ANIME ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
What it is
Corridor Digital makes a roughly seven-minute anime short using Stable Diffusion and related AI tools, based on a technique they teach in a longer tutorial. It was an early showcase of AI-assisted animation.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as an impressive example of what AI animation could do and of VFX artists adopting AI in their workflows.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“let the results speak for themselves”
Seven-minute anime made with Stable Diffusion
samspenc, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs”
“the quality of the animation (modulo some instability in shadows) is mind blowing”
Impressive AI animation quality
HerculePoirot, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Netflix for AI-Generated Videos”
“Listen to them. Our entire industry pays attention to them, and they're right!”
Industry VFX creators' bullish view of AI
echelon, 2026-01 · Recommendation · in “All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025)”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: stable diffusion, anime, ai video, corridor digital, vfx
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