On May 11th, the editorial team of Shonen Jump Plus from Shueisha officially partnered with Alu Inc. to launch an artificial intelligence software called Comic-Copilot. This service utilizes the ChatGPT API (GPT-4) provided by OpenAI to assist in manga production through artificial intelligence.
This service will help with time-consuming tasks, such as shortening and summarizing dialogues, editing content, and generating ideas for plots, themes, and character names through dialogues.
Additionally, authors can receive feedback and comments from a unique perspective, collect opinions from readers, and even receive assistance from professionals, similar to a consulting firm. The company emphasizes that having an AI consultant will help streamline the process, making it easier and more efficient to create a vibrant world of manga that can easily generate new works.
Example of using Comic-Copilot:
Comic-Copilot: First, let’s brainstorm a theme for your manga. Enter all the elements you want to include in the draft.
Author: What do you think about a detective story involving a family?
Comic-Copilot: Got it! These elements could work in the following main story arcs: (1) A detective story where a family solves a mystery related to one of its members. (2) A manga about a student aspiring to be a novelist who conducts investigations to gather story ideas. (3) A fantasy story featuring a famous detective who trains new students in solving mysteries. What do you think about these story arcs? If you have any initial ideas, feel free to share them with me.
Author: The first one sounds intriguing; I think I will write about it.
Comic-Copilot: Great! Let’s start with the outline of the story (…)
The launch of Comic-Copilot has garnered a lot of attention in Japan. Below are some comments from netizens:
– It could be used for many more purposes than just creating comics.
– Let’s hope that the next manga series using this technology won’t be similar.
– It could be a fantastic tool to start writing manga.
– Unlike the illustration industry, the manga sector seems to embrace AI with open arms.
– Shueisha, it seems, is currently searching for what the future holds for Jump.
– This is truly interesting. Authors who don’t communicate with others might find AI assistance helpful when exploring new ideas.
– I personally believe that there should be limits to this method. I hope authors will use it effectively and not solely rely on AI to generate entire works.
– I’ve tried it a bit, and it can definitely be used to write light novels.
– It may reach a point where authors and illustrators don’t need to create manga from scratch.
