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Mr.Iancu's Borrowed Light #1 is a 30-second anime monster short with pure anime pacing

Mr.Iancu's original concept piece, made with Seedance 2.5, puts a girl, a pale monster and a masked swordsman in a rainy alley. It is a first part with no series name yet, and the maker says more is coming.

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A girl alone in a rain-soaked alley, a pale, long-limbed monster closing in, and a masked swordsman who gets there first. Mr.Iancu's Borrowed Light is a charming little anime monster short that has it all: the monster, the hero and the girl, in 30 seconds.

The creature's styling feels familiar from the Demogorgon, and yet it is somehow its own thing. There is very little not to like here. The pacing and framing are pure anime, from the slowed-down rush of the wide shots right up to the close-ups with shining eyes.

The sound is a perfect match as well. The short Japanese exchange ("Miss, are you alright?" and a quiet thank you) lands with no sync issues at all.

Mr.Iancu names Seedance 2.5 and says every shot takes its amber glow from one extra image used only for the light, which is why nothing drifts. It is an original concept piece with no name yet, and more is coming because, in the maker's words, the masked guy has a lot to explain. If this is the start of a series, we want to see all of it, and we will be watching closely.

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Source: Mr.Iancu (@iancu_ai on X), 21 Oct 2026.

Provenance — Mr.Iancu (@iancu_ai on X), 21 Oct 2026 · Status: verified 22 Oct 2026: maker's own X post re-read via the API
Mr.Iancu's Borrowed Light #1 is a 30-second anime monster short with pure anime pacing
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el.cine's 22-second AI short lifts a car out of Manhattan traffic and into a jammed sky

el.cine's comic clip, posted five days after Tesla unveiled its thruster Roadster, gets the driver, sound, light and car right. The one weak spot is the flight, which does not match Tesla's launch demo.

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Stuck in Manhattan gridlock beside a city bus, a driver presses one glowing button and her car lifts off the street on four thrusters. Then she looks up: the sky over the Chrysler Building is already jammed with flying cars. el.cine (EHuanglu on X) posted the 22-second clip as "the future of traffic jam," and it is a hilarious, wonderfully topical take on the daily commute.

The timing is half the joke. It landed five days after Tesla unveiled its new Roadster, which used rocket-style thrusters to jump over a truck at its launch event. The flight is the one thing that does not hold up: the way the car lifts off does not really match what Tesla showed.

Everything else is close to flawless. The woman behind the wheel moves like a real person, from her hands on the wheel to the tired rub of her face at the end. The audio track and the lighting both land, the shots are well chosen, and the car stays the same car from every angle. Really entertaining.

el.cine shared the full prompt for free in a reply, set up so you can swap in your own car and character from a photo.

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Source: el.cine (EHuanglu) on X, 20 Oct 2026.

Provenance — el.cine (EHuanglu) on X, 20 Oct 2026 · Status: verified 21 Oct 2026: maker's own X post re-read via the API
el.cine's 22-second short lifts a car out of Manhattan traffic and into a jammed sky
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Dead Sun's creepy Seedance Halloween teaser, cut from three tries the maker called horrible

Dead Sun stitched the best shots of three Seedance 2.5 attempts into an 18-second horror teaser. The maker calls every attempt horrible and says a full 30-second generation was not worth the credits.

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Dead Sun had some free credits to burn, so tried three times to make a 30-second Halloween teaser trailer with Seedance 2.5, and jokes that every attempt came out horrible. None of the three held together on its own, but the 18-second cut Dead Sun posted, built from the better shots of all three, is a creepy little horror teaser with plenty to like.

In its character look and setup it sits somewhere between Scream and Ghost Rider: a woman alone at the kitchen sink late at night, and a figure with a skull for a face and a wide-brimmed hat walking down a leafy suburban street with a glow in each hand, then standing right behind her.

It is short, and the audio is the standout touch, a voice teasing the name of the film before The Dead Sun Rises lands on screen. The character design is interesting, and it shows off a few skills and techniques along the way.

There is room to grow, and Dead Sun is upfront about it in the replies. Changing the written instructions between attempts fixed one thing and broke another, the title text came out garbled in one try, and a full 30-second generation did not feel worth the credits. Getting a whole teaser to hold together in one go is the next step, and this cut shows the ideas are there.

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Source: Dead Sun (deadsun_0) on X, 20 Oct 2026.

Provenance — Dead Sun (deadsun_0) on X, 20 Oct 2026 · Status: verified 21 Oct 2026: maker's own X post re-read via the API
Three tries, a few rough edges, and one creepy little teaser.

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