[Aunche]

How much of this is actually drawn in Japan though? A lot of the drawing ends up being outsourced to places with cheaper labor like the Philippines.

[hiccuphippo]

At least the Frieren one was drawn by a single Japanese artist https://x.com/aoumemimei/status/2012695958824407124

[re-thc]

> How much of this is actually drawn in Japan though?

Often the key frames or "important" parts are done in-house with the "mechanical" or boring parts being outsourced.

[bitwize]

I wonder why the use of AI to do in-between frames is not more embraced by artists and professionals. It sounds like a perfect use case for the technology: pure scutwork that would have been farmed out to sweatshops in a cheap-labor country anyway.