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# Create your first episode

Create your first AI anime episode in MochiTV. Plan scenes with Coach, review characters, render clips and finish your episode.

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Turn your story idea into an AI anime episode. Rendering costs **30 Gems (US$3) per 15-second scene**. An episode needs at least three rendered scenes; see [Gems and pricing](/gems-vip-and-rewards/gems-coins-and-vip.md) to plan your budget.

## Create and finish your first Mochi episode

1. Open **Create → Start a new series**.
2. Describe your story in the series’ **Coach** chat.
3. Review the proposed script, characters and locations.
4. Build and render one scene at a time.
5. Complete the renders in scene slots **1, 2 and 3**.
6. Use **Preview episode** to check the sequence, then choose **Finish episode**.

Extra scenes are optional. Don’t leave an unrendered gap before later footage. A public series also needs a poster.

## Coach and support

Use **Coach** for story ideas, scene changes and generation proposals. Review the scene card and Gem quote before approving a render. Check the scene’s status to see whether generation has started.

For account or technical help, use [Account and support](/help-and-account/account-and-support.md).

## Plan and render a scene

Give each scene one main action or exchange. Before rendering, check **Script**, **Cast in this scene** and **Location** together. Select the intended character looks; naming an outfit in the script doesn’t select it.

Choose **Render this scene**, then watch the whole clip with sound. AI-generated footage can vary from your instructions, so review each take before moving on.

To adjust a take you already have:

* **Trim → Save trim** shortens the existing clip.
* **Versions → Browse earlier renders → Restore** brings back an available take.
* **Re-render** generates new footage and uses Gems again.

## What are packs, and what do they change?

Packs guide your series’ look, world, story, tone or sound. Open a pack, read its description and price, then choose **Add to series**.

You can have one active Look, World, Sound and Heat choice at a time. Story directions can be combined. Changing a pack doesn’t replace existing artwork or rendered footage. A free pack doesn’t include scene rendering.

## Finish an episode and continue a draft

Before finishing, review scene order and audio with **Preview episode**. Music is optional; see [Music, speech and captions](/create-and-publish/music-speech-and-captions.md).

Finishing assembles the scenes you’ve already rendered. For a public series, it publishes the episode. **HD is an optional paid download upgrade**; it doesn’t upgrade in-app or shared playback.

To keep working on an unfinished episode, open that draft’s own episode row.

To edit a finished episode, choose **Edit episode → Reopen**. For a public series, the published version stays live until you finish again. If you made no edits, use **Close · no changes** when offered.

[Next: publish, share and download](/create-and-publish/publish-share-and-download.md)