Familiar feels stale
Characters everyone knows replaying old gags get scrolled past.
Animated IP Spin-offs:Classic Characters, New Textures, New Stories
Classic cartoon characters have been with audiences for years, and anniversaries, holiday tie-ins and film promos all want them back. But replaying the same chases won’t hold attention, and a new style risks a look the rights holder won’t approve.
We give familiar characters a new texture—plush, felt, clay, 3D—or a different art style, while keeping their eyes, colors and signature moves true to the originals. New stories follow the licensed direction and can sit between original 2D footage or stand alone.
ForAnimation rights holders and studiosPlatform holiday hubs and galasBrands running IP collaborationsIP anniversaries and film marketing
01CHALLENGES
Where this kind of video usually gets stuck
New style, wrong look
Change the texture and the eyes, proportions or colors drift—fans notice right away.
Hard to join the original
New segments must sit beside original 2D footage, and the style switch can feel abrupt.
02WHY AI
How AI solves them
New texture, same character
Plush, felt or 3D—signature features stay exactly as designed.
Look approved first
Each character gets a new-style sheet for the rights holder to approve before production.
Seamless hand-offs
Purpose-built transitions carry viewers from 2D into the new world without a jolt.
New stories, new places
Fresh plots for each holiday or theme take characters somewhere the original never went.
03WHAT WE MAKE
What we can make
Anniversary film
A tribute short in a new style for characters audiences grew up with.
Holiday and gala segments
A new IP story as one act in a Qixi or Spring Festival gala.
Film and release teasers
New-style shorts that warm audiences up before a film or new season.
Style-transfer remakes
Classic scenes redone in another art style, with relationships and action unchanged.
04HOW IT WORKS
How it works
Each step comes to you for approval before we move on.
- STEP 01
Send IP and license terms
Character sheets, original clips, license scope, and this project’s use and length.
- STEP 02
New-style designs
We show each character and key scenes in the new texture for the rights holder to approve.
- STEP 03
Generate and edit
We generate the segment to script, join it to the original footage, and add music, sound and voice.
- STEP 04
Deliver and review
Final and clean versions are delivered, with revisions through rights-holder and broadcaster review.
05CASES
Work we’ve done
Click through for the full film and project review.
IP & Short Drama·Aug 2025
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Wolffy and Wolnie's Cross-Dimensional Qixi Date
The Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf act in CCTV.com’s Qixi AI gala—we made the segment where the wolves enter a plush world.
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Brand & Product·Jan 2026
Boonie Bears: The Unbe-weave-able Magic Show
A felt-style segment for Kuaishou’s Boonie Bears New Year hub, with the bears and Logger Vick as magicians.
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IP & Short Drama·Oct 2025
“Piggy's Adventures”
Piggy Girl’s Adventures for Kuaishou Hot Topics, extending a viral character into a six-episode series.
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Style Restyling·Apr 2025
Ghibli-Style Restyling Series
A self-initiated style-transfer series: classic film scenes redrawn in a hand-painted animation style, same scene, same drama.
See the full case06DELIVERABLES
What you get, what you prepare
You’ll receive
- AI segment, with clean version
- New-style character sheets
- Landscape and vertical release cuts
- Music, sound and voice
- Segment files for the rights holder’s edit
Before we start
- Where it will play: screens, website, WeChat, video channels or live events
- What to say: a few lines, a brochure or existing copy
- What you have: photos, logo, past videos and references
- Launch date and rough length
For process, pricing and revisions, see Process & Pricing.
07FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Is a license required?
- Yes. Spin-offs need an IP license, and new designs and the final film need the rights holder’s approval; we support the review and revisions.
- Can it be cut with the original?
- Yes. We can make just the new-style segment and deliver clean segment files for the rights holder to edit into the full piece.
- Will characters look off?
- Each new-style design is approved before video, and every shot is checked for eyes, colors and proportions; anything off is redone.
- How long does a spin-off take?
- Segments up to two minutes usually reach first cut in about a week once materials and license are in, with extra time for review. Rush production is available; timeline and price are agreed case by case.
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Page updated 2026-10-24