Mixi Partners With Runway for AI Video Production, Cuts Monster Strike Workflow to 3 Days
The partnership signals a major Japanese gaming and social media company moving past AI experimentation into full production deployment, with concrete workflow reductions already measured.
Key Facts
- MIXI partnered with Runway, a US-based AI video generation company, to deploy Runway's AI across its entire organization for games, animations, and interactive experiences.
- MIXI already uses Runway's AI for Monster Strike video production, cutting the process from about 21 days to about 3 days and moving the work in-house.
- Corporate brand movie production at MIXI dropped from about 20 days to about 7 days using a hybrid of live-action footage and generative AI.
- For visual proposals such as character animations and in-app effects, MIXI reduced production time from several days to as little as 5 minutes.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
MIXI announced a strategic partnership with video generation AI company Runway. MIXI already uses Runway's AI to produce Monster Strike videos, cutting a 21-day process to about 3 days, and to create corporate brand movies, visual proposals, and in-app effects. The partnership will deploy Runway's AI across MIXI's entire organization for games, animations, and interactive experiences.
MIXI, the company behind the social network mixi and the mobile game Monster Strike, has entered a strategic partnership with Runway, the US-based AI company known for its video generation service. MIXI is already using Runway's AI in production. For Monster Strike video production, a process that used to take about 21 days now takes about 3 days, and the work is done in-house instead of being outsourced. Corporate brand movie production dropped from about 20 days to about 7 days, using a hybrid of live-action footage and generative AI. For visual proposals such as character animations and in-app effects, what took several days now takes as little as 5 minutes. The partnership will expand Runway's AI use across MIXI's entire organization, covering games, animations, and interactive experiences.
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