Neverness to Everness accused of using gen AI for Weathering With You-like artwork

The animation studio behind one of Japan's most beloved recent films is facing accusations that it deployed generative artificial intelligence to create artwork resembling the visual style of "Weathering With You," raising fresh questions about whether AI shortcuts are quietly infiltrating the world's most prestigious animation houses. The scandal has rippled across gaming and anime communities, where purists have long warned that algorithmic image generation threatens the craft's artistic integrity and the livelihoods of human animators. If substantiated, the case could mark a watershed moment in Hollywood's reckoning with AI—proof that the technology has already crossed from theoretical threat to industry practice.

GosuGamers·May 29