Experiment 03 · Video
Seven video models, one anime frame, blind
One validated keyframe, one prompt, two takes from each of seven models, judged without the names. The review kept both Hailuo 3 Max takes, at $0.48 each, and one of two from Kling 3.0 Pro; none from the other five.
The takes
ATake 1
Which card is Hailuo? Watch the takes, mark the one you would keep, then reveal which model made each.
- Card A
- Card B
- Card C
- Card D
- Card E
- Card F
- Card G
The bill
Every paid generation of the run, as its record has it: the amount the provider billed, to the last digit. The total is added in billionths of a dollar, so it never drifts.
The bill, take by takeOpening it shows which model made which take.
Kling 3.0 Pro× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take A1 | Kling 3.0 Pro · 6 s · 720p · 17:46:04 | $0.672 |
| Take A2 | Kling 3.0 Pro · 6 s · 720p · 17:47:06 | $0.672 |
Subtotal$1.344
Grok Imagine Video 1.5× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take B1 | Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · 6 s · 720p · 17:46:58 | $0.85 |
| Take B2 | Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · 6 s · 720p · 17:47:02 | $0.85 |
Subtotal$1.70
Seedance 2.5× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take C1 | Seedance 2.5 · 6 s · 720p · 17:46:40 | $1.3969813 |
| Take C2 | Seedance 2.5 · 6 s · 720p · 17:46:41 | $1.3969813 |
Subtotal$2.7939626
Seedance 2.0× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take D1 | Seedance 2.0 · 6 s · 720p · 17:49:48 | $0.9135 |
| Take D2 | Seedance 2.0 · 6 s · 720p · 17:52:36 | $0.9135 |
Subtotal$1.827
Hailuo 3 Max× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take E1 | Hailuo 3 Max · 6 s · 768p · 16:08:24 | $0.48 |
| Take E2 | Hailuo 3 Max · 6 s · 768p · 17:44:22 | $0.48 |
Subtotal$0.96
FLUX.3 Video× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take F1 | FLUX.3 Video · 6 s · 720p · 17:47:46 | $1.02 |
| Take F2 | FLUX.3 Video · 6 s · 720p · 17:48:42 | $1.02 |
Subtotal$2.04
Wan 3.0× 2
| Item | Settings | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Take G1 | Wan 3.0 · 6 s · 720p · 17:46:27 | $0.51 |
| Take G2 | Wan 3.0 · 6 s · 720p · 17:47:42 | $0.51 |
Subtotal$1.02
Total$11.6849626
The total rounded up to the cent, as Kiju’s buttons round it$11.69, the billed amount rounded up to the cent
Prompt and settings
Leo jumps up with the laptop raised, bouncing with excitement; Ada lifts one finger; Leo freezes mid-jump and deflates comically; static camera. Japanese 2D TV anime, cel shading, flat colors, crisp thick black outlines, limited animation with held poses; character designs, outfits and background identical to the first image; one clear action beat; no 3D render, no photorealism, no morphing faces, no extra people, no text, no subtitles, no watermark.Settings
- Model
- minimax/hailuo-3-max · kwaivgi/kling-v3.0-pro · alibaba/wan-3.0 · x-ai/grok-imagine-video-1.5 · bytedance/seedance-2.0 · black-forest-labs/flux-3-video · bytedance/seedance-2.5
- Provider
- openrouter
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Duration
- 6 s
- Resolution
- 768p · 720p
- First frame
- yes
- Takes
- 14
- Day
- 2026-09-27
How it was judged
Each take was shown behind a card — A1, A2, B1… — and judged before the card-to-model mapping was opened
(labo/README.md). The verdicts were written take by take on 28 September; the mapping went into the lab log after
them. Leo and Ada are characters of the studio’s series POC!, drawn from text.
What was kept, and why
Three takes out of fourteen: both Hailuo takes (E1, E2) and Kling’s first (A1). Kling’s second moved the boy’s legs and face strangely toward the end. The five other models kept none — odd backgrounds, odd motion; in the review’s words, it “looks AI-generated”.
The cheapest model per take was also the cheapest per kept shot: Hailuo, $0.48. A kept Kling shot cost $1.344, the price of both its takes.
What stays open
- Two takes per model is a small sample: it shows what each model did here, not how often it does it.
- One scene, one style. The studio’s choice for anime dialogue rests on this run; action and clay were judged in other runs.