Production notes and guides from Lost Garden, an independent AI-assisted anime.
Best AI Anime: 6 Series Actually Made With AI (2026)
The 6 best anime made with AI, ranked and sourced: Lost Garden, Twins Hinahima, Anipops, The Dog & the Boy, Corridor Digital and Vidu. What the AI really did in each one.
How to Make an AI Anime, Step by Step (2026)
The real pipeline behind a 17 minute AI-assisted anime episode made by one person: script, world bible, storyboard, character references, generation, edit and sound.
AI Character Consistency: Keep a Face Across Shots
Why generated characters drift between shots and the working methods that keep them recognisable across a full anime episode.
Is AI Anime Really Anime? What the Databases Say
AniList and MyAnimeList define anime by where it is produced, not how it is drawn. What that means for AI-assisted series, with the actual rules and the RWBY precedent.
AI Anime vs Traditional Animation: What Actually Changes
Written after finishing a 17 minute episode alone: what an AI-assisted pipeline genuinely changes, what it leaves untouched, and where it is still clearly worse.
AI Anime Process | Lost Garden
How Lost Garden is made: AI-assisted animation pipeline, FAQ, and reference for indie AI-generated anime.
Vision | Lost Garden
Frank Houbre on Lost Garden, an AI-assisted anime: Lanterne, Rose, a wounded underground world, and how AI helps turn artistic vision into images, animation, and sound.