Ministry of Justice expert panel: Voices fall in same category as portrait rights, publicity rights Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-04-27/japan-government-panel-moves-to-protect-voices-from-unauthorized-generative-ai-use/.236785
Studio will redraw cuts, replace opening sequence with “completed version” starting with 2nd episode Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-04-10/wit-studio-apologizes-for-using-generative-ai-in-opening-sequence-of-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-/.236271
Generative AI chatbot on X was confused about Fate/Grand Order’s latest collaboration Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-04-06/that-time-xai-grok-ai-mistranslated-witch-on-the-holy-night-as-madoka-magica/.236159
Square Enix plans to use Google’s generative AI Gemini Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-23/dragon-quest-x-game-to-add-ai-companion-character/.235633
Creator Jin-kyu Choi introduces webtoon-focused AI production tool he developed using Google’s “Vibe Coding” Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-21/korean-cartoonist-association-hosts-webtoon-forum-on-ai-copyright-creative-tools/.235386
Partnership to extend to other Kodansha IP Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-03/king-records-partners-with-ai-avatar-company-genies-to-create-hypnosis-mic-ai-companions/.234871
Seven Seas to continue using human translators, editors after acquisition Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-03/media-do-no-plans-for-seven-seas-to-use-ai-for-translation/.234849
Character Chat has surpassed 6 million cumulative users Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-03-01/naver-webtoon-launches-ai-character-chat-service-in-japan-via-line-manga/.234655