Since forever, making anime meant big studios, big budgets and years of production. Most people with a story never got close. That's changing fast. AI is opening a new way to make animation, and almost nobody has figured out how to do it well yet. Including us. But we're building it in the open. At Final Bosu we're making anime with a small team and a studio pipeline we built ourselves. Not "type a prompt, get a movie". The opposite. How we got here We started with standalone shorts, each one a test of something new: → Yomi: our first step into AI animation. → Kage & Gage: two brothers, one snack, and our first real character piece. → Tomashi: dialogue in a bar scene. Coming soon. → Respawn Express (WIP name): a look into how our world works. Coming soon. Every short taught us something. It's all about consistency, taste and direction. How we make it now → We build the world first. Keshuma, its districts, its rules, the Final Bosses etc. Every character and place has a history, and it’s all written down in our own canon. → We write the story. Every episode starts as a script written by us: the beats, the characters, every line of dialogue. → A human draws the boards. Every shot starts with our creative director's storyboard. → We lock the look before anything moves. Characters, rooms and props are designed, hand-finished and locked. → AI does the heavy lifting in between, overnight and in volume. Fixing the animation part. → Our team picks the keepers by eye. → The finish is human: Voiceovers, edit, sound, grade and timing. What's next: The Hero of Keshuma This is the big step. The Hero of Keshuma is the start of our main story: an episodic series, with episodes that connect and follow each other. Our main characters, the Final Bosses, the real canon of Final Bosu. It's also our biggest test. Can a small team carry a full storyline in this new way of making anime? And here's the part we're most excited about. As the main crew moves through the world, they meet characters along the way. Those characters are our collectibles. The character you own can show up in the story. Where to follow it → Everything launches everywhere: YouTube, X, Instagram and TikTok. → I recommend to follow us on YouTube as it will be our home base for the cinematic experience. We don’t just want viewers. We want people who care about these characters, argue about the theories, and wait for the next episode. That's how a fandom starts, and that's what we're building. The bet: We think AI animation becomes a real market in the next few years, and not just for big studios. For small teams and creators with a story to tell. The winners won't be the ones with the best model. They'll be the ones with the best taste, the strongest world, and a fandom that grows with it. We're a small team, and this is episode one. Subscribe on YouTube and follow along here. Much more to come. 🔥

Another experiment with our hybrid workflow, generated with Seedance. This is SANDI. We wanted to see if we could get a custom-designed item to work inside a shot. It worked pretty well. He opens the lighter exactly the way it was designed. There are still some inconsistencies that more generations would clean up, but it passed our test 👇

We're already working on the next shorts. If you want to follow the journey and catch every drop, sign up here: drops.finalbosu.com/

You can now watch the latest short we dropped on MEMO and click directly on the characters and read their backstory written by their owner.

Web3 fam is this bullish or not? 👇

Storytellers should be really excited imo drops.finalbosu.com/

Bosussss As a team we are so dialed in!! Can’t wait for this all to unfold. Short story film making is really fun. Love seeing the characters come to life. This week the first one drops and you can expect them to come and become better every time!

If you are ever confused about what Final Bosu is I’d look at PIXAR. That but then with anime. We are extremely focused on producing film and are not doing anything beside that. A focused team is a dangerous one. Next Thursday got something fun, a step in that direction.