Synopsis:
After losing a phone, the protagonist experiences anxiety and frustration but learns an unexpected lesson about kindness when a stranger returns it. The story is told from the owner’s perspective and reflects on trust in everyday life.
Creation:
The video was created using CapCut. For the protagonists, I chose Japanese anime–style visuals. I was able to find images and video clips on Pixabay and Freepik, and a few additional images were generated with AI. The narration was produced using ElevenLabs’ “Text to Speech Generator” with the Eleven Multilingual V2 model. I selected the Terra voice because her tone has a slightly Asian quality, which fit well with the anime theme of the story.
Credits:
Video & Image assets:
AI Generated
“Close up messages” – used prompt “anime close up text messages” March 2026
“Busy street” – used prompt “anime girl walking on the busy street” March 2026
“Close up texting” – used prompt “anime girl texting close up” March 2026
“Checking purse” – used prompt “anime girl searching purse” March 2026
“Found phone” – used prompt “anime girls holding phone with message – someone found your phone” March 2026
“Man holding phone” – used prompt “anime boy holding phone with message – did someone lose their phone” March 2026
“Shake hands” – used prompt “anime shaking hands with message – thank you” March 2026
“Sunset phone back, happy” – used prompt “anime girl happy with the phone with sunset background” March 2026
“Kindness around the world” – used prompt “kindness around the world” March 2026
“Walking while looking at phone” – used prompt “anime girl walking and checking phone” March 2026
“Where is my phone” – used prompt “anime girl with message – where is my phone” March 2026
“Searching places” – used prompt “anime girl searching places” March 2026
“Hanging phone back, sunset” – used prompt “anime hanging phone back with sunset background” March 2026
“Illustration of anime character in the rain” designed by freepik CC0 1.0
“Illustration of anime character in the rain” designed by freepik CC0 1.0
“Smartphone in nature concept” designed by freepik CC0 1.0
“Anime friends on new year’s eve” designed by freepik CC0 1.0
“Cityscape, twilight, urban free stock video” by Piyapong Saydaung CC0 1.0
“Outside The Train View, anime girl in train, anime girl seeing beautiful view free stock video” by Me e CCO 1.0
“Ai Generated, anime, cafe free stock video” by Piyapong Saydaung CC0 1.0
“Library, books, students free stock video” by Piyapong Saydaung CC0 1.0
“Girl, Night, Moon royalty-free vector graphic” andsproject CC0 1.0
“Anime, colorful, seamless free stock video” by Piyapong Saydaung CC0 1.0
“Anime Boy, alone boy with train, lonely boy in railway station free stock video” by Silenceboyv2 CC0 1.0
“Heart, heart animation, heart light free stock video” by CreativeSoumen CC0 1.0
Audio Assets:
“Anime rock, Old school hip hop, Dynamic music” by jumpingbunny via Pixabay CC0 1.0
“Thunders and Rain” by Kubuzz via Freesound CC0 1.0
“TEXT TYPE SEND RECEIVE iPhone.wav” by madcowzack via Freesound CC0 1.0
