India, April 6 -- The Ghibli trend that recently took the internet by storm began with a family photo and the man behind its popularity, Grant Slatton. Slatton, who posted the Ghibli image on his X account, quickly attracted significant attention.

On March 26, 2025, OpenAI released its latest image-generation feature. Using this feature, Slatton transformed a family photo featuring himself, his wife, and their dog into a Ghibli-style image. The caption on the picture read, "Tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of y'all converted to Studio Ghibli anime."

The post rapidly went viral, amassing nearly 50 million views and inspiring thousands to generate their own Ghibli-style portraits.

The trend became so popular that Op...