{
  "id": 16276861,
  "title": "What if 'Dragon Ball' had been made by a robot?: Japanese animation turns to AI due to a shortage of animators",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/y-si-bola-de-dragon-lo-hubiera-hecho-un-robot-la-animacion-japonesa",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-24T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2026-10-24/y-si-bola-de-dragon-lo-hubiera-hecho-un-robot-la-animacion-japonesa-se-echa-en-brazos-de-la-ia-por-la-escasez-de-dibujantes.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Japanese animation, or anime, is incorporating AI to streamline its production processes and address staffing shortages. This development comes as Studio Ghibli, a renowned anime studio, has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Prize for Communication and Humanities. The use of AI is seen as a way to alleviate the labor-intensive nature of anime production. Studio Ghibli received the award this week.",
  "summary": "Japan's powerful audiovisual industry is being forced to turn to this technology due to a lack of personnel and its high level of production.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}