Yes, AI Can Make Your Figures Dance Now
You’re probably tired of hearing about AI by now. Our last two posts were about it: one about Megumi Ishitani, a director who has worked on One Piece, calling for legal action against ChatGPT; and another about the Twins Hinahima anime, which got its page rejected on Anilist.
But this AI post is a bit more lighthearted. Otaku are now using the power of artificial intelligence to make their waifu figures move, dancing in smooth, lifelike animations!
Yes, AI Can Make Your Figures Dance Now
Take for example this figure of Yui Kotegawa from the anime To-Love Ru. She’s wearing a Chinese dress and striking a seductive pose. This figure is part of the “Desktop Cute” line that’s been winning over fans.
One user liked the figure so much, they used AI to make her stand up and start dancing! Check out how impressive the animation turned out:
And it wasn’t just Yui. A maid-themed figure of Frieren also got the AI treatment:
Isn’t that adorable? (And to think the editor of the Frieren manga wanted her to be even cuter!) The combination of figures and animation makes it feel kind of surreal—like the figures are actually coming to life. Here’s another example, this time of Marin from My Dress-Up Darling:
Here’s How Fans Reacted to This AI Craze:
- “This is insane technology…”
- “LMAO”
- “It moves so smoothly!”
- “I stood up in shock.”
- “If figures were like this, I might actually buy one.”
- “Can we make Yui-chan do indecent things with this? (￣ー￣)
I won’t say what exactly, but I bet you could make her do even wilder stuff ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)” - “This is peak otaku behavior lol”
- “Something about it feels kinda off, though.”
- “Before, AI would totally change the art style if you just changed a pose.
Now it maintains consistency even with full motion. It’s evolving way too fast.
In anime, games, or manga—if you’re not using AI, you’re falling behind.” - “Tell me what AI app was used for this (´ε｀ )”
- “This is just amazing.”
- “I admit Japan has lost.”
- “I wanna know how to do this—anyone?”
- “If done right, this tech could let small teams make 30-minute anime episodes in the future.
But money is limited, so even if lots of creators start using AI, the profits will get spread thin.” - “I saw a video that made clothes disappear from photos—disturbingly impressive.”
- “It works better with real photos than anime art.
With anime, things still come out kind of weird.” - “It moves even smoother than I imagined—I was honestly shocked.
Everyone’s been hyping up AI lately, and now I totally get why. This tech is legit.” - “If you look closely, you can see the figure’s original shape stretching and morphing.
The AI is probably deforming the base image and filling in the missing parts to animate it.” - “This is seriously cool—I had no idea this was possible.”
- “These figures are incredible. Meanwhile, broke fans are out here buying acrylic stands LOL.”
Just how far will AI go?
