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The Rise of Ghiblification: An AI-Generated Phenomenon
Social media has been taken over by AI-generated images in the style of popular Studio Ghibli movies, created using ChatGPT’s latest update. The “Ghiblification,” as it’s been coined, has caused a Solana meme coin inspired by the anime studio to skyrocket to a $28.3 million market cap.
Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is a well-known AI detractor, having said in a 2016 documentary that the technology is an “insult to life.” But that didn’t stop the meme coin from pumping, with Ghiblification (GHIBLI) skyrocketing to a $28.3 million market cap in less than a day. GHIBLI has since fallen to about $18 million.
That’s not the only meme coin jumping on the AI trend. Binance Smart Chain token GhibliCZ (GHIBLI), inspired by the “Ghiblified” version of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, spiked to a $14.6 million market cap following a related post by the official Binance X account. It’s now down to $4.3 million.
Other tokens like Shibli Inu (SHIBLI) and Ghibli Doge (GHIBLIDOGE) climbed past $1 million, but have since fallen in value.
The Rise of Ghiblification
This trend is made possible thanks to OpenAI’s major overhaul to ChatGPT’s image generation via the GPT-4o model. Those with a ChatGPT Plus subscription are able to simply upload a photo and then prompt the model to “restyle image in studio Ghibli style,” or something similar, to get images of these Ghiblification images.
Here’s how you can restyle any image into the viral studio Ghibli style:
Here’s how you can restyle any image into the viral studio ghibli style:
1) Upload image in ChatGPT 4o
2) Prompt: “restyle image in studio ghibli style keep all details”
3) Wait 2 – 5 min
4) Download and share pic.twitter.com/h5ger1PMWB— Ran (@RanIarovich) March 26, 2025
Ghibli’s Legacy
Studio Ghibli is the animation studio behind some of the most popular and critically acclaimed anime films of all time. It’s widely known for its serene, fantasy-themed animation style and immersive world building.
The studio’s most popular film, the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away,” has the 19th most fans on movie rating site Letterboxd and is the 28th highest rated film on IMDb— ahead of titles like “Back to the Future,” “Alien,” and “Psycho.” Other notable Ghibli films include “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke,” and the Oscar-winning “The Boy and the Heron.”
Hayao Miyazaki’s Response
However, it appears that studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki detests the usage of AI, after a documentary clip of the filmmaker reacting to an AI-generated video of a zombie-like beast resurfaced.
“I strongly feel it is an insult to life itself,” Miyazaki said, according to the translated video. “I feel like we are nearing the end of times. We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”
Conclusion
The rise of Ghiblification is a testament to the power of AI-generated content, but also raises important questions about the role of technology in our lives. As the trend continues to gain momentum, it will be interesting to see how it evolves and what impact it has on the world of art and entertainment.
FAQs
Q: What is Ghiblification?
A: Ghiblification refers to the trend of creating AI-generated images in the style of popular Studio Ghibli movies.
Q: What is the connection between Ghiblification and AI?
A: Ghiblification is made possible by the recent update to ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities, which allows users to upload a photo and prompt the model to “restyle image in studio Ghibli style,” or something similar.
Q: What is the market impact of G
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