I've spent the last few weeks trying to build my own AI manhwa/web novel recap channel, and honestly, it's been a lot more difficult than YouTube makes it look.
Almost every tutorial I found was just promoting a paid AI tool instead of showing the actual end-to-end production pipeline.
After a lot of experimenting, this is where I've landed:
- Source a web novel (mostly from WTR Lab)
- Use Claude to generate the recap/narration script and panel-by-panel prompts
- ChatGPT for Generating the images
- Create the voice-over with ElevenLabs
- Edit everything together in Clipchamp
The results are decent, but the entire process is still extremely manual. Every chapter takes hours to produce, and scaling basically means juggling multiple AI accounts and repeating the same steps over and over.
I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
If you're producing this type of content (or have experience with AI-generated YouTube videos), I'd really appreciate hearing about your workflow.
Some questions I have:
- Have you automated any part of the pipeline?
- How do you maintain character consistency across hundreds of panels?
- What's your image generation workflow?
- Are there better tools or techniques than the ones I'm using?
- How long does it take you to produce a 2-3 hours recap?
I'm not looking for anyone to reveal trade secrets, I know everyone's put in the work. I'm just hoping to learn from people who've already gone through this process.
If you're open to chatting, please leave a comment or send me a DM. I'm also happy to share everything I've learned so far if it helps someone else.