A mangaka made a strong decision out of fear of having his art style and drawings used by AIs that draw. Higuchi Kishin is the author of the mangas Ekijin no Karte and Dictators: Rettou no Dokusaisha, mangas that have already been completed.
Mangaka bans Fanarts due to fear of AI
And what was the decision he made? In your profile on Twitter, Higuchi Kishin said he was prohibiting from this point forward any secondary work that fans make of his works.
In the post that has reached more than 7 million views, he says he is banning all secondary work, and what does that mean? It means that fans cannot make doujins or fanarts of the manga characters he made.
The reason for this is the author’s fear of AIs, that someone will use AIs to make fanarts of his manga… It is worth mentioning that the AIs are already “learning” his stroke style as you can see in the print below, the author has already was warned about this on social media.
On his Twitter profile Higuchi Kishin has been actively posting against AIs.
