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No The Robot
@notherobot.bsky.social
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🎨 Animator, YouTuber, time traveling Bionicle
💼 Past: DreamWorks & Jim Henson Company
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No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hi Bluesky! I’m No The Robot, a character animator & 3D artist. I love animating #robots, specifically #Bionicle characters. Here’s my demo reel!

I spent a lot of time building my Twitter audience so if you could reshare this & help a brother out, that’d be swell!✌️ #animation #lego #blender #art
notherobot.bsky.social
They couldn't have used a better image for this story🙃
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 3d
Netflix's $85.2 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. will unlock a vast vault of content — which, according to a new report, the streaming service is eyeing up as a potential "AI trove." https://bit.ly/4oIuDbD
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Great news! You can watch all my Animation Breakdown & Commentary [ABC] Videos & Reactions on this mega YouTube playlist here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxm...
Analyzing the Animation of "NE ZHA 2" [Frame by Frame]
YouTube video by No The Robot
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December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
Btw I got a Steam Deck and I was definitely overthinking this. It's great.
notherobot.bsky.social No The Robot @notherobot.bsky.social · Oct 15
I was looking forward to the Xbox Ally but these reviews have me hesitating on getting one, and instead looking at the Steam Deck. However, the button / joystick layout is quite jarring.

Can anyone with a Steam Deck comment on the ergonomics and how comfy this layout is? Am I overthinking this?
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
KPop Demon Hunters will also be nominated for Best Picture, mark my words.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
I haven’t seen Zootopia 2 yet, but I’m curious: are there any scenes worth dissecting from a character animation standpoint? I’m wondering if it’s worth making a video about it before the end of the year
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
notherobot.bsky.social
Hmmm
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
notherobot.bsky.social
I was looking forward to the Xbox Ally but these reviews have me hesitating on getting one, and instead looking at the Steam Deck. However, the button / joystick layout is quite jarring.

Can anyone with a Steam Deck comment on the ergonomics and how comfy this layout is? Am I overthinking this?
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
I'm so tired man
mattburgess1.bsky.social Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · Oct 14
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
notherobot.bsky.social
Sometimes the same video I post on two different platforms gets COMICALLY different view counts, despite similar analytics.

On YouTube Shorts, the video got 2K views. Awesome! But compare that to TikTok where the same video has 4.2 MILLION views 😮

So post your stuff, you never know what’ll pop off
October 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
notherobot.bsky.social
Breaking news: the "AI first" company is relying on the hard work of real human artists at Titmouse to give them high quality animation instead of using Generative AI because "AI first" is a meaningless slogan designed solely to get likes on LinkedIn.
cartoonbrew.bsky.social Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Oct 10
Duolingo mascot Duo stars in a new anime-inspired YouTube series, 'The Final Test,' produced with Titmouse. The five-part short series debuts on October 13 on YouTube, designed to promote Duolingo’s updated Japanese courses.
www.cartoonbrew.com/educational/...
Duolingo Launches Anime-Inspired Series ‘The Final Test’
Duolingo unveils 'The Final Test,' an anime-inspired mini-series starring its owl mascot Duo, expanding its animation and Japanese learning efforts.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
Like I've said before, GenAI will not be stopped by regulation or advocacy - it'll be stopped by copyright infringement. Disney, Universal, & Warner Bros are suing Midjourney, not because of their diffusion model, but bc of their stolen training data.

Best believe that if they win, OpenAI is next.
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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cartoonbrew.bsky.social
'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' pulled in a staggering $10M in Thursday previews.
The film is on pace to break 'Pokémon's' 26-year-old North American opening weekend record and could pass that film as the highest-grossing anime film in NA history.
www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/demon-...
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Opens to $10M Previews
'Infinity Castle' looks a lock to post the largest opening weekend for an anime film in North American history, passing 1999's 'Pokémon: The First Movie.'
www.cartoonbrew.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Maybe infinite content was a bad idea.
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
notherobot.bsky.social
I'm sorry but the budget for this tech demo STILL being $30M feels like money laundering.

How are you using low-cost services like ChatGPT & Sora to generate all animation & assets, yet your budget is still 4 times more expensive than "Flow" (~$6M)?

Can't wait for Cannes to reject this movie lol
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
I just know that somewhere there’s a studio executive who has CONVINCED himself that the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie is going to be as successful as KPop Demon Hunters was this past weekend😬
August 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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James I need you to know that VFX artists work 12 hour days, pay insanely high premiums for health insurance, and in many cases make less than $20/hr. And it's even less outside the US. How much lower do you think costs can come down?
cartoonbrew.bsky.social Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 28
“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/vfx-arti...
James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
Just found out the first Ne Zha movie is FREE on YouTube? With the ORIGINAL MANDARIN DUB?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdg2...
Ne Zha
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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August 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I really should watch more anime
August 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
Why is there no addon for Firefox that concatenates "-ai" at the end of a Google search URL so it automatically hides AI content? Do I need to make this myself?
August 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
notherobot.bsky.social
If you told me The Bad Guys earned $22.2M for their 2nd movie, coming in 2nd place at the box office, I wouldn't believe you. And yet...
August 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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cartoonbrew.bsky.social
'The Bad Guys 2' tuned up its hand-drawn flair and embraced classic anime inspirations. “We started watching more anime and brought more people on to throw even crazier anime ideas at us,” says effects supervisor Matt Baer.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
'The Bad Guys 2' Animation, Effects Bosses On Pushing 2D-CG Style
DreamWorks animators reveal how 'The Bad Guys 2' amps up its hybrid style with hand-drawn effects, anime-inspired flair, and ambitious action set pieces.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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👏👏👏👏👏👏
July 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I can't believe KPOP DEMON HUNTERS uses BEAN MOUTH for their animation!! 😡😡😡

I'm so SICK of this trend! When will these studios actually TRY to come up with a NEW art style??? The design is SO UGLY. Give us something ORIGINAL, we don't want this WOKE GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! #netflix #animation #kpop
July 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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cartoonbrew.bsky.social
An English-language dub for 'Ne Zha 2,' the highest-grossing animated feature ever, will get a theatrical release in August from A24.

www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
A24 Unveils ‘Ne Zha 2’ English-Language Dub Starring Michelle Yeoh, Coming To U.S. Theaters In August
The highest-grossing animated film of all time will hit theaters in several English-language territories on August 22, distributed by A24.
www.cartoonbrew.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Siri is broken af #iOS26
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM