When there are collaborations between properties or crossover merchandise appears, there can be varying degrees of success. Sometimes one brand or character isn’t well-represented. It could be ...

Generative artificial intelligence startup Hedra Inc. today announced it has raised $32 million for an AI platform that allows creators to generate lifelike and vivid videos of characters using text, ...

During Free Comic Book Day 2025, Bandai Namco shared a Tamagotchi Paradise Episode 0 comic that teased new characters and a new model. The new system will resemble the existing one, however it will ...

Stories are breathed into life by characters. They are evocative, create tension, and move the story along. In digital storytelling, characters hold the ground and focus the viewer, as well as turn ...

AI video startup Runway announced the availability of its newest video synthesis model today. Dubbed Gen-4, the model purports to solve several key problems with AI video generation. Chief among those ...

Fanfiction is nothing new, but the rise of AI has the potential to take it to a whole new level. The first indication of that has been the popularity of Character.AI, an artificial intelligence ...