How do you make an AI anime series?

To make an AI anime series, name one anime look in plain words, let Agent Social draw your cast in that look once, and film the episodes in order on the default model. The look is saved with the series, so every episode keeps it. Honest note: my own series, OVERCLOCK, is photoreal, and this site has no finished anime episode to show yet.

What do you need to decide before you make an AI anime series?

Decide the look, the cast, the shape and the first story before you ask for anything. The look is how the show is drawn, in one plain sentence. The cast is the few characters who come back every episode. The shape is wide like a TV show or tall for phones. The first story is one small goal that fits a few minutes. Say all four in your first message to the AI anime series maker and the studio writes the episode as chapters, one scene each, for you to read before a single clip is filmed. Films come out photoreal unless you ask for animation, so the look sentence is the one thing you must not skip. Everything after it is the same path as making any AI TV series.

How do you pick an anime look for the whole series?

Pick a look you would happily watch for twenty episodes, and describe it with three plain things: the line, the colour and the sky. The line is sharp and thin, soft and rounded, or heavy ink. The colour is bright and clean, muted sunset tones, or dark and moody. The sky and backgrounds are painted, simple or busy. Do not name a studio or an artist; describe the picture. A clear line and a limited colour range are the forgiving choice, because they stay readable in fast action and wide shots. In Agent Social you say the look once and it is saved with the series, the way its cast and places are, so it does not drift between episodes. The cards below are looks ready to copy.

How do you keep anime characters on-model in every episode?

You keep characters on-model by drawing each one once, checking them, and letting every shot reuse the same pictures. Animators call a character who looks right in every frame “on model”. In Agent Social, each character who comes back gets pictures from every side, drawn in the series’ look, and you approve them before filming. Give each one a body shape, a hair colour and one thing they always wear, so two characters never blur together when they move. The voice is set once too, so each character sounds the same in every episode. It is the method that keeps one face in every OVERCLOCK shot, and it is how consistent characters work in any look. You can star in your own series too: a few photos of yourself can become an anime character.

Which video model suits an anime series?

Use Seedance 2.5 for an anime series, and keep MiniMax H3 Max for a short clip that stands alone. These are the two models the Agent Social menu offers. Seedance 2.5 is already selected, films clips from 4 to 30 seconds with voices and scene sound, and holds a face from shot to shot, which is what a series with a recurring cast needs. MiniMax H3 Max is marked “Fastest” and films shorter clips, but in my own test it held a face less well across cuts. So a series stays on the default, while an opening teaser or a quick test of your look can go on the faster model. I have only tested faces on photoreal footage, so judge your first anime clip yourself before you film the rest.

How do you make the first anime episode?

Name the look, check the cast, read the chapters, then film in order. In Agent Social the whole first episode happens in one chat, and nothing is filmed until you have read the written scenes and changed anything you want in plain words. Start with the draft, because it is enough to judge faces, timing and sound. Film the first clip, watch it, and only then film the rest, so a wrong detail costs one clip instead of twelve. When a clip surprises you, say what is wrong and ask for that one clip again. Once every clip is right, join them into one film and add music and subtitles last. Keep the first episode to a few minutes and one clear goal, because a short pilot you finish teaches you more than a long one you abandon.

How do you carry an anime series into Episode 2?

Ask for the next episode, and it picks up where the last one ended, with the same characters and the same look. In Agent Social the series keeps its cast, places and look, and a new episode can open on the exact last frame of the one before. OVERCLOCK does it: Episode 4, Double Scoop opens on the frame Episode 3 ended on, a breakfast table with a helicopter on the lawn, rotors still turning. Only new characters need new pictures, so a new episode costs you the new story, not a rebuilt show. A new episode also starts on the model the previous one used, so the series stays on one model unless you move it. End each episode on a question the next one answers, and the series pulls viewers forward.

What does an AI anime episode cost?

You pay per finished minute, with no subscription: from $25 a minute, up to 1080p. Retakes add to that, because a redone clip is filmed again. The price follows the finished length, so a short pilot is easy to budget before you start. There is no free plan and no free trial, and credits you do not use never expire. Draft the whole episode, then upscale once to 1080p at the end in one click. What an AI episode costs has worked prices for a short and a full episode. Look at the first pictures of your cast before you spend on clips, because every later episode is drawn from them.