Wenku announces its first AI anime: from 'Cyber Hero Legend' to 'Zhenyao Museum'

Wenku has taken another step in its commitment to artificial intelligence. During the Wenku Creation Conference 2026, held on October 16, the company's CEO, Hou Xiaonan, announced the first high-quality AI anime the company will produce: Cyber Hero Legend, Unscientific Beast Taming, Judgment, and Zhenyao Museum.

The four titles cover very different genres: science fiction, beast taming, Western fantasy, and folkloric suspense. As the company explained, all of them will be developed with a three-way collaboration model: web novel IP, AI technology, and professional animation teams.

With this move, Wenku leaves behind the light animation projects it had been producing until now and bets on more ambitious formats. The company had already been seeing good numbers in its short series and animated comics division: in the first half of the year, revenue from that business exceeded 430 million yuan, with year-over-year growth of 230%. More than 660 of its animated comics surpassed 10 million views, and 107 passed 100 million.

A platform for creators that already moves millions

The other big announcement of the event was the evolution of DramaBuddy, its animated comics assistant, into OPC, a comprehensive platform that covers the entire process: access to IP, AI production, global distribution, and incentives for creators.

The numbers Wenku gave about this platform are striking. It has already signed agreements with more than 5,000 individual creators and personal studios. And the most notable part: the ten creators who generate the most revenue on OPC each exceed one million yuan per year. Not bad for an ecosystem that is just getting started.

Wenku also presented its new "IP Committee" model, designed to manage franchises from start to finish. The first project under this scheme will be Defend Nanshan Park, developed together with Three-Body Universe, and will span anime, live action, and merchandise. In the next three years, the company plans to launch more than 20 video games based on its IPs.

AI won't write the novels, but it will adapt them

Hou Xiaonan wanted to make the company's philosophy clear with a phrase that sums up its stance well: "Literary adaptation can use AI, but literature itself cannot be AI." And he added that Qidian, the group's web novel platform, will continue fighting low-quality artificially generated texts and supporting original creation.

It's an important nuance. Wenku is not saying that AI will replace writers, but that it will use it to turn those stories into visual products faster and more cheaply. Something that, seeing the speed at which its animated comics catalog grows, seems to be working.

We'll have to see if these first four AI anime manage to win over audiences outside China. The company already has international presence with ToonScroll, its animated comics platform abroad, so it wouldn't be strange if these projects end up reaching more markets. What do you think about AI-made anime? Would you give them a chance or do you prefer traditional animation? Tell us in the comments.