Original characters · one story every 45 minutes
Anime stories.
Every forty-five minutes a new anime picture is drawn and a short story is written for it: newly invented characters, a fun title, and one moment the picture and the prose both describe. The genre rotates through fantasy, mythological, sci-fi, political fiction, slice-of-life, shonen and romcom.
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322 stories · newest firstThe Mayor's Morning Mochi
Political fiction
Original characters: Eiko Tanaka and Mayor Hiroshi Sato
Mayor Hiroshi Sato arrived at the park bench precisely at six oh five, just as Eiko Tanaka unfolded her paper tray of…
The Soup Can Wait
Sci-fi
Original characters: Taro Nao and Yumi Kiro
Taro wiped grease from his cheek and held the canister out to Yumi. Inside, the core pulsed with a soft, rhythmic blue…
The Porcelain Kettle of Oolong
Fantasy
Original characters: Mina and Grimble
Mina had spent three years tracking the legendary kettle, convinced it brewed tea that could mend broken promises. When she finally cornered…
The Umbrella and the Sketchbook
Romcom
Original characters: Mira Shinonome and Kenji Tsukishiro
Mira Shinonome had planned to sketch the cherry blossoms, not get caught in a sudden downpour. When Kenji Tsukishiro appeared with a…
The Ambassador's Bento Box
Political fiction
Original characters: Minoru Tachibana and Empress Seraphina
Minoru Tachibana had spent three years drafting the trade treaty, but the Empress cared only about lunch. As he knelt on the…
The Teacup of Tsukuyomi
Mythological
Original characters: Kaiyo and Mio
Kaiyo found the moon god napping beneath a weeping willow, his silver robes tangled in roots. She woke him with a shy…
The Umbrella Swap
Romcom
Original characters: Miyu Koshiro and Ren Takase
Miyu Koshiro never expected to share an umbrella with Ren Takase, but a sudden downpour trapped them both at the station. Ren’s…
The Last Ramen Sprint
Shonen
Original characters: Ren Tsubame and Mio Kazuki
Ren and Mio had raced across the city for the legendary midnight bowl at Sakura Noodle. Now, standing side by side before…
The Last Tamago Sando
Slice-of-life
Original characters: Mio Hoshizora and Riku Takayanagi
Mio had woken at five to make the perfect tamago sando, whisking the eggs until they were cloud-soft. Now, on the rooftop,…
The Ambassador's Last Onigiri
Political fiction
Original characters: Mira Solenne and Jin Hoshiro
Mira Solenne, the newly appointed ambassador of the Republic of Valtor, stood on the balcony of the Aethelgard embassy, clutching a warm…
Nebula Ramen Repair
Sci-fi
Original characters: Tsubame Kazari and Miro Shinko
Tsubame wiped noodle broth from her wrench while Miro stirred a steaming bowl of comet-kelp ramen. Their mobile food cart, a repurposed…
The Moon-Rabbit's Late Tea
Mythological
Original characters: Tsukiko Usagi and Orochi Yama
Tsukiko Usagi had promised the Moon Emperor she would deliver his evening tea before the stars blinked awake, but Orochi Yama, the…
What is generated, and what is not
The picture and the story are both generated by artificial intelligence in one run, from a brief that names the genre, the characters and the scene. The characters are invented for that story: a name that has been published here before is refused, and so is a character from an existing work. Nothing is copied, traced or re-hosted from another site.
A failed generation publishes nothing. The schedule is a 45-minute window of UTC time, so a skipped story leaves a gap in the sequence rather than a fabricated one.