Interesting, had never heard of Kono Express. It definitely looks a little ‘Unreal’, has video game vibes. The quality is pretty good at a glance, especially the environments and effects, but it doesn’t feel all the way there under scrutiny. This reminds me of all AI generated stuff (so far) - looks great from a distance but from up close you see glaring problems. The lipsync feels automated and robotic all the way through well past ep3, for example. Very little action in the whole series.

TBH I think it’s a big mistake to compare this to hand-animated Disney material. They are just very different things, and the debatable comparison will just cause people to focus on what’s wrong with Kono. If you think it’s good, just talk about the good qualities and share it. Also don’t forget the AI is trained on Disney material, and with heavy AI, it’s highly questionable whether you can credit one person for “cranking out stuff”.

What is the ink & paint comment about? The article doesn’t mention ink & paint…