@0x_fokki: <i>$8,217 last month. I touche...

$8,217 last month. I touched it maybe 3 hours total. Here's every piece of the system.

I got obsessed with one question six months ago.

What if anime content - characters, voice, music, story - could be generated faster than anyone could watch it?

Turns out it can. And YouTube pays you for every hour they watch.

The factory runs 24/7. I sleep. It publishes.

Here's the full build.

What the Factory Actually Produces

Three types of content, all automated:

→ Anime story shorts - 8–15 minute episodes with AI characters, AI voiceover, AI music
→ Lofi anime channels -8-hour study streams, looping visuals, background music
→ Anime OST channels - AI-generated soundtracks uploaded as "official" channel music

Each type monetizes differently. Together they hit $8,000+/month.

One pipeline builds all three.

The Pipeline

Claude → Midjourney → Runway → ElevenLabs → Suno → Make

script → characters → animate → voice → music → publish

Six tools. Fully automated after setup.

Step 1 - Claude Writes the Script

Every piece of content starts here. Claude writes the episode script, the scene descriptions for Midjourney, and the voiceover lines for ElevenLabs.

Prompt for episode script:

You are a writer for a dark fantasy anime series.

Write episode 3 of a 12-episode series called "Shadow Protocol."
The main character is Kaito, 17, a hacker who discovers 
he can manipulate digital reality with his mind.

Episode 3: Kaito infiltrates a corporate server and finds 
evidence that the company has been running experiments 
on people with abilities like his.

Format the output as:
- Scene description (for image generation)
- Character dialogue
- Narrator lines
- Emotional tone notes

Each scene should be 30-45 seconds when read aloud.
Total episode: 12 minutes.
Dark tone. Fast pacing. Cliffhanger ending.

Prompt for scene descriptions:

Convert this script scene into a Midjourney image prompt.

Scene: Kaito sits alone in a dark server room, 
blue holographic screens surrounding him, 
lines of code reflected in his glasses, 
tension on his face as he reads classified files.

Output format:
- Main subject description
- Environment and lighting
- Art style (anime, cinematic)
- Mood and color palette

Make it visually dramatic and cinematic.

Step 2 - Midjourney Generates the Characters

Base character prompt:

anime teenage boy, dark messy hair, sharp eyes, 
black hoodie with hood down, fingerless gloves,
sitting in dark server room, surrounded by blue holographic screens,
code and data streams reflected in his glasses,
tense focused expression, reading something alarming,
dramatic side lighting, deep shadows, 
cinematic anime style, ultra detailed,
Makoto Shinkai inspired, 4k

Action scenes:

same character mid-motion, dynamic camera angle,
speed lines, dramatic lighting shift from blue to red,
high contrast, motion blur on background,
anime fight sequence composition,
Studio Trigger style, explosive energy

Emotional scenes:

same character close-up, rain outside window,
soft diffused light, reflective mood,
slight downward gaze, complex emotion,
watercolor-influenced backgrounds,
Your Name aesthetic

Generate 4 variations per scene. Upscale the best. You need 15–20 images per episode.

Step 3 - Runway Animates Everything

Action scene:

Camera slowly pushes in toward the character.
Holographic screens flicker and pulse with data.
Character's eyes move across the screen reading fast.
Subtle breathing movement in the chest.
Blue light dances across his face.
5 seconds. Tense, urgent energy.

Emotional scene:

Rain streaks down the window behind the character.
Soft light shifts slightly as clouds pass.
Character exhales slowly, visible in cold air.
Hair moves gently from air conditioning.
Camera barely drifts left over 6 seconds.
Melancholic. Still. Cinematic.

Establishing shot:

Wide shot of a futuristic city at night.
Neon lights reflect in wet streets below.
Flying vehicles pass in the distance.
Camera pulls back slowly revealing scale.
Fog rolls between buildings.
Blade Runner meets Ghost in the Shell aesthetic.
8 seconds.

Step 4 - ElevenLabs Does the Voices

Best voices for anime content:

Settings:

Stability: 0.35
Similarity: 0.85
Style exaggeration: 0.40
Speaker boost: ON

Directing the performance:

Read this line with urgency and quiet fear, 
like you just discovered something you weren't supposed to see
and someone might be listening:

"These files... they've been watching us for years."

Pause 0.8 seconds after "files."
Barely above a whisper on the last four words.

ElevenLabs follows emotional direction when you write it into the prompt. Most people just paste text. Write the performance.

Step 5 - Suno Generates the Soundtrack

Opening theme:

Anime opening theme, J-pop influenced, 
energetic but with dark undertones,
electric guitar lead melody, synth layers,
taiko drums mixed with electronic beats,
builds from quiet intro to explosive chorus at 0:45,
male vocal melody, no lyrics, just melodic "ah" sounds,
runtime 1:30, feels like Attack on Titan meets Demon Slayer,
cinematic, hype, memorable hook

Background tension:

Cinematic dark ambient, anime thriller style,
low cello drones, distant piano notes,
subtle electronic glitch sounds every 8-12 seconds,
builds tension slowly over 3 minutes,
never resolves, always feels like something is coming,
Hans Zimmer meets anime OST,
instrumental only, loop-friendly

Emotional ending:

Soft melancholic piano, anime ED style,
slow tempo 68 BPM,
acoustic guitar joins at 0:30,
violin enters at 1:00 adding emotional weight,
feels like the end of an episode where everything changed,
Your Name energy,
3 minutes, fades out gently

All tracks are yours. Commercial license on the $8/month plan.

Step 6 - Make Automates Everything

The scenario runs every Tuesday and Friday at 9am:

Trigger: Schedule (2x per week)

1. Pull new script from Google Drive
2. Send scene list to Midjourney via API
3. Download generated images to Drive
4. Send dialogue to ElevenLabs
5. Download audio files
6. Combine in CapCut template
7. Upload to YouTube with title and description
8. Post to X with clip and article link
9. Send Telegram notification with stats

Setup time: 4 hours once. Runs forever after.

How You Make Money

YouTube AdSense

Anime content RPM: $3–$8 per 1,000 views. At 800k monthly views: $2,400–$6,400/month.

Channel memberships

Early episode access at $4.99/month. 200 members = $1,000/month passive.

Music licensing

Your Suno tracks on Musicbed, Artlist, Gumroad. "AI Anime OST Pack, 30 tracks" at $19. Sell it forever.

Sponsorships

Gaming apps, VPN services, anime merch brands. At 30k subscribers: $300–$800 per integration.

The Numbers

Month 1: setup, $0
Month 2: $400-800
Month 3: $1,500-2,500
Month 6: $4,000-6,000
Month 9: $6,000-9,000
Month 12: $8,000-12,000+

The factory runs. You direct it.

Your only job: pick the story, pick the aesthetic, approve the output.

Six tools. One pipeline. Runs while you sleep.

Save this. Build it this weekend.

part 2 covers the monetization stack i didn't publish here.

comment "BUILD" and i'll send it directly.

won't post it publicly.