- Ghibli-style AI images from ChatGPT sparked a surge in anime-themed meme coins like GHIBLI and GHIBLI CZ.
- GHIBLI hit a $28.3M market cap within a day before dipping, while other tokens like SHIBLI and GHIBLIDOGE briefly topped $1M.
- The trend coincides with PumpSwap’s launch, fueling a massive spike in new meme coin creations.
Social media’s drowning in Ghibli-style anime art right now—and, as usual, crypto didn’t waste a second. Thanks to OpenAI’s latest update, people can now prompt ChatGPT’s new image generator to “Ghiblify” pretty much anything. The results? Stunning. Dreamy. Peak internet fuel.
And yep—meme coins are flying.
GHIBLI Token Moons… Then Slips
The Solana-based meme token Ghiblification (GHIBLI) shot up like a rocket, hitting a $28.3 million market cap in under 24 hours. That’s… fast. Since then, it’s cooled off a bit—hovering closer to $18 million now. Still wild, considering it wasn’t even a thing a couple days ago.
Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki famously hates AI—called it an “insult to life” in a documentary clip from years back—but that didn’t stop the coin from popping off.
Not Just One Token—It’s a Whole Ghibli-verse Now
Other Ghibli-flavored tokens are popping up too. There’s GhibliCZ (GHIBLI), a Binance Smart Chain token apparently inspired by an AI anime version of CZ himself. It hit a $14.6M market cap after Binance’s X account dropped a related post, but yeah—it’s since dipped to around $4.3M. That’s still… a lot.
Then there’s Shibli Inu (SHIBLI) and Ghibli Doge (GHIBLIDOGE). Each cracked $1M market cap before sliding back down. No surprise there. Meme coins tend to bounce like that.
The AI That Started It All
OpenAI’s GPT-4o model added image generation straight into ChatGPT. Now, with just a pic and a line like “make it Studio Ghibli-style,” people are creating anime-style everything—from pets to politicians. It’s gone full viral.
The tech’s smooth, too—way ahead of where DALL-E left off. Feeds are overflowing with Ghiblified selfies, landscapes, even Elon Musk and Sam Altman Ghibli-fied themselves (and posted it, of course).
PumpSwap’s Role in the Meme Coin Boom
Some of this chaos can be traced to PumpSwap, a DEX that just launched on Pump.fun. Since it went live last Friday, token launches exploded—from around 17,000 to over 30,000 in a few days, according to Dune stats. That means more memes, more tokens, more… everything.
GHIBLI isn’t even the first winner. A coin called Morning Routine (ROUTINE) hit $19M market cap post-launch, before falling back to $1.4M. Still, it’s another sign that the meme coin engine is back—at least for now.
But… Let’s Be Real for a Sec
These things move fast. CHILLGUY, LIBRA, even FARTCOIN (yes, that’s a real token that once hit $2B)—they all boomed and busted. Most meme coins ride vibes, not fundamentals.
Right now, Pump.fun tokens are nowhere near their January highs, but with Ghibli-style AI art stirring up social media, crypto’s favorite niche might’ve found its next short-lived moment in the sun.
