The fourth season of the Ascendance of a Bookworm anime, produced by WIT Studio, premiered on April 4 this year, though to an unexpectedly rocky start. The long-running series was faced with serious backlash after the reveal of the animated opening sequence, which viewers suspected featured AI-generated assets. In response to the criticism, WIT Studio posted an official announcement on April 10, in which it states that upon investigation into the opening’s production process, it confirmed that generative AI was involved. Consequently, the opening sequence recently published on YouTube has been removed from the platform. ……
I’m binge watching earlier seasons of this series, in preparation for the one currently airing. Frankly? The story is amazing, but the series was always poor on the visual aspect.
I’ll keep watching the earlier ones but I don’t know if I’ll watch the current one, or just read the light novels as usual.
The new season is animated by a totally different company, and the first episode looks great (aside from the OP).
That being said, I spent years reading all the light novels, totally worth it. The series is longer than The Wheel of Time by word count, but is so fucking cozy.
That’s good to know! To be honest I don’t mind some usage of AI; but I tend to judge books by covers, and anime series by the OP, so if they’re getting sloppy with the OP I’m concerned about the rest.
The light novels are some of the most dangerous I’ve ever picked up.
I’ve read bits of the light novel already, mostly because I was unsatisfied with the manga. I think I reached the point Myne manages to get the print the children’s book?
Then I had to stop it due to time issues, and never picked it up again. Might as well do it now~
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