# The first AI epic failed in China after the success of the cartoon with primitive graphics

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**Published:** October 28, 2026
**Author:** Даниил Девяткин
**Source:** Kursiv Media Tech
**Language:** ru-RU
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/pervyy-ii-epik-provalilsya-v-kitae-posle-uspekha-multfilma-s-primitivnoy

In China, the first fully AI-generated film, Sanxingdui: Future Past, failed, collecting only 12% of its budget. Kursiv LifeStyle explains why a thriller based on neural networks loses to a cartoon of two people. The premiere of the historical epic from AI took place last...

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