New Osamu Tezuka manga plotted, designed by AI to be published

TOKYO, Feb. 26 : A new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence that learned the artistic style of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka will be published this week, a project sponsor said Wednesday.The manga "Paidon" to be released Thursday in weekly comic magazine "Morning" has been created by AI, which analyzed 65 works by Tezuka, including such classics as "Phoenix" and "Black Jack," according to Kioxia Holdings Corp., a memory chip maker that launched the project. By analyzing Tezuka's works, AI generated character designs and basic storylines before professional creators added such elements as clothing and dialogue to complete the work. "I always felt sad whenever Osamu Tezuka fans said they could no longer enjoy his new work. AI creating his new work...that's exactly the kind of (technologically advanced) world depicted in Tezuka's manga," the late author's son and video creator Makoto Tezuka, who contributed to the project, told a press conference in Tokyo.

N. Korea takes aim at U.S. ahead of U.N. meeting

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Combined file photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The U.N. Security Council's ministerial meeting scheduled for Dec. 15, 2017 on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions is "none other than a desperate measure plotted by the United States," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying in a statement on Dec. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suspect says he plotted more attacks on ex-health officials

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Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

People line up in front of the Kobe District Court in the western Japan city on Feb. 8, 2017, to draw tickets for the first court hearing of Tatsuhiko Hirano, who is charged with a 2015 fatal stabbing of five neighbors on Awaji Island. The defendant pleaded not guilty, saying, "This is clearly a case of false accusation plotted by 'operatives' who destroyed my brain and forced me to commit the murders." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

The Kobe District Court in the western Japan city holds on Feb. 8, 2017, the first court hearing of Tatsuhiko Hirano, who is charged with a 2015 fatal stabbing of five neighbors on Awaji Island. The defendant pleaded not guilty, saying, "This is clearly a case of false accusation plotted by 'operatives' who destroyed my brain and forced me to commit the murders." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

Man pleads not guilty to killing 5 on western Japan island

People line up in front of the Kobe District Court in the western Japan city on Feb. 8, 2017, to draw tickets for the first court hearing of Tatsuhiko Hirano, who is charged with a 2015 fatal stabbing of five neighbors on Awaji Island. The defendant pleaded not guilty, saying, "This is clearly a case of false accusation plotted by 'operatives' who destroyed my brain and forced me to commit the murders." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Makoto Tezuka (5th from L), son of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka, and others attend a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2020, to reveal a new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence technology that learned the artistic style of the late artist. The manga "Paidon" will be carried in the weekly magazine Morning to be released the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2020, in Tokyo shows a new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence technology that learned the artistic style of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka. The manga "Paidon" will be carried in the weekly magazine Morning to be released the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Tetsuya Chiba, a manga artist, speaks at a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2020, as a new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence technology that learned the artistic style of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka was revealed. The manga "Paidon" will be carried in the weekly magazine Morning to be released the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Manga plotted, designed by AI

Makoto Tezuka (L), son of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka, speaks at a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2020, as a new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence technology that learned the artistic style of his father, "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka, was revealed. The manga "Paidon" will be carried in the weekly magazine Morning to be released the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo