Anime Live performance’s AI Flyer Artwork Results in Evangelical Singer Yoko Takahashi Retiring – Curiosity

The Ikebukuro Anime Philharmonic, an orchestra devoted to performing anime music, introduced the long-lasting anime singer on Wednesday Yoko Takahashi will now not seem as a visitor on the orchestra’s July 10 efficiency because the orchestra makes use of generative AI for promotional artwork. The announcement famous that the orchestra acquired unfavourable feedback about generative AI for artwork for its flyers and web site, and that this led to Takahashi withdrawing from the efficiency.

Beneath you will see the primary model of the flyers:

The orchestra’s web site launched the brand new model of the flyers (seen under) on Thursday:

As of Thursday, shops in Tokyo’s Akihabara district nonetheless had the unique model of the flyers on show and distributed free of charge.

The orchestra apologized for this and stated that it had not sufficiently taken into consideration the issues and criticism surrounding generative AI. The efficiency will nonetheless go forward as deliberate.

Yo Matsushita, a musical artist who serves as head of the orchestra, posted once more on Friday to offer additional clarification and personally apologize to the opposite musicians, Takahashi, the sponsoring corporations and the opposite members of the chief committee. He acknowledged that as a musician concerned within the arts, he was unaware and unaware of the problems creators face because of generative AI.

Takahashi is maybe finest identified for performing the opening theme track “Merciless Angel’s Thesis” and a rendition of the closing theme track “Fly to the Moon” for the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime TV collection, in addition to ‘Soul’s Chorus’, the theme track of Evangelion: Dying and Rebirth. Takahashi has additionally carried out theme songs CROSS ANGE Rondo from Angel and Dragon, Pumpkin scissors, Shakugan no Shana, Ah! My goddess, This ugly however stunning worldAnd Age of Aquarius the film.

Sources: Ikebukuro Anime Philharmonic web site and X/Twitter account, Yoko Takahashi‘s X/Twitter account by 0takomu