Text to animation, in any style

AI Animation Generator

Describe a story or paste a script. ClipNova designs the characters, animates every scene in 3D, 2D cartoon, anime, claymation or watercolor, voices the dialogue, adds music and captions, and exports a finished animated video.

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How it works

You bring the story. ClipNova animates it.

Every step below runs inside one generation. Here is the same project, a 60-second 3D short about a fox cub who tries to catch the moon, followed from the first line to the exported file.

  1. Picture of AI Animation Generator — a prompt card about a fox cub who tries to catch the moon next to a pasted dialogue script
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    Your input

    Describe the animation or paste a script

    Write one line about the story, who is in it, how long it should run and who it is for. If you already have a script with dialogue, paste it and ClipNova animates it line by line instead of writing its own.

  2. Picture of AI Animation Generator — the same fox cub drawn in 3D Pixar-style, 2D cartoon, anime, claymation and watercolor, with 3D selected
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    Animation style

    Pick the look: 3D, 2D, anime, clay or watercolor

    The same prompt can come out as a Pixar-style 3D film, a flat 2D cartoon, an anime episode, a claymation short, a stickman explainer or a soft storybook. Choose one before you render, or switch styles and render the same story again.

  3. Picture of AI Animation Generator — a character turnaround sheet of the fox cub Miko from the front, three-quarter, side and back
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    Characters

    Characters that stay the same in every scene

    ClipNova builds a character sheet first: the face, colours, clothes and proportions of every character. Each scene is animated from that sheet, so your hero looks like the same character in shot one and shot twenty. You can also upload a reference image of your own character.

  4. Picture of AI Animation Generator — four vertical 3D scenes of the fox cub story: the moon over the hill, the pond, the owl and the treetop
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    Animated scenes

    Every beat becomes an animated scene

    The story is split into scenes and each one is animated with current video models such as Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Sora 2, with camera moves, expressions and lighting that fit the moment. Nothing is drawn by hand and there is no timeline to edit.

  5. Picture of AI Animation Generator — a 3D scene of the fox cub and the owl beside a panel with two character voices, their lines and a lullaby music track
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    Voices and music

    Each character gets a voice, the story gets a score

    Narration and dialogue are voiced in any of 32 languages, with a different voice for each character, timed to their scene. A music bed that fits the mood plays underneath and ducks when someone speaks.

  6. Picture of AI Animation Generator — the finished fox cub animation exported as two vertical videos with captions and one 16:9 YouTube video
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    Captions and export

    Captions, then a file for every platform

    Captions are transcribed from the voices and burned in. The animation exports in 9:16 for Shorts, TikTok and Reels or 16:9 for YouTube, at 1080p or 4K, watermark-free with full commercial rights.

Why AI animation

An animated channel without an animation studio.

Animation used to mean a storyboard artist, a character designer, animators, voice actors and weeks of rendering for a one-minute short. That is why kids' channels, cartoon comedy, animated stories and explainer channels were out of reach for most creators. An AI animation generator does those jobs from text: you describe the story, and the characters, scenes, voices and music are generated to match it.

What people make most with it is simple: preschool cartoons and nursery rhymes, bedtime and moral stories, talking-animal and talking-fruit comedy, anime fight scenes, Bible and history stories, and stickman explainers about money or science. What they all need is the same character from the first scene to the last, which is the part ClipNova locks before any scene is animated.

Because the plan is text, the next episode is a new script, not a new production. Keep the same characters, voices and style across a whole series, change the story and render again.

Making something specific? See the AI cartoon video generator · AI story video generator · AI kids video generator

Built for

One prompt, every kind of animation

Kids' channels

Preschool cartoons and nursery rhymes

Cute 3D characters, gentle stories and songs, with the same mascot in every episode.

Animated stories

Short films and series

Drama, adventure, fairy tales and scary stories, animated scene by scene with voiced dialogue.

Comedy

Talking animals, fruit and cartoon skits

Exaggerated expressions, quick timing and a different voice for every character.

Explainers

Stickman and whiteboard explainers

Money, science and history made simple with a clean animated style and narration.

AI animation generator questions.

What is an AI animation generator?+

A tool that turns text into an animated video. In ClipNova you describe a story or paste a script, and the characters, animated scenes, voices, music and captions are generated and assembled into one finished file.

Can I turn text into animation without drawing anything?+

Yes. Text to animation is the whole workflow: the characters are designed from your description and every scene is animated by AI video models. You never draw a frame or touch a timeline.

Which animation styles can I make?+

3D Pixar-style, 2D cartoon, anime, claymation, stickman explainer and storybook watercolor, plus realistic cinematic if you need it. You can render the same story in several styles and keep the one you like.

Will my character look the same in every scene?+

Yes. ClipNova creates a character sheet before animating and uses it for every scene, so faces, colours and clothes stay consistent. You can also upload an image of an existing character to use as the reference.

Can the characters talk?+

Yes. Dialogue and narration are voiced in 32 languages, with a separate voice for each character, and captions are generated from the voices.

How long can an animation be?+

From a 10-second clip to a full episode of up to 5 minutes in one render. Most Shorts and TikToks run 30 to 60 seconds, and longer stories can be split into episodes that keep the same characters.

Can I use the animations on YouTube and YouTube Kids?+

Yes. Every export is watermark-free with full commercial rights, in 9:16 or 16:9. Original scripts and characters keep a channel eligible for monetisation.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every new account starts with 70 free credits and no card required. After that, plans start at $19 a month, and every plan includes the full feature set, watermark-free exports and full commercial rights.

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