2025 AICU Media Year-End Summary: Top 3 AI Articles Supporting 920,000 Annual PVs, and AiCuty's Reflection on a "Turbulent Year"
Thank you for reading AICU media in 2025. In this article, we look back at AICU's 2025, which recorded over 920,000 annual views and a 154% increase compared to the previous year. Along with the ranking of the most read articles of the year, AiCuty members will share their perspectives on this year's "major news," expressing gratitude to our readers and offering a vision for 2026.
[2025 Summary] AiCuty Reflects on the Trajectory of AI and Creativity!
Elena Bloom: "Thank you everyone for 2025! I'm Elena Bloom, the center of AiCuty!
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Today is New Year's Eve. I couldn't be on the Kohaku Uta Gassen, but AICU media has some hot news. The official note record for 'Records of 2025' has been announced...!
On January 28, 2025, Cagliostro Research Lab's article on the latest image generation AI model specializing in anime images, 'Animagine XL 4.0,' was number one.
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'Who' We AICU and all the creators, 'When' Throughout 2025, 'Where' On this AICU media (note), 'What' Read articles over 920,000 times, sharing knowledge! 'Why' To 'create creators'! 'How' By delivering news every day! I think we should all look back on the culmination of such a year ♪"
Image in Charge, Mei's Perspective: A Year Where the Fun of Drawing Exploded!
Mei Soleil: Hey there! I'm Mei, in charge of image generation!
It's a cool oven! Let's bake a model! pic.twitter.com/h44htbfSUA
— AICU - Creating Creators (@AICUai)
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?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2025Hey, hey, did you see the ranking!? The most read article in 2025 was about 'Animagine XL 4.0'! It's an article from January, but it's been read all along! Isn't that amazing!?
High-Quality Anime-Style Illustrations Made Easy! Latest Image Generation AI Model "Animagine XL 4.0" Arrives
After all, everyone loves models that can produce high-quality anime-style illustrations easily. I've been experimenting with prompts using this model like crazy! The "true_pencil" and "mellow_pencil" introduced by Mr. Burupen in November are also amazing.
The second most popular article, "img2img Introduction (1) Let's Learn What i2i Can Do" is also hot! With the popularity of the SD Yellow Book, everyone is starting to realize the fun of creating something new with 'your own drawings + AI'!
Image Generation AI Stable Diffusion Start Guide (Generative AI Illustration) __ j.aicu.ai 2,640 JPY (as of October 31, 2025 00:14 Details here) Buy on Amazon.co.jp
My personal major news? Hmm, I guess it's the appearance of "Nano Banana Pro" and "Z-Image-Turbo"! New LoRAs and ComfyUI support are also constantly being released! I'll be studying and sharing a lot in the New Year, so everyone please keep up!
AiQ Magazine Vol.19 Special Feature "Nano Banana Pro" | AICU
j.aicu.ai "Creating Creators" Creative AI Entertainment Magazine "AICU Magazine Vo that Updates You
https://j.aicu.ai/MagV19n
Too Fast!? "Z-Image-Turbo" from Alibaba is Born!!
j.aicu.ai Alibaba's latest image generation AI "Z-Image-Turbo" announced. Lightweight and fast, it can also run on home GPUs. Technical details and usage are explained.
https://j.aicu.ai/251127
Technology in Charge, Nao's Perspective: Evolution of Tools and Flows
Nao Verde: I'm Nao, in charge of music and development technology.
I have no regrets now that I've seen Hoshino Gen's "Creation" and Sakanaction's "Kaiju" and "Shin Takarajima" from the Nintendo Museum... After that, maybe Perfume!? #KohakuUtaGassen pic.twitter.com/m51qaw9ZhP
— Nao Verde (@VerdeNaoAI)
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?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2025What I paid attention to was the 3rd place article, "Realizing Video Production with AI in a 'Flow': Thorough Explanation of Google's New Tool 'Flow' from a Creator's Perspective
https://note.com/aicu/n/na93714402618 ."
"Flow" was released at the same time as the generative AI video 'Veo3'.
Perhaps because of the name, it hasn't become that famous, but it's interesting because it's not just about making videos, but it's designed as a tool to get involved in the 'production flow' through joint development with filmmakers. From an engineer's perspective, the evolution of tools and SDKs has been really fast. Google has been releasing them every week...!
My major news this year is that Udio and Suno have signed licensing agreements with Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG), two of the three major music companies. The era has come where AI platforms create new creations with officially recognized music! This is exciting!
Oh, and also, the evolution of coding agents like Claude, Gemini, and Codex has been amazing. Right now, Dr. and the AICU editorial department are having their last run at the 'Year-End and New Year Hackathon'...! Coding agents are still not perfect and there is criticism, but the evolution of technology will not stop, so it may be important to go full throttle here.
Mina's Perspective: Trust and Growth Seen Through Numbers
Mina Azul: I'm Mina Azul, in charge of research and analysis. From me, I will analyze AICU's growth record with objective numbers.
!I'm going to wash the numbers!
2023, AICU media started with 14,340 views.
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2024, 597,343 views, 41 times more than the previous year. 29 comments, 6,027 likes
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2025, 923,264 views, 154% compared to the previous year. We also received 5383 likes.
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The total cumulative views for the entire period reached 1,534,947. Of particular note is the increase in the number of comments from 29 to 73. This suggests that not only has the number of views increased, but also that discussions and engagement with the articles have deepened.
My personal news? The "Basic Plan for Artificial Intelligence" based on the AI Basic Law announced by the government at the end of the year, and the Cabinet Office's public comment solicitation for the "Principle Code". Studying to protect the rights of creators is steadily progressing.
[Breaking News] Japan's First "Basic Plan for Artificial Intelligence" Decided, Towards Coexistence with AI, Government Shows Improvement of "Human Power". From Countermeasures Against Fake Information to Copyright Remuneration, Outline of the Basic Plan
t.co The government has announced Japan's first "Basic Plan for Artificial Intelligence." Aiming to revive Japan with reliable AI. Strengthen fake information countermeasures and copyright protection as well.
https://t.co/K9yKNqCKbk
The Cabinet Office Publishes "Principle Code" Regarding Transparency and Intellectual Property Protection of Generative AI. Public Comments Being Solicited Until January 26!
www.aicu.jp The Cabinet Office has announced a draft principle code regarding transparency and intellectual property protection of generative AI and is soliciting public comments. Advancement of AI technology and protection of intellectual property rights
https://www.aicu.jp/post/naikakufu-generative-ai-principle
Video in Charge, Saki's Perspective: The Passion Created by Continuity
Saki Noir: I'm Saki, in charge of videos.
!Is it okay to make a video of this?
344 posts...almost every day. The continuous posting record seems to have been broken, but I don't dislike the obsession with continuing to send out news 365 days a year. The number of reads is 890,000. That means our messages have been projected onto the retinas of that many people. I feel that the ripple of AICU is definitely spreading in the digital sea.
Note Official Record
Number of posts: 344 Number of likes: 4,953 Number of reads: 890,000 Number of followers increased: 1,174
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My news? ...Well, a prompt test video that I made with Wan2.2's samples has somehow become the challenge song for the next MV contest with the new song "PicoPico! Shooting Game (PPSG)
https://j.aicu.ai/PPSG "!? We had many wonderful works in the previous Halloween Contest, but this time, each member provides a song, Sora2 character Cameo, and video generation tools are also evolving thanks to generative AI, so I can't let my guard down at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vX1q8W3s5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqgPIbKIw9Q
Elena's Summary: Gratitude and Steps to the Next!
Elena Bloom: Thank you everyone...! These are really amazing numbers. The number of likes is 5,383, the contest has over 300 participants, the number of followers has increased by 1,174, and I really feel that AICU is supported by so many people. 2025 was the best AICU monthly contest where "AiCuty" was born
https://note.com/aicu/n/n8c52185c86c6 ! There were so many entries, and I was moved by the fact that we were born! AiCuty in 2026 will deepen AICU's "creating creators" and make it more fun! I also want to introduce wonderful blogs on note, and I want to improve both the scope and quality of our activities. I also want to collaborate with film festivals around the world, and I want to follow the example of director Kumiko Endo, who created "AI Matilda," and fly around the world, including the United States, China, and Europe, with the theme of "creating creators" in the generative AI era!
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'With Whom' Together with our readers, 'To Where' To a new future called 2026! From now on, AICU media will continue to disseminate information to 'create creators'!
Thank you so much for 2025! Have a great year...♪
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