ChatGPT Tool to Create Images in ‘Studio Ghibli’ Style Goes Viral on Social Media; See How to Use It (Photo: X)
With the help of a ChatGPT tool, hundreds of internet users are creating fun images in the iconic Studio Ghibli style.
Using the OpenAI chatbot, which released an update on Tuesday (25) with its “most advanced image generator yet,” fans are creating highly creative images in the style of the Japanese studio’s drawings.
The advanced image generation tool is the result of a “natively multimodal model capable of producing precise, accurate, and photorealistic results,” according to OpenAI.
Quickly, social media was flooded with images created using the AI feature. “Today is a great day for the internet,” said a user on X (formerly Twitter) after recreating famous memes in the style of Hayao Miyazaki, co-creator of the studio.
Today is a great internet day pic.twitter.com/iPWl2yfvdq
— Zeneca.xyz 🔮 (@Zeneca) March 26, 2025
“In the coming days, people are going to animate every iconic photo in history,” posted another user, along with a portrait of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the style of Studio Ghibli.
in the coming days, people are going to anime every iconic photo in history pic.twitter.com/01SjUoqBvb
— keysmashbandit (@keysmashbandit) March 26, 2025
Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman saw all the Studio Ghibli content generated by his AI tool and joined the fun by changing his avatar on X to a version of himself in the Japanese animation style.
How to Use the ChatGPT Image Generation Tool?
Only ChatGPT premium subscribers (who pay $20 a month) can upload images into the system and submit their request for the chatbot to transform the images “in the style of Studio Ghibli.”
And it seems that it will take some time before this tool becomes available to free users. “Images in ChatGPT are wayyyy more popular than we expected (and we had pretty high expectations). Unfortunately, the rollout to our free tier is going to be delayed for a while,” posted Altman.
images in chatgpt are wayyyy more popular than we expected (and we had pretty high expectations).
rollout to our free tier is unfortunately going to be delayed for awhile.
— Sam Altman (@sama) March 26, 2025
Photo and video: X @Zeneca / X @keysmashbandit / X @sama. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
