With the rise of AI-generated art, the "X reimagined in the style of Y" genre has become saturated. Anyone can use ChatGPT or MidJourney to generate images of, say, Star Wars characters in the style of Studio Ghibli or realistic-looking Pokémon, and the results would be… satisfactory. The AI is great at giving exactly what we ask for, but nothing more. Does it look good? Yes. Is it impressive that a computer can do it? Absolutely! But it lacks the "wow factor" that a human artist can deliver.
The pictures in this listicle weren't generated by AI; they were created by an artist named Dmitry AHRIMAN Grozov, and you can definitely tell the difference. These images capture the essence of the original scenes in ways that AI simply can't match. These are some of our favorite scenes from several pop culture classics, reimagined in the style of Anime.