Questions, answered. Mostly seriously.

ReelToons 1.0 is a 2D animation model that generates frame-by-frame cartoons, for creators, brands, businesses and anyone with a story. You bring the story and, optionally, your characters; pick a shape and a length; and ReelToons generates a finished cartoon reel for Instagram, TikTok, Shorts or your website.

Anyone with a story. Creators use it for channels and series, brands and businesses for ads, launches and explainers, and plenty of people just want a cartoon of their dog. If you can describe it, ReelToons 1.0 can animate it.

Hit join the waitlist and add your name and email. You’ll get a sign-in link to your studio console straight away. We review new sign-ups within one business day and email you the moment you’re in. Then you top up seconds, answer four quick questions and generate.

We’re opening the doors a few people at a time while we scale up. Most people are in within a business day.

No. ReelToons 1.0 is an animation model, not an agency: we don’t employ copywriters or pitch ideas. The story, script and dialogue come from you, and ReelToons 1.0 animates them.

Answers to four questions: what happens (scene by scene, with any dialogue), the shape (16:9, 9:16 or 3:4), who’s in it (character art or a description) and how long it should be.

Yes. Upload your mascot or character art in your console and the model animates it. Or describe your characters in words and the model draws them.

Yes. Attach your recording when you describe your story.

Yes. Upload whatever assets you want in the cartoon in your console.

ReelToons 1.0: twenty cents per second, ready in 16–24 hours. ReelToons 1.0 Turbo: forty cents per second, ready in 2–5 hours. A 30-second cartoon is $6 with 1.0 or $12 with 1.0 Turbo. See pricing.

You top up your balance with PayPal, from $15 (75 seconds) up to $500 (2,500 seconds) at a time. A ReelToons 1.0 generation uses 1 second of balance per second of cartoon; 1.0 Turbo uses 2. Unused seconds don’t expire. Above $500, we’ll invoice you.

Yes. Every generation, including a regeneration, uses its length from your balance.

15 seconds.

Through PayPal, upfront, in your studio console. We never see your card details.

ReelToons 1.0 is ready in 16–24 hours. ReelToons 1.0 Turbo is ready in 2–5 hours. These are targets, not guarantees: longer or more complex cartoons can take a bit more time.

A Full HD MP4 in the shape you picked: 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube and your website, or 3:4 for the feed.

Regenerate it, with 1.0 or 1.0 Turbo. Add notes in the chat if you want something different. Like any generation tool, the results vary from run to run, and choosing which one to use is up to you. There are no revision rounds.

No. We don’t do manual edits or revisions. To change something, update your script or notes and regenerate.

Yes. Reuse the same character art and voice across generations for a recurring cast.

Yes. Once you’ve paid, the generated cartoon is yours to post, boost, run as an ad or show at events.

Your stories, characters, recordings and brand assets stay yours. We assign to you any rights we hold in the generated cartoon.

Yes. You need the rights to everything you provide, including scripts, character art, voice recordings and logos. Don’t upload other people’s characters, brands or voices without permission.

Only with their documented consent. We don’t generate cartoons of real, identifiable people without it.

Some platforms and places require AI-generated media to be labelled. You’re responsible for the rules where you post.

ReelToons 1.0 does the drawing and movement that used to take an animation studio weeks.

Yes. We never publish or share what you upload. The only exception is the AI models that need it to generate your cartoon, which process it under their API terms. We only show your cartoon in our portfolio if you say so.

Our Head of Attention. He’s a frog. He watches every render and has no authority whatsoever.

No. Please stop asking. He’s sensitive about it.

Yes. Click or tap anywhere in the hero on the homepage to drop a ladybug. He’ll take it from there.