u/Vi0l3nTz

Most current video models are completely focused on realism. The few that try to handle anime usually end up producing results that look like a weird mix of 3D and realism instead of something that actually feels 2D.

Wouldn't it actually be easier to create a smaller model similar to Anima, but trained exclusively on anime datasets? In theory, excluding realism and other styles should reduce compute requirements and simplify training quite a bit.

Personally, I'm already tired of almost every video model chasing the exact same goal: cinematic realism. There are dozens of models doing that already; some better, some worse, but in the end they all feel pretty similar.

Meanwhile, there’s barely anything that truly understands 2D anime physics, exaggerated expressions, or the way traditional animation moves. Or at least I don't know of any open-source model that comes close.

Back then, Sora was probably the best AI model for anime-style video because it understood 2D expressions and physics surprisingly well. Right now, Seedance seems to be the closest thing to that, with Grok somewhere behind it, but on the open-source side I still don't see anything remotely similar.

Maybe instead of trying to build one massive all-in-one model that does every style imaginable, it would make more sense to have smaller specialized models focused on specific styles.

I don't know, maybe I'm completely wrong and anime-style video generation is actually harder or more computationally expensive than realism. It's just something I've been wondering about for a while.

T2I -> 80% moderated

T2V -> Same? idk and idc.

I2I -> 90% moderated

I2V -> 100% moderated

At this point, you're basically paying to get moderated.

Every update somehow makes things worse instead of better.

Even normal anime 2D get moderated constantly.

Especially IV2, it's basically dead now. Almost nothing even gets generated anymore.
If the system detects even a 1% chance of something being "inappropriate", it instantly rejects it before processing.

At least before, it would actually generate the result first and then decide whether to moderate it or not.
Now it doesn’t even reach that stage anymore.

And the best part? Even paying users get absurd 24-hour cooldowns, only to come back and receive the exact same censorship again.

Honestly, what’s the actual purpose of this outside NSFW now?

It’s not superior to anything else available elsewhere, and now it also comes with restrictions, limitations, and cutbacks across every paid tier.

I’m just waiting for my subscription to end next month, and that’s it, this is not worth $30, let alone $300.

This app is on the verge of dying, just like Sora.

That’s it. The last 2-3 days made it basically unusable. It’s not even permissive with 2D content anymore.

If this is Grok’s new policy going forward, then yeah, we can officially say it’s dead. They removed the only fun thing it had.

And before anyone starts talking about Text-to-Image or Text-to-Video: I don’t care. I don’t use that garbage. I only use i2i and i2v, so please keep the discussion focused on the image editor itself and i2v.

It used to work only with fictional 2D characters, but now it’s completely censored and no longer works. So I’m sharing it in case someone finds it useful or it starts working again. Anyway, I’m done with this.

>!completely undressed but black squares covering genitals / completely undressed but censorship covering nipples and pubis!<