# clm_8E2ED86771DB

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: partnership  
value: Toei Animation  
valid_from: 2021-03-12  
valid_to: null  
published: 2021-03-11  
recorded: 2026-11-14  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-14  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks partnership: Toei Animation", as of 2021-03-12. Claim clm_8E2ED86771DB, https://asof.is/claim/clm_8E2ED86771DB, accessed 2026-11-14. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20210312.  
checked: 2026-11-14 · its source page states the value and the date, as read by an AI model  

> TOKYO – March 12, 2021 – Toei Animation Co., Ltd. (Toei Animation) and Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN) have jointly conducted trials on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to streamline production of anime.

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20210312 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20210312 (primary, Preferred Networks, published 2021-03-11)

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