Opus 5.5Launch week
An animated short film for $3.21
"What is the purpose of life?", a full animated short made from one prompt, with Opus orchestrating eight OpenRouter APIs for images and voice.
Original creator on r/ClaudeAI · shared by @RoundtableSpace
[ Receipts ]
As reported by the creator. Blank means not reported.
- Cost
- $3.21
- Build time
- 1 hour 20 minutes
- Tools
- Claude Code, OpenRouter, Nano Banana 2
- Model
- Opus 5.5
- Category
- Films & stories
- Filed
- Sep 24, 2026
- On X
- 62355
From the post
Someone used Claude Code with Opus 5.5 to make a full animated short film called "What is the purpose of life?" from a single one-shot prompt in about 1 hour 20 minutes, spending just $3.21 on OpenRouter APIs. → Opus orchestrated 8 different OpenRouter APIs, with most of the $3.21 going to Nano Banana 2 images and text to voice → The Opus side cost about $20 in API terms, or roughly 10% of one 5-hour quota on a Max plan → Posted as a true one-shot with no edits, and the creator says a few things still need fixing → The full prompt is shared in the post so anyone can rerun it in Claude Code Reddit link: https://t.co/mfGvVH9WGB
