Work / Animation
Two disciplines under one pipeline — cinematic 3D series and webtoon-native 2D animation — produced on StarTrail Phoenix AI™, with a single art direction held stable across every episode.
The hard part
Premium animation lives and dies on continuity — a character has to read as the same character from the first frame to the last, across every episode.
StarTrail produces animation on an industrialized imaging pipeline that holds a single art direction and character design stable at scale, at a fraction of the per-frame cost of conventional production. The same system drives full-CG 3D series and vertical, webtoon-native 2D animation adapted from popular Chinese IP. How the pipeline works →
3D Animation
Season 1 · 13 × 11 min · Premieres H2 2026
The Sherlock Holmes of the animal kingdom — a rabbit detective and his hedgehog assistant solve the mysteries of animal society from their office at Knight Street No.9. A national co-production with the China International Communications Group (CICG); the audio drama has already passed 100 million cumulative plays on Ximalaya ahead of the animated premiere.
Webtoon Animation
Vertical, scroll-native 2D animation adapted from some of China's most-read web-comics — keeping the line, color and comic timing of the source while adding full motion, voice and score.
An AI-animated adaptation of the hit Tencent Comics webtoon — an irreverent reimagining of Journey to the West in which a modern everyman is thrown into a warped pilgrimage as the monk Tang Xuanzang, wrangling rebellious disciples and dodging the wrath of gods and demons. High-energy, comic, and unmistakably a webtoon in motion.
An AI-animated adaptation of the popular xuanhuan web-novel and webtoon — in a world where powers can be sealed into cards, a newcomer inherits a debt-ridden card shop and rises to become a legendary "card master." A tech-cultivation power fantasy rendered with fast, card-driven action.
