Studio Ghibli Meets Crypto as OpenAI Fuels New Memecoin Frenzy
A bizarre twist of AI tech and nostalgia is seeing memecoin enthusiasts issue, pump, and dump tokens themed after Studio Ghibli movies as a new AI art trend went viral in the past 24 hours.
That’s coming after OpenAI’s newly released 4o model — its most powerful image generation tool that spits out artwork based on specific user instructions and style guidelines, mimicking the characteristic vibe and style of artists and animators.
Thursday’s internet craze is specific to AI-generated images styled after the whimsical, hand-drawn charm of Studio Ghibli films, with fans flooding the web with selfies and landscapes with an eerie precision of the studio’s My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away films.
The hashtag #GhibliAI has since…
