why did Studio Ghibli style transfer take off? Its been a think since at least the first time I tried stable diffusion. 

Just the memetics?

Co-founder, Scout Game. 
https://scoutgame.xyz

dev + founder | @vibesengineering.eth prev: @onsenbot @herocast

easy access via ChatGPT, before it was blocked

( ಠ‿<) (⁀ᗢ⁀) Experimenting with 2d animation. (⁀ᗢ⁀) (◦´˘ ‿◕｀ )
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someone mentioned because now you can do it on chatgpt. They relaxed some of their ip restrictions

Because now you Can do it on midjourney I guess?

I don’t know but my wife and kid did not like my creation.  

Major fail 😆