AI Creators introduces a new picture book animation series designed to help babies and young children become familiar with the sounds of Japanese through parent-child interaction.

This original series begins with simple Japanese sounds such as “pa” and “ma,” which are easy for babies and toddlers to hear, imitate, and enjoy with their families. Each work is first structured as a complete picture book, then expanded with songs, music, and animation to create an experience that parents and children can watch, listen to, and speak along with together.

The series is designed as family-oriented content that helps babies and young children naturally encounter sound, rhythm, and the feel of words while enjoying communication with their parents or caregivers.

Picture book animations for babies, young children, and families

The series begins with two works: Papapa and Mamama.

Papapa begins with the Japanese sound “pa” and unfolds through images such as a small sprout, soap bubbles, birds, stars, and a windmill. Through the sound of “papa,” the story gently depicts a child’s sense of reassurance, discovery, and joy.

Mamama is built around soft sounds such as “ma,” “mama,” and “ma!” — small sounds before they become full words. The work portrays a parent and child’s day through images of a mother’s hands, a hug, breakfast, wind, steam, and moonlight, expressed through song and animation.

Both works combine short repeated sounds, picture book pacing, musical rhythm, and the visual appeal of animation. In addition to being enjoyed as read-aloud content, the series is designed so that parents and children can watch the videos together, speak the sounds aloud, and imitate the rhythm of the songs.

The charm of Japanese sounds, beginning with “pa” and “ma”

A key feature of this series is its focus not only on the meaning of Japanese words, but also on the softness, rhythm, and playfulness of the sounds themselves.

Short sounds such as “pa” and “ma” are familiar and approachable for babies and young children, and they are easy for parents and children to enjoy saying together. By combining these sounds with picture books, songs, and video, the series allows children to naturally experience the joy of sound and rhythm even before words are fully formed.

Japanese sounds can also carry cultural appeal for families overseas and for people interested in the Japanese language. This series is intended not only for Japanese-speaking households, but also for international families, Japanese learners, and audiences interested in Japanese culture and family-oriented content.

AI Creators positions this series as an AI creative project that connects AI picture book production, AI video production, family-oriented IP development, and the global communication of Japanese sounds and rhythms.

Family-oriented IP across picture books, songs, and video

This series is not designed as video content alone. It is developed as family-oriented IP that moves across picture books, songs, animation, and YouTube videos.

Families can enjoy the works slowly as picture books, or experience them as videos together with music and animation. This gives the series multiple points of contact: read-aloud time at home, parent-child communication, and moments when babies and young children can become familiar with sounds and words.

As picture books, the works are structured with attention to page-by-page flow, repeated sounds, scene transitions, parent-child emotion, and the gentle afterglow that remains after reading. Songs and animation are then added to combine visual, auditory, and spoken experiences into one piece of content.

The series will continue to release new picture book animations for early Japanese speech, built around new sounds and themes.

A production process combining generative AI with human editing and direction

This project uses generative AI in parts of the planning, picture book structure, visual production, music, and animation process.

At the same time, the project does not rely on automated generation alone. Human planning, editing, and direction are used to shape the sense of safety appropriate for babies, young children, and families; the rhythm between sound and image; the consistency of the characters and world; and the readability of each work as a picture book.

To make the works function as picture book animations for early speech, it is not enough to simply generate images or videos. The production requires the integration of multiple elements, including sound selection, page structure, song tempo, the amount of visual information on screen, character expressions, and clarity when viewed by parents and children together.

Created with reference to knowledge from childcare and early childhood fields

The series is created with attention to sounds that babies and young children can easily enjoy, gentle repetition, soft illustrations, and parent-child communication.

The project is an original production initiative by the childcare, parenting, and family support media platform Tamago Daruma. In developing the series, knowledge from the childcare and early childhood fields is also taken into account. With cooperation from Tokyo Jidokyokai / ONE ROOF ALLIANCE, the project aims to create picture book animations that families can enjoy with confidence.

This series does not guarantee medical, therapeutic, or developmental effects. It is offered as content that helps babies and young children become familiar with Japanese sounds and rhythms while enjoying speaking together with their parents or caregivers.

Future development

Following Papapa and Mamama, additional picture book animations for early Japanese speech are planned for ongoing release.

Future development may include YouTube video releases, picture books, song-based picture book animations, social media content, family-oriented content, and collaborations in the fields of childcare, education, and Japanese language learning.

By sharing the joy of Japanese sounds through picture book animations for babies, young children, and families in Japan and abroad, the project aims to expand the possibilities of AI creative production for new forms of family-oriented content.

Published works

Papapa

Papapa is an original picture book work that begins with the sound “pa” and depicts reassurance, discovery, and joy between parent and child. It is currently available as a read-aloud version, with a song-based picture book animation version planned for future development.

Mamama

Mamama is a picture book work built around the soft sounds “ma,” “mama,” and “ma!” It portrays a parent and child’s day through song and animation, adding music and video expression to a story first created as a picture book.

Related Links

• Picture Book Animations for Early Japanese Speech
• Papapa YouTube Video
• Mamama YouTube Video

Credits

• Project: Picture Book Animation Project for Early Japanese Speech
• Planning & Production: TamagoDaruma
• AI Creative: AI Creators

AI Creators introduces a new picture book animation series designed to help babies and young children become familiar with the sounds of Japanese through parent-child interaction.

This original series begins with simple Japanese sounds such as “pa” and “ma,” which are easy for babies and toddlers to hear, imitate, and enjoy with their families. Each work is first structured as a complete picture book, then expanded with songs, music, and animation to create an experience that parents and children can watch, listen to, and speak along with together.

The series is designed as family-oriented content that helps babies and young children naturally encounter sound, rhythm, and the feel of words while enjoying communication with their parents or caregivers.

Picture book animations for babies, young children, and families

The series begins with two works: Papapa and Mamama.

Papapa begins with the Japanese sound “pa” and unfolds through images such as a small sprout, soap bubbles, birds, stars, and a windmill. Through the sound of “papa,” the story gently depicts a child’s sense of reassurance, discovery, and joy.

Mamama is built around soft sounds such as “ma,” “mama,” and “ma!” — small sounds before they become full words. The work portrays a parent and child’s day through images of a mother’s hands, a hug, breakfast, wind, steam, and moonlight, expressed through song and animation.

Both works combine short repeated sounds, picture book pacing, musical rhythm, and the visual appeal of animation. In addition to being enjoyed as read-aloud content, the series is designed so that parents and children can watch the videos together, speak the sounds aloud, and imitate the rhythm of the songs.

The charm of Japanese sounds, beginning with “pa” and “ma”

A key feature of this series is its focus not only on the meaning of Japanese words, but also on the softness, rhythm, and playfulness of the sounds themselves.

Short sounds such as “pa” and “ma” are familiar and approachable for babies and young children, and they are easy for parents and children to enjoy saying together. By combining these sounds with picture books, songs, and video, the series allows children to naturally experience the joy of sound and rhythm even before words are fully formed.

Japanese sounds can also carry cultural appeal for families overseas and for people interested in the Japanese language. This series is intended not only for Japanese-speaking households, but also for international families, Japanese learners, and audiences interested in Japanese culture and family-oriented content.

AI Creators positions this series as an AI creative project that connects AI picture book production, AI video production, family-oriented IP development, and the global communication of Japanese sounds and rhythms.

Family-oriented IP across picture books, songs, and video

This series is not designed as video content alone. It is developed as family-oriented IP that moves across picture books, songs, animation, and YouTube videos.

Families can enjoy the works slowly as picture books, or experience them as videos together with music and animation. This gives the series multiple points of contact: read-aloud time at home, parent-child communication, and moments when babies and young children can become familiar with sounds and words.

As picture books, the works are structured with attention to page-by-page flow, repeated sounds, scene transitions, parent-child emotion, and the gentle afterglow that remains after reading. Songs and animation are then added to combine visual, auditory, and spoken experiences into one piece of content.

The series will continue to release new picture book animations for early Japanese speech, built around new sounds and themes.

A production process combining generative AI with human editing and direction

This project uses generative AI in parts of the planning, picture book structure, visual production, music, and animation process.

At the same time, the project does not rely on automated generation alone. Human planning, editing, and direction are used to shape the sense of safety appropriate for babies, young children, and families; the rhythm between sound and image; the consistency of the characters and world; and the readability of each work as a picture book.

To make the works function as picture book animations for early speech, it is not enough to simply generate images or videos. The production requires the integration of multiple elements, including sound selection, page structure, song tempo, the amount of visual information on screen, character expressions, and clarity when viewed by parents and children together.

Created with reference to knowledge from childcare and early childhood fields

The series is created with attention to sounds that babies and young children can easily enjoy, gentle repetition, soft illustrations, and parent-child communication.

The project is an original production initiative by the childcare, parenting, and family support media platform Tamago Daruma. In developing the series, knowledge from the childcare and early childhood fields is also taken into account. With cooperation from Tokyo Jidokyokai / ONE ROOF ALLIANCE, the project aims to create picture book animations that families can enjoy with confidence.

This series does not guarantee medical, therapeutic, or developmental effects. It is offered as content that helps babies and young children become familiar with Japanese sounds and rhythms while enjoying speaking together with their parents or caregivers.

Future development

Following Papapa and Mamama, additional picture book animations for early Japanese speech are planned for ongoing release.

Future development may include YouTube video releases, picture books, song-based picture book animations, social media content, family-oriented content, and collaborations in the fields of childcare, education, and Japanese language learning.

By sharing the joy of Japanese sounds through picture book animations for babies, young children, and families in Japan and abroad, the project aims to expand the possibilities of AI creative production for new forms of family-oriented content.

Published works

Papapa

Papapa is an original picture book work that begins with the sound “pa” and depicts reassurance, discovery, and joy between parent and child. It is currently available as a read-aloud version, with a song-based picture book animation version planned for future development.

Mamama

Mamama is a picture book work built around the soft sounds “ma,” “mama,” and “ma!” It portrays a parent and child’s day through song and animation, adding music and video expression to a story first created as a picture book.

Related Links

• Picture Book Animations for Early Japanese Speech
• Papapa YouTube Video
• Mamama YouTube Video

Credits

• Project: Picture Book Animation Project for Early Japanese Speech
• Planning & Production: TamagoDaruma
• AI Creative: AI Creators

Several members of AI Creators participated in the “Japan AI Clip Challenge” (ジャパン・AI・クリップ検定), a video production segment featured on TV Asahi’s AI Daisakusen.

The project invites creators to use generative AI to produce original video works based on assigned themes. By combining the technical capabilities of AI with human creativity and imagination, it explores new possibilities for visual expression.

Among the creators representing AI Creators, works by the following five participants were featured on the program.

AI Creators Featured on the Program

Broadcast on August 5, 2026: kasamakura — Excellence Award
Broadcast on July 8, 2026: MIYU
Broadcast on July 1, 2026: Tech Talk Navigator
Broadcast on June 17, 2026: kasamakura / Kenji
Broadcast on June 10, 2026: kasamakura / MIYU / Rakusa

Several other AI creators also took part in the project.
*Excerpt from the published feature
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About the Program

AI Daisakusen is an experimental entertainment program from TV Asahi that challenges new forms of creativity powered by AI.

Set within a fictional secret organization led by Commander Eiji Kotoge of the comedy duo Viking, the program follows AI creators and celebrity participants as they take on a variety of missions. By combining human imagination with AI technology, the show transforms ideas that were once difficult to realize into new forms of entertainment.

Program Highlights

The first broadcast featured “Japan AI Clip Challenge” (ジャパン・AI・クリップ検定), a generative AI video project in which participants created original works based on assigned themes.

Using the given subjects as their starting points, AI creators and celebrity participants produced original video works based on their own creative interpretations.

• The surprising reason behind the Mona Lisa’s smile
• New stories inspired by famous paintings and sculptures
• A spectacular visualization of Aaron Wolf’s new signature move
• Short-form video works born from the combination of AI and human imagination
• Sandwichman Tomizawa’s legendary graduation photo
• A fictional movie trailer starring Eiji Kotoge

The program also featured “Nishikigoi’s AI Problem-Solving Agents” (錦鯉のAIお助けエージェント), in which the team explored how AI could help address the succession challenges faced by a long-established Japanese confectionery shop.

The segment introduced an initiative to analyze the delicate techniques of experienced artisans, translate skills traditionally passed down through intuition into words, and visualize them in the form of a practical manual.

Cast

【MC / Commander】Eiji Kotoge (Viking)
【Professor】Seiko Ito
【Agents】Nishikigoi (Masanori Hasegawa / Takashi Watanabe)
【Host / Analyst】Rumi Watanabe (TV Asahi Announcer)
【Studio Guest】Udai Iwasaki (Kamomental)
【Featured in Pre-Recorded Segments】Aaron Wolf / Yuki Yoda / Kazuma Ikeda (Shizuru)
【Narrator】Gorgeous

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The program aired on TV Asahi on Wednesday, August 5, Wednesday, July 8, Wednesday, July 1, Wednesday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 10, 2026, from 12:15 a.m. to 1:20 a.m. in the Wednesday late-night broadcast slot.
Episodes are available to stream for free on TVer for one week after each broadcast.
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Upcoming Broadcasts

AI Daisakusen is scheduled to air every Wednesday late night from 12:15 a.m. to 1:20 a.m.

*Please visit the official program website for the latest information.

Official Program Website

https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ai_daisakusen/
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AI-Powered Service Development and Owned Media Operations

AI Creators develops and operates AI-powered web services and owned media platforms for both its own services and external clients. Our work covers service development, media operations, SEO and AI search optimization, native-level Japanese content localization, global English content strategy, video and social media operations, and continuous improvement.

Rather than treating web production or article creation as one-off deliverables, we design integrated operating systems that connect business goals, search intent, reader journeys, service conversion flows, and brand context. By using generative AI as part of this structure, we build web operations that support expertise, trust, continuity, and growth across different fields. In addition to written content, we combine AI-assisted visual production, video content, and social media operations to create a connected information ecosystem across websites, media, video, and social channels.

One of our core priorities is to help businesses build high-quality production, development, and operational systems with limited budgets and human resources, while improving ROI tied to business outcomes. By using generative AI across planning, article production, visual creation, video production, translation, social media operations, and improvement proposals, we streamline the content and service improvement process and make continuous operations possible with fewer resources.

Our multilingual content work is not limited to translating Japanese content into English. For Japanese audiences, we refine content into native-level Japanese that reflects local search intent, reader expectations, and service conversion behavior. For international audiences, we design global English communication that is understandable and persuasive, while also considering overseas search behavior, SEO/AIO structure, and communication paths that lead to inquiries, registrations, project opportunities, and media exposure. These efforts have contributed to actual user registrations, inquiries, project discussions, and media coverage.

To date, we have continuously built and operated service websites and owned media platforms in the fields of AI creativity, Japanese crafts, parenting, and education, contributing to growth in users and service usage across multiple domains.

Scope of Work

• Service website development and owned media operations
• SEO content production and information architecture for AI search optimization
• Native-level Japanese content localization and global English content strategy
• International communication flow design and multilingual SEO/AIO optimization
• AI-assisted visual production, video content production, and social media operations
• Brand communication using virtual humans and original characters
• Analytics, conversion flow improvement, and continuous operational improvement
• Optimization of production, development, and operational costs
• High-quality, lean operating systems designed to improve ROI

Selected Projects

AI Creators

Own Project – Service Development and Global Media Operations in the AI Creative Field

AI Creators is a platform that connects AI creators and companies. We have developed and operated its service website and owned media, with a focus on AI creativity, generative AI use cases, creator profiles, and business-facing service communication. The platform is designed around SEO/AIO-conscious information architecture and ongoing content operations.

In addition to communication for the Japanese market, we develop English content for international users, companies, and AI creators. Rather than simply translating Japanese pages, we optimize content for overseas search intent, business context, and creator communication, building web pathways that lead to registrations, inquiries, and project discussions.

Target Sites

• https://en.ai-creators.tech/
• https://ai-creators.tech/

Main Areas of Support

• Service website development and operations
• Owned media development and SEO content production
• Information architecture designed for SEO and AI search optimization
• Native Japanese and global English content strategy
• Communication flow design for international users
• Service conversion flow design for business clients
• AI creator profile and feature content production
• Video content production and social media operations
• Continuous analytics and improvement operations

Kogei Japonica

Client Project – Service Development and Global Media Operations in the Japanese Crafts Field

For Kogei Japonica, we build and operate a service website and owned media platform that communicates Japanese crafts, craft artists, techniques, and cultural knowledge to both domestic and international audiences. In this highly specialized cultural field, we support SEO/AIO-conscious article planning, inquiry flow development, and continuous content improvement.

For international content, we do not simply translate Japanese articles. We restructure the content so that overseas readers can understand the cultural context, artistic value, and background of Japanese crafts and artists. At the same time, we refine Japanese content for domestic readers, search intent, and service conversion flows. In addition to articles, visuals, videos, and social media posts, we also support communication using virtual humans, contributing to growth in users and service usage.

Target Sites

• https://en.kogei-japonica.com/
• https://kogei-japonica.com/

Main Areas of Support

• Service website development and operations
• Japanese crafts media development and operations
• SEO content production and search intent analysis
• Specialized content design for AI search optimization
• Native Japanese and international content strategy
• Cultural context development for domestic and overseas readers
• Article production on craft artists, techniques, and cultural knowledge
• Featured image and article visual production
• Video content production and social media operations
• Virtual human-based communication
• Inquiry flow and service conversion flow improvement
• Continuous analytics and improvement operations

Tamago Daruma

Client Project – Service Development and Global Media Operations in Parenting and Education

For TamagoDaruma, we build and operate a service website and owned media platform focused on parenting, education, play, and family support. The content is designed for parents, childcare and education professionals, and readers interested in family support, with an emphasis on practicality, clarity, and trustworthiness.

We also develop English content for international families living in Japan, families visiting Japan, and overseas parents and education professionals. At the same time, Japanese content is refined for native-level readability, domestic search intent, and service usage flows. Through article production, free downloadable resources, visual production, video content, and social media posts, we help build a friendly brand communication system that also makes use of original characters derived from the TamagoDaruma brand identity.

Target Sites

• https://en.tamagodaruma.com/
• https://tamagodaruma.com/

Main Areas of Support

• Service website development and operations
• Parenting and education media development and operations
• SEO content production and search intent analysis
• Information architecture designed for AI search optimization
• Native Japanese and international content strategy
• Information design for domestic and international families
• Free downloadable resource planning
• Picture book and animated video production
• Featured image and article visual production
• Video content production and social media operations
• Use of original characters derived from the brand logo
• Service flow and user conversion flow improvement
• Continuous content improvement operations

Generative AI as a Production and Operations Infrastructure

We use generative AI not merely as an article generation tool, but as a production, editorial, and improvement infrastructure that supports the entire process of service development and owned media operations.

At the planning stage, we use AI to help organize search needs, reader pain points, service conversion flows, and the context users need in order to understand the content. During production, we streamline article structure, copywriting, editing, translation, native Japanese refinement, English adaptation, visual production, video production, and social media copywriting, while maintaining quality through human editorial judgment.

After publication, we continuously improve articles, conversion paths, additional content plans, and social media operations based on analytics, search performance, user behavior, inquiries, registrations, and service usage. We do not treat content as something that ends once it is published; we operate it as an improvement cycle connected to business outcomes.

Lean, High-Quality Operations Designed for ROI

In service development and owned media operations, our goal is not simply to increase the volume of content. We focus on building operating systems that can continuously generate results within limited budgets and human resources.

By using generative AI, we streamline workflows that would traditionally require multiple specialists or external partners, including article production, visual production, video production, translation, multilingual content adaptation, social media posting, planning, and improvement proposals. This enables small teams to maintain quality while continuing to produce and operate content over time.

Beyond reducing production costs, we connect SEO/AIO-driven search traffic, native Japanese and English-language content, video and social media-driven awareness, and improved service conversion flows. This allows content investment to lead to user acquisition, inquiries, registrations, and service usage.

As a result, we help build an operating model that does more than reduce one-off production costs. It accumulates long-term information assets while improving the return on investment for business growth.

Multilingual Content, Video, and Social Media as an Integrated Communication System

Our multilingual content work is not limited to translating Japanese content into English. For Japanese audiences, we refine content into native-level Japanese that reflects local search intent, reader expectations, and service conversion behavior. For international audiences, we redesign content in natural, globally understandable English based on each service’s purpose, target readers, search intent, and the level of background knowledge required by overseas users.

Across both Japanese and English, we build information structures that are easier for readers to understand and more suitable for search engines and AI search. This includes headline structure, descriptions, internal flows, FAQ design, terminology organization, and conversion pathways. These efforts have led to stronger touchpoints through content, including user registrations, inquiries, project discussions, and media coverage.

In addition to article content, we also produce AI-assisted videos, operate social media channels, and support communication using AI characters and virtual humans. By connecting web articles, video, and social media posts, we strengthen not only search traffic, but also brand awareness, ongoing touchpoints, and service conversion pathways.

Results

Through continuous service development and media operations across multiple fields, these projects have contributed to the following outcomes:

• Growth in users and service usage
• Continuous production and operations with lean teams
• Optimized production, development, and operational costs with improved ROI
• Internal and semi-internal operating systems that reduce dependency on external production resources
• Faster operational cycles from planning and production to publication and improvement
• International user registrations and inquiries
• New external touchpoints, including project discussions and media coverage
• Expanded search traffic and accumulated SEO/AIO-conscious information assets
• Native-level Japanese and English-language content optimized for SEO/AIO
• Stronger domestic and international touchpoints through multilingual content
• Increased awareness and ongoing touchpoints through video and social media
• Enhanced brand expression through original characters and virtual humans
• Improved acquisition flows connecting service websites and owned media

AI Creative Content Development Support

Based on the practical knowledge gained through the projects above, AI Creators supports companies across AI creative strategy, service development, content production, and media operations.

We provide integrated support for corporate AI creative development, including planning, proof of concept, IP development, visual and video production, social media creative, and campaign creative.

By using generative AI, we help companies build systems that can continuously produce high-quality content, develop services, and operate media with fewer resources. Our goal is not simply to reduce costs, but to improve production speed, operational quality, search traffic, inquiries, and service usage as one connected system, maximizing ROI tied to business outcomes.

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AI Creative Content Development | PoC, Video, Social

https://en.ai-creators.tech/enterprise/content

AI Creative Content Development Support We provide end-to-end support for enterprise AI creative development, from planning and PoC to IP development, visual and video production, and social and campaign creative. AI Creators helps companies and brands develop AI-powered creative content across a wide range of needs, including concept planning, AI PoC, character, virtual human, and IP development, professional visual and video production, and social media and campaign creative.Rather t…

AI Creators is pleased to announce the official launch of its new enterprise service, “AI Creative Content Development Support.”

AI Creative Content Development Support

End-to-end support for enterprise AI creative development, from planning and PoC to IP development, visual and video production, and social and campaign creative.

▼ Learn more / Contact us
https://en.ai-creators.tech/enterprise/content/

As generative AI continues to evolve, the possibilities for creative development and content production are expanding rapidly.
At the same time, in real business settings, success requires far more than simply generating images or videos. Companies increasingly need support in determining what to create, where to begin, and how to connect AI-driven creative output to broader business and brand objectives.

In response to these needs, AI Creators provides support that goes beyond one-off production. We work with companies from concept and planning through prototyping, development, production, and rollout, helping turn AI creative into a practical business asset.

This service supports a wide range of business and brand needs across the following areas.

Service Areas

AI Creators is a creative platform that connects companies, researchers, and AI creators in the field of generative AI.
Rather than viewing generative AI simply as a tool for efficiency or production, we see it as a new structure for advancing both creativity and business. Based on that perspective, we provide support that spans strategy, execution, and validation.

Through the launch of “AI Creative Content Development Support,” AI Creators will offer flexible support tailored to each company’s and brand’s needs—from PoC to full production and promotional rollout—and help accelerate new forms of content development in the AI era.

en.ai-creators.tech

AI Creative Content Development | PoC, Video, Social

https://en.ai-creators.tech/enterprise/content

AI Creative Content Development Support We provide end-to-end support for enterprise AI creative development, from planning and PoC to IP development, visual and video production, and social and campaign creative. AI Creators helps companies and brands develop AI-powered creative content across a wide range of needs, including concept planning, AI PoC, character, virtual human, and IP development, professional visual and video production, and social media and campaign creative.Rather t…

Six AI creators from AI Creators participated in the AI video segment of “8-Second Grand Prix: Viking Kotoge’s Explosive Laughter! A New Video Battle of AI × Human Creativity,” aired by TV Asahi, one of Japan’s major TV networks.
The program is a video battle in which participants use generative video AI to create captivating 8-second videos from assigned source materials.

AI Creators

NOMI SOTARO / Tech Talk Navigator / MOTOKEN / Tomo Hirasawa / MIYU / aratama 璞
(MOTOKEN: Winner of the Ryogo Matsumaru Award)

Program Overview

With the rise of AI ushering in an era where 120 million people can become creators, this program is a video battle in which participants use generative video AI to produce captivating 8-second videos from assigned source materials.

Program Details

■ Against the backdrop of an era in which anyone can create video thanks to the spread of AI, this video battle program brings together a wide range of creators — including students from an AI creator training school, TV Asahi creators, comedians, and entertainers — who produce captivating 8-second videos from given images and footage! ★ Their works are judged and reviewed by distinguished guests including Eiji Kotoge, Seiko Ito, Ryogo Matsumaru, and film director Hiroki Yamaguchi! ★ What kinds of video works will AI make possible?

▼ In this new style of video grand prix, contestants freely reimagine “iconic scenes everyone knows” using AI, competing through 8-second videos born from the fusion of human imagination and AI technology.
◯ An 8-second isekai reinterpretation of “Heidi, Girl of the Alps”
◯ New 8-second interpretations imagining what happens beyond famous paintings
◯ Kotoge’s 8-second scandal
◯ Create a new sport! Imaginary 8-second sports
From approximately 100 submitted works across these four categories, what kind of video will take the No.1 spot?
▼ Celebrity participants also joined the competition:
Kano of A Masso, Akari Nibu, and Morishita of Nanamagari — delivering both standout hits and unforgettable oddities.

Cast

[MC] Eiji Kotoge (Viking)
[Host] Risako Arai (TV Asahi Announcer)
[Judges] Seiko Ito / Ryogo Matsumaru / Hiroki Yamaguchi (Film Director)
[Video Appearance] Kano of A Masso / Akari Nibu / Morishita of Nanamagari

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8-Second Grand Prix
Bring “iconic scenes everyone knows” to life with AI! The 8-second video battle begins.

This program aired on TV Asahi on Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 12:00 AM to 12:30 AM.
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[Important] Notice of Policy Revisions

Thank you for using AI Creators.

To further enhance transparency in our operations and strengthen our AI governance framework, we have revised the following documents:

• Terms of Service
• AI Governance & Creative Integrity Policy

• Privacy Policy (GDPR-compliant Global Version)

Key Updates

• Clarification of policies regarding the handling of generative AI
• Explicit statement on the use of AI training data
• Clear definition of responsibility boundaries within our matching framework
• Strengthened compliance with domestic and international regulations

This revision is part of our ongoing efforts to respond to the evolving social and legal landscape surrounding generative AI, and to establish a sustainable AI creative ecosystem.

Effective Date: February 28, 2026

We remain committed to maintaining a transparent and trustworthy operational structure, and to advancing the development of responsible AI creativity.