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AI-Generated Book Becomes Top Ranked Seller In One of Japan's Biggest Digital Bookstores

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Jon Del Arroz
Jan 08, 2026
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In the USA, a lot of the professional comic industry cries foul about AI, and it’s mostly because they know they can’t compete with the content of people who use it effectively with their mediocre works. In Japan, however, they embrace new technologies much more readily, and a new comic has already become a top seller in 2026 that’s generated with AI images.

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