{"rewrite":{"id":"r_40fb893d76f29cd1a9587490","clusterId":"c_02d8b1595914960212672d61","slug":"ai-made-feature-hoshi-no-uta-ga-kikoeru-released-free-on-youtube","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"AI-Made Feature Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru Released Free on YouTube","summary":"Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru, a 117-minute anime film made with generative AI across roughly 1,500 cuts, went free on YouTube on October 22, 2026, Anime Day. A three-person team did about three months of actual work, starting in April 2026 and resuming in August after a suspension. Director Hirotaka Yuno based the story on his own experiences and says the film is not aimed at profit.","whyItMatters":"The release is pitched as a demonstration of what a three-person team can finish with generative AI, not a commercial product, which puts the claim of commercial-level feature production up for public inspection rather than private pitch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe team behind it was three people, and the work ran about three months of actual production time. Each of the roughly 1,500 cuts averaged five or more retakes, and the film was finished after more than 10,000 rounds of trial and error. Video generation used multiple AI tools, including Seedance and MiniMax. Voice actors recorded the audio, with AI voice used for some parts.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector Hirotaka Yuno, whose real name is Shohei Imai, wrote the story from his own experiences as an entrepreneur. He describes the film as a record of improving prompt technique, not a cost-cutting exercise, and says it will stay free.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hirotaka Yuno's three-person team spent about three months of actual work on Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru, spread across a run that stopped and restarted. The 117 minutes rest on roughly 1,500 AI-assisted cuts.","twitterPost":"Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru's 117 minutes came from a three-person team and about three months of work, paused from spring to August.","threadsPost":"Hirotaka Yuno's Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru credits roughly three months of actual work to a three-person team, with a suspension between April and August. The 117-minute film still runs about 1,500 cuts, so the labor saved sits in the shots, not the runtime.","newsletterBlurb":"Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru, a 117-minute anime film made with generative AI, went free on YouTube on October 22, 2026. A three-person team produced it over about three months of actual work, with roughly 1,500 cuts and more than 10,000 retakes. Director Hirotaka Yuno says the film is not aimed at profit and presents it as a sharing of technical capability.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/22/104090.html\",\"title\":\"Feature-length anime film \\\"Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru,\\\" made with full use of generative AI, is completed and released free on YouTube \\\"as a sharing of technical capability\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4679,"outputTokens":667,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792671729,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T12:16:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_02d8b1595914960212672d61","canonicalTitle":"生成AIを全面活用した長編アニメ映画「星の唄が聞こえる」が完成 「技術力の共有として」YouTubeで無料公開","representativeArticleId":"a_c9b547b7b6d393d72766612f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T10:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T10:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/22/104090.html","title":"生成AIを全面活用した長編アニメ映画「星の唄が聞こえる」が完成 「技術力の共有として」YouTubeで無料公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Hoshi no Uta ga Kikoeru"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}