HAKONIWA

Hakoniwa, known online as 852話 (@8co28), is the Executive Director of And Idea Co., Ltd., a Japanese company specializing in innovative AI-driven creative technologies, particularly in anime, manga, and illustration. With a massive following of over 394,000 on X, he is a leading figure in the AI art community, pioneering tools and workflows that enhance efficiency in digital content production.

Hakoniwa's work revolves around leveraging AI as a transformative tool for artists and creators. He frequently experiments with advanced techniques such as LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) training to decompose AI-generated black-and-white manga images into precise layers—including line art, solid black fills, and hatching—allowing for seamless editing and recombination. His innovations extend to prompt-based camera angle manipulations, enabling rapid generation of multi-view outputs in 5-10 seconds, which is ideal for dynamic scenes, backgrounds, character sprites, and even NSFW content. He also explores AI for video generation, creating emotive clips and short music videos (MV) from single illustrations, often combining them with AI-composed music.

Tokyo, Japan / 大切な家族最優先