro Company Ltd. is developing a humanoid robot with strong visual human-likeness, looks and behaves similar to a young woman. It is “Actroid” - developed with a concept to make it close to the human beings as possible, using the latest technology. “Actroid” has silicone skin and just like humans, it has speech recognition software that can talk, make eye contact, and comprehend and accordingly respond to different tone and body language. Robot technology also helps develop physical ability of human being. It supports disabled person and extends normal people’s physical ability. Every time, every space, every person can enjoy sport. It is the slogan of “Super human sports society”, who is trying to create new sport. This trial aims to obtain beyond physical ability of human being based on human extension engineering. Also it aims to beyond gap derives from handicap of human being. This trial enables to perform sport as a superman for every people. Association holds workshop aggressively to promote superman’s sport. Superman’s sport enables to extend not only physical ability but also field playing sport. HADO is played equipping wearable device in virtual space. Head mount display with smart phone reflects virtual target. Player keeps arm band and attack to virtual target. It is the action to cast magic power. Everyone can play technique of hero in the animation or cartoon. It is enabled by fusion of motion recognition technology and AR technology. “Super human sports society” will hold international competition targeting 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic game. Also they have the objective to be adopted as an official Olympic item.
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