Can Minimax H3 turn anime into live action? A parent's reference-to-video attempt fails

yes_u_suckk · reddit · 2026-09-21

A Redditor tried Minimax H3's reference-to-video to convert a 15-second anime clip into a live-action version starring his daughter: two inputs (the clip + a face photo), preserving choreography while swapping the character's face. The model instead just generated another anime. The post includes his full detailed prompt covering shot preservation, identity replacement, photorealism, and temporal consistency — a useful look at the limits of combined style-transfer + identity-swap tasks in video models.

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