Image search “大根 擬人化” do return similar results to the AI-generated pictures, e.g. 3rd from top[0] in my environment, but sparse. “大根アニメ” in text search actually gives me results about an old hobbyist anime production group[1], some TV anime[2] with the word in title...hmm
Then I found these[3][4] in Videos tab. Apparently there’s a 10-20 year old manga/merch/anime franchise of walking and talking daikon radish characters.
So the daikon part is already figured in the dataset. The AI picked up the prior art and combined it with the dog part, which is still tremendous but maybe not “figuring out the daikon walking part on its own” tremendous.
(btw anyone knows how best to refer to anime art style in Japanese? It’s a bit of mystery to me)
> anyone knows how best to refer to anime art style in Japanese?
The term mangachikku (漫画チック, マンガチック, "manga-tic") is sometimes used to refer to the art style typical of manga and anime; it can also refer to exaggerated, caricatured depictions in general. Perhaps anime fū irasuto (アニメ風イラスト, anime-style illustration), while a less colorful expression, would be closer to what you're looking for.
Then I found these[3][4] in Videos tab. Apparently there’s a 10-20 year old manga/merch/anime franchise of walking and talking daikon radish characters.
So the daikon part is already figured in the dataset. The AI picked up the prior art and combined it with the dog part, which is still tremendous but maybe not “figuring out the daikon walking part on its own” tremendous.
(btw anyone knows how best to refer to anime art style in Japanese? It’s a bit of mystery to me)
0: https://images.app.goo.gl/LPwveUJPWHr6oK8Y8
1: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAICON_FILM
2: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B7%B4%E9%A6%AC%E5%A4%A7%E6...
3: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1vvut5DvSY
4: https://youtu.be/1Gzu2lJuVDQ?t=42