AnimeShorts

Anime Shorts

Anime OC video maker

You already know your original character: the hair, the scar, the way they answer a question with a question. Describe them once, and the studio draws a reference sheet it will use every time they appear, so your OC can carry a whole show instead of a single picture.

Takes are priced per second and shown before you render. Drafts cost 2 credits, stitching 2.

Start the studio with this premise

My original character arrives in a new city with one bag, one secret and a prosthetic arm that keeps getting her noticed.

Suggested show title: New in Town

Sample episodes

Rendered from the preset cast with the prompts under each frame. Tap a frame to play.

Episode 1: First Customer

Oborozuki Garage

A cramped garage lit by a single work lamp, tool rolls on the bench. Tatsuya Oborozuki, mid 20s, brass prosthetic arm, wipes grease on his coveralls. Benji Okonkwo, early 20s, round glasses, sets down a bento box as payment. Tatsuya: "This is not money." Benji, chipper: "It is better than money." Tatsuya opens the lid, pauses, and pulls up a stool.

Episode 3: The Wrench Deal

Oborozuki Garage

A rain-slick neon back alley at night, pink and cyan signs, steam from a vent. Tatsuya Oborozuki, mid 20s, spiky ash-brown hair and a brass prosthetic arm, spins a wrench and catches it. Hazel Lindqvist, mid 20s, beige trench coat, holds up a battered notebook. Hazel: "Your arm was seen on the bridge last night." Tatsuya grins: "My arm gets around." Speed lines as he vaults the crates.

Episode 4: Fox Mask

The Lantern Keeper

A summer festival lane at dusk, lanterns and paper streamers. Elara Quill, mid 20s, braided copper hair with tiny bells, wears a painted fox mask pushed to the side of her head and strums a lute. Mio Kasumigawa, 22, white ribbon in her hair, laughs behind her hand. Elara, mischievous: "One song, one secret. That is the price." Mio: "Then play a short song." Drifting petals, warm bloom.

Episode 1: Clearance

Red Squadron Morning

A vast hangar at dawn, pale light through tall doors, a red fighter craft under tarps. Ilse Varga, late 20s, cropped crimson hair, goggles on her forehead, pulls a tarp away in one sweep. Dmitri Volkonsky, 50s, grey beard and half-moon glasses, holds a clipboard. Dmitri, calm: "You are not cleared." Ilse: "Then clear me." She climbs the ladder; the hangar doors keep opening.

From description to reference sheet

Open the cast library and describe your character the way you would to an artist: age, build, hair, eyes, a defining detail, the expression they wear most. Give them a name, because that name is how scene beats will refer to them. The studio draws a front-facing portrait in the site's cel look and saves it as the character's sheet. If the first draw is not quite them, draw again with a sharper description; each attempt costs the same three credits.

Outfits are separate sheets, so your OC can have a school look, a festival look and a battle look without three different faces. Props are sheets too: the broken umbrella, the relay baton, the notebook they never put down.

Putting them in a scene

A take is a single continuous shot with up to three characters in one set. Write what happens in two or three sentences and give your OC one spoken line in quotes. Choose a voice style for them from sixteen anime-delivery tags, such as earnest, deadpan, hot-blooded, soft-spoken or villain purr. The tag is a description of how the line should be delivered, not a recording of anyone; it shapes the performance in the render.

When you render, the sheets for your OC, their outfit and prop, and the set are attached as references, so the engine draws the same person you designed. The anime scaffold is added around your beat automatically, including a guard against on-screen text so the engine does not invent subtitles or signage.

From scenes to a show

One take is a nice post. A show is better. Create a show, attach your OC and the friends and rivals you have drawn, and start numbering episodes. The draft button writes beats using only the names in the cast, so your OC stays the lead. Stitch two to four takes behind a title card and the episode is done; make it public and it appears on the show's own page.

Because every character is a saved sheet, an OC you made for a rooftop romance can turn up as a cameo in a friend's fantasy show later, or in a crossover episode of your own.

A note on faces

Characters are always drawn in the studio and never uploaded. That is deliberate: the video engine accepts faces it can trace back to a drawing it recognises, so studio-drawn sheets render reliably where uploaded portraits often fail. Sets, outfits and props can be uploaded freely.

Ready when you are

The studio opens with this page's premise filled in. Change anything.

Make my OC move

Questions

Can I upload a drawing of my OC?
Not for characters. Faces are generated in the studio from your description so they pass the video engine's reference checks. You can upload images for sets, outfits and props.
How many characters can be in one take?
Up to three. Every character can carry its own outfit sheet, prop sheet and voice style tag. Nine reference images fit in one take, enough for three fully dressed characters and a set.
Will my OC look the same in every take?
The same sheet is attached every time, which keeps the face, hair and colours consistent across takes and episodes. Small differences between renders are normal; the character stays recognisable.
Who owns the videos of my original characters I make here?
You do. Everything the studio renders at your direction is yours to keep and use; the details live in our Terms of Service. Copyright law differs from country to country and we are not able to give legal advice, so talk to a lawyer if you need a definitive answer for your situation.
Can other people use my characters?
No. Your cast library is private to your account. Only the preset cast that ships with the site is shared with everyone.

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