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Worlds
for hire.

A studio that works like a record producer. Pick a world. We cast your character in it. You own the master.

The films and figures below are mood, not cast. Your host is an original, built for you, and yours to keep. Real setting, handmade host, and the one law holds: nobody ever blinks.

Every world, one recipe
  1. a story
  2. an auteur's eye
  3. an animated world
  4. a puppet host
  5. real light
  6. type with a spine
Roadrunner Noir01

Roadrunner Noir

A velvet-tux coyote pours a martini on a rain-slicked neon strip at midnight.

Storytuxedo noirEyeLynchWorldLooney TunesHostcoyote tricksterLightred neon, Route 66
Adobe Deco02

Adobe Deco

A felt realtor in a bolo tie, a turquoise Eldorado, Sedona red rock behind the glass.

StoryGatsby glamourEyeF. L. WrightWorldThe JetsonsHostfelt realtorLightgolden hour, Sedona
Cactus Cabaret03

Cactus Cabaret

A roadrunner ringmaster throws confetti across a saguaro canyon at golden hour.

StoryMoulin RougeEyeLuhrmannWorldRioHostroadrunner ringmasterLightglitter, golden hour
Gotham Greenhouse04

Gotham Greenhouse

A caped fox broods, perfectly centered, in a fogged Victorian glasshouse.

Storycaped detectiveEyeWes AndersonWorldMr. FoxHosttweed fox in a cowlLightpastel and charcoal
Soda Fountain Surrealism05

Soda Fountain Surrealism

A soda jerk with a melting milkshake for a head, clocks dripping off the counter.

Story50s malt shopEyeDalíWorldWonderlandHostmelting soda jerkLightchrome, OPEN neon
Spaghetti Western Tea Party06

Spaghetti Western Tea Party

A poncho gunslinger stares down an English tea garden at high noon.

StoryLeone standoffEyeTim BurtonWorldWonderlandHostponcho gunslingerLightsun-bleached duel
Cyber-Gatsby07

Cyber-Gatsby

A chrome flapper lifts a coupe in a rain-soaked Tokyo arcade.

Storyflapper glamourEyeSyd MeadWorldAkiraHostchrome flapper-androidLightneon, light trails
Mesa Mod08

Mesa Mod

A felt ad exec, poolside in Palm Springs, 1962, slim suit, no notes.

StoryMad Men 1962EyeWes AndersonWorldThe MuppetsHostfelt ad execLightpoolside, palm shadows
Oz Industrial09

Oz Industrial

A riveted tin-man on a factory line lit emerald, one spotlight, no blinking.

Storyroad to Emerald CityEyeH. R. GigerWorldNightmareHostbiomechanical tin-manLightsteel, emerald glow
Dust and Diamonds10

Dust & Diamonds

A prospector creature swings a pickaxe where the dirt glitters.

Storyadventure serialEyedel ToroWorldDark CrystalHostprospector creatureLightcanyon, golden hour