TL;DR
- Trends
- The “Just Landed in Japan” AI photo edit trend
- Views
- 4.5M+ in 1 month for the highest-performing video, 12.6M+ views combined from 5 videos listed.
- Format
- single picture with an AI edit of an anime-inspired or ridiculous figure shadow in an airport
- Why It Works
- Simple format and low barrier to entry, making people curious about the creator’s imagination and how to make one.
- Use It When
- Simple trend format that uses lots of imagination. Also can be used for product spoilers or editing tutorial content.
What is this trend about
AI edits are just at their peak right now because people can do whatever edit they want with an AI prompt, no need any expert editing skills. People are also starting to search for the AI anime filter so that they can experience the “edits” by themselves.
This “Landed in Japan” AI photo trend is one of them.
With an AI-generated image, you can make your favorite anime character or your original character come to life, just like they’ve landed in an airport full of people in Japan like what this creator choose.

Not only is generated AI anime-inspired content becoming a trend, but people are also looking forward to the tutorial on how to do the AI trend on TikTok. This is a chance for AI, tech, and editing niche creators to rise.
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ropopopufdruj 1mo ago
Or Just use AI
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loak_sussy 1mo ago
Or use ChatGPT
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really733799 1mo ago
The Qu 😭🙏
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gallodeoro644 1mo ago
mfs would do "how to" to anything🥹
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duki.gd 1mo ago
I MADE THIS ONE😭
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nothingthereisreal 1mo ago
I just scrolled.
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laglco 1mo ago
just use chat gpt🥀
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emil_on_ghost_ 1mo ago
I have a feeling the next video is one if those
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This content format gathers more than 12.6M+ in a span of a month, while the highest-performing video got 4.5M+ in the same span of time.
The formula
These are the baseline elements of the AI-generated image in this trend that you can improvise as you wish:
- a shadow of your character choice, can be an anime character or your original fictional character
- an airport setting where people are depicted as shocked and pointing at the character outside the frame
- (plus) a cut-to-cut tutorial video if you want to make a tutorial out of it.
The key of this trend is to make a diverse character, so every time people see this trend, there’s another new character that makes them curious about who’s behind the shadow and how to create it as well.
How to use
This trend is perfect for creators that has a niche in media and culture, specifically in Japanese media and culture.
- You can easily tap into the trend with your wide range of character references like anime, etc.
- Creators with AI tech and editing as their niche can also benefit from this trend because you can make tutorial videos for it as well.
For brands, you can tap into the trend by inserting your brand or product mascot as the character reference.
Naturally, it would spark curiosity among viewers because it is different from the anime characters they saw before. Perfect for spoiler content.
Would you like to try to recreate this trend?
