What it is
Inanimator is a browser-based animation studio built for the object show genre — the BFDI-style animated series where everyday objects compete and get eliminated. It covers the whole pipeline in one place: drawing character parts, rigging and posing them, frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning, math-based tweening, and 1080p MP4 export. It runs on phones, tablets, and computers, with cloud sync across devices.
Status
Closed beta. The waitlist is open at inanimator.com/beta, and invites go out in weekly waves. Inanimator is free during beta; beta members lock in the Founding Creator price for life.
The pledge
Inanimator is 100 percent generative-AI-free. No AI-generated art, ever — signed in marker on the homepage. Tweening is 1990s-style mathematical interpolation, not AI. That’s unusual enough in 2026 to be worth stating plainly.
Why it’s notable
- The first animation tool purpose-built for the object show genre, rather than a general-purpose app bent to fit.
- Browser-based — nothing to install, works across devices.
- The whole pipeline in one place, so a creator isn’t stitching together a drawing app, a rigging app, an audio app, and an editor.
Founder
Built by a dad-and-son team after watching young creators juggle four apps to make one episode.
Boilerplate
Inanimator is a browser-based animation studio for the object show community. It brings drawing, rigging, animation, and export into a single browser tab, under a 100 percent generative-AI-free pledge. It is currently in closed beta.
Press contact
For interviews, demos, or embargoed previews, email and we’ll get back to you quickly.
Logos and screenshots
High-res logos, screenshots, and product clips are available on request — email the address above and tell us what you need.
Want to try it yourself? Join the beta at /beta.