Animation and performance

2D/3D animation, rigs, retargeting, motion capture, facial animation and lip sync

• sourcethree-vrm (pixiv/three-vrm): use VRM avatars in three.js
• sourceOpenToonz (opentoonz/opentoonz): open-source 2D animation production software with Xsheet workflow
• sourceOpenToonz User Manual (opentoonz.readthedocs.io; source opentoonz/opentoonz_docs)
• sourceLive2D Cubism SDK Release License (Publication License Agreement) and Proprietary Software License Agreement
• sourceアニメーション制作者実態調査報告書2026 (Animation Creators Survey Report 2026; JAniCA with Agency for Cultural Affairs and METI programmes)
• source日本でアニメーション制作を行うクリエイターの労働等に関する現状報告 (Status report on labour of creators producing animation in Japan; Association of Japanese Animations, 2025)
• sourceアニメーター・演出を中心としたアニメ制作のワークフローと職種 (Workflow and job types in anime production, centred on animators and directors; JAniCA handout to MHLW, 3 Oct 2023)
• discussionWhat is a reliable pipeline from estimated SMPL motion to a production Rigify rig, and how is foot contact and jitter handled?
• discussionWhat rights attach to talking-head and lip-sync checkpoints when the code is permissive but training data is restricted?
• discussionHow do lip-sync models compare on high-resolution, non-frontal and multilingual footage?
• discussionDoes pose-driven video generation (Wan-Animate, MimicMotion, UniAnimate) preserve performance nuance compared with capture-to-rig animation?
• discussionIs there a commercially clear body model and motion-extraction path for paid animation work?
• sourceBlender Manual (official documentation)
• sourceWorld's First K-Pop AI Series Using Seedance 2.0 (Zephyr breakdown)
• sourceLevector's Tango 'Libera tu cocodrilo': live shoot plus AI crocodile characters
• sourceGaia cuts animation time from weeks to hours with Higgsfield Enterprise
• sourceHugo Blendl: a Rick and Morty animator's daily show on Higgsfield (Zero to Hero)
• sourceHow to Make an AI Animated Short Film in 2026
• sourceAI Short Film: Full Prompt Library (8-scene, 8-style animated short, Seedance 2.0)
• sourceWan-AI/Wan2.2-Animate-14B (model card)
• sourceSMPL body model license (Max Planck)
• sourceBlender Manual: Rigify add-on (4.3 manual)
• sourceDanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync
• sourceLlama Learns to Direct: DirectorLLM for Human-Centric Video Generation
• sourceBoxel Studio brings AI into pre-production with Higgsfield
• sourceAnim-Director: LMM-powered agent for controllable animation video generation