Product turntables
A bottle, a sneaker or a phone turning on a pedestal, with studio light sweeps and reflections. Clean, brand-safe, no warped logos.
Claude Fable 5.2 released by Anthropic on Nov 9, 2026. Now in Nano Banana
Claude Fable 5.2 codes the scene. Nano Banana films it.
Describe an animation. Anthropic's newest model writes a 3D scene and its sound design in code, your browser renders it frame by frame, and you get an MP4 on your timeline, ready to edit.
1 Describe the animation
Duration
Quality
2 What Claude Fable 5.2 builds
01 / What is Claude Fable 5.2
Anthropic's new flagship thinks in code, including motion and sound.
Claude Fable 5.2 is the publicly available version of Anthropic's newest frontier model, released on November 9, 2026 alongside the restricted Claude Mythos 5.2. Anthropic positions it for large coding projects, long agentic work, reasoning and vision, and says it creates simulations, animations and educational videos with sound in code. That last part is exactly what the Claude model of Nano Banana Video Studio does.
Status as of November 10, 2026. Sources: Anthropic, CNBC, Fortune.
ReleasedNov 9, 2026, by Anthropic
API model IDclaude-fable-5-2
API price$8 / M input tokens, $40 / M output (Fable 5.1: $10 and $50)
Fast modeUp to 2.5x faster, at twice the price, on supported platforms
Context1M tokens, up to 128K output (OpenRouter listing)
AvailabilityClaude Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise; Claude API, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry
VideoNo pixel video model. It writes animations in code, and Nano Banana renders them to MP4.
02 / How it works in Nano Banana
From one sentence to an MP4 with sound.
No render farm and nothing to install: Claude Fable 5.2 writes the scene, your browser plays it back frame by frame and encodes the video, and the clip lands on your timeline.
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You
Describe
Pick "Claude Fable 5.2" in the Video Studio, write what should happen, choose a format and a duration from 3 to 60 seconds.
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Claude Fable 5.2
Code
It writes a three.js scene: models, materials, lights, camera moves, timing, plus a matching sound design built with Web Audio.
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Nano Banana
Render
Your browser renders every frame in 720p or 1080p and encodes an H.264 MP4 with AAC sound. A scene that crashes is sent back to Claude to fix.
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Claude Fable 5.2
Refine
Ask for a change in plain words ("slower camera", "warmer light"), or edit the code yourself. Then mix it with AI video clips on the timeline.
03 / What to make with it
Scenes that are easier to design than to film.
Code-made animation is exact: every move is timed to the frame, text stays sharp and loops are seamless. That is where Claude Fable 5.2 beats a video model.
Logo and title reveals
Particles that assemble into your logo, kinetic type, a sound hit on the reveal. Exact timing for intros and outros.
Explainers and education
A rotating solar system, a beating heart, a data pipeline drawn step by step. Anthropic itself highlights educational videos with sound.
Data visualizations
Bars that grow, maps that light up, numbers counting to a total. Give the figures in the prompt, they stay correct on screen.
Loops and backgrounds
Seamless abstract motion for stream overlays, website heroes, event screens and music visuals.
Ad inserts
A 3D shot between two AI video clips: put a Fable 5.2 packshot after a MiniMax H3 lifestyle scene on the same timeline.
04 / Copy-paste prompts
Prompts that work with Claude Fable 5.2.
Name the subject, the camera, the light, the timing and the sound. Replace the parts in [brackets], paste into the Video Studio with Claude Fable 5.2 selected.
Product
Product turntable
A [matte black water bottle] on a round pedestal, turning one full revolution over the whole video. Dark studio, a soft key light from the left, a thin light sweep crossing the bottle every [3] seconds. Slow push-in from a medium shot to a close-up. Sound: a low ambient pad and a soft shimmer on each light sweep.
Brand
Logo reveal
Hundreds of [golden] particles drifting in darkness, then pulled together into the word "[BRAND]" in a bold sans-serif at [2] seconds. Hold, then a subtle glow pulse. Camera static, slight depth of field. Sound: rising whoosh, a deep impact when the word forms, a short sparkle tail.
Education
Explainer
[The solar system]: the sun in the center, [8] planets on their orbits at relative speeds, labels fading in next to each planet one after the other. Camera slowly orbiting from above to a 30-degree angle. Calm educational tone. Sound: a soft space ambience and a light chime as each label appears.
Data
Data story
A clean bar chart on a white background: [5] bars for [2022 to 2026] growing one after the other to [12, 18, 25, 41, 63], the value counting up above each bar. The last bar highlighted in [yellow]. Camera static. Sound: a soft tick per bar and a satisfying chime on the last one.
Loop
Seamless loop
An abstract field of [glossy spheres] gently floating and colliding in slow motion, pastel [pink and blue] light, reflections everywhere. The last frame must match the first so the video loops seamlessly. Sound: an ambient drone with no clear start or end.
Type
Kinetic title
The words "[Summer sale]" appearing letter by letter with a bouncy overshoot, then "[up to 50% off]" sliding in below. Bright [orange] background with soft moving shapes. Ends on a 1-second hold. Sound: a playful pop per letter and a whoosh for the second line.
05 / Which model to pick
Claude, Claude Fable 5.2 or a video model?
Three ways to make a clip in the same studio. Prices are for a 5-second clip in 1080p.
Claude
MiniMax H3
Claude Fable 5.2
How it is made
3D scene written in code
AI video generation
3D scene written in code by Anthropic's newest model
Best at
Quick motion graphics and drafts
Realistic people, places and physics
Richer, more detailed scenes and sound design
Exact text and timing
Yes
No
Yes
Sound
Generated in code
Native audio
Generated in code
Duration
3 to 60 s
5 to 15 s
3 to 60 s
Credits (5 s, 1080p)
7
5 (768p, upscaled to 1080p)
19
06 / What changed
Fable 5.2 vs Fable 5.1, in numbers.
Scores published by Anthropic at launch, with safeguards on and at the highest effort. Company-reported results, not independent tests.
Benchmark
Fable 5.1
GPT-6 Astra
Fable 5.2
FrontierSWE v2 (agentic coding)
56.3%
65.5%
69.9%
FrontierCode 2.0 (agentic coding)
32.4%
42.8%
49.1%
Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)
65.6%
57.2%
74.2%
OSWorld 2.1 (computer use)
83.5%
79.5%
89.3%
Chartography (charts, no tools)
44.8%
71.0%
73.4%
API price (input / output, per M tokens)
$10 / $50
$10 / $50
$8 / $40
Source: Anthropic, Claude Fable 5.2 page. GPT-6 Astra pricing: Fortune. Full breakdown in our Claude Fable 5.2 guide.
07 / For developers
Automate it: brief in, video out.
Use the Claude API with claude-fable-5-2 to plan a campaign and write one prompt per shot, then send each shot to the Nano Banana REST API or MCP server and get a video URL back.
fable-to-video.js
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk'; // 1. Claude Fable 5.2 writes the shot prompt const claude = new Anthropic(); const msg = await claude.messages.create({ model: 'claude-fable-5-2', max_tokens: 1024, messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Write one 9:16 video prompt, under 60 words, for: ' + brief }] }); // 2. Nano Banana renders it const res = await fetch('https://nanobananavideo.com/api/v1/text-to-video.php', { method: 'POST', headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.NB_API_KEY}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ prompt: msg.content[0].text, video_model: 'veo3', duration: 5 }) }); const { video_url } = await res.json();
08 / FAQ
Claude Fable 5.2 and video, answered
Something else? Contact us. Using Claude as an agent? See Claude AI video generator.
Can Claude Fable 5.2 generate videos?
Not as pixels: Anthropic's model outputs text and code, not video frames. What it does very well is write animations in code. Anthropic says Fable 5.2 creates simulations, animations and educational videos with sound in code. In Nano Banana, the Claude Fable 5.2 model writes a three.js scene with its own sound design and your browser renders it frame by frame into an MP4.
Is Claude Fable 5.2 available in Nano Banana?
Yes. In the Video Studio, open Create, pick the model "Claude Fable 5.2" and describe the animation. The regular "Claude" model is still there for faster, cheaper scenes.
How much does a Claude Fable 5.2 animation cost?
Fable 5.2 runs on more expensive tokens than the standard Claude model, so it costs about twice the credits plus 5: 15 credits for 5 seconds in 720p, 19 in 1080p, 29 for 10 seconds in 1080p. A text change to an existing animation costs 8 credits. If Claude cannot deliver the scene, the credits are refunded.
What is the difference between Claude Fable 5.2 and Fable 5.1?
According to Anthropic, Fable 5.2 is cheaper ($8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, down from $10 and $50), scores higher on coding and agentic benchmarks (for example 69.9% vs 56.3% on FrontierSWE v2), and adds a fast mode that is up to 2.5 times faster on some platforms.
What is the API model ID of Claude Fable 5.2?
claude-fable-5-2 on the Claude API. It is also available on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry, and through OpenRouter as anthropic/claude-fable-5.2.
What is the difference between Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2?
Anthropic released both on November 9, 2026. Mythos 5.2 is restricted to vetted organizations through its Cyber and Life Sciences Verification Programs. Fable 5.2 is the publicly available model, with extra cybersecurity and biology safeguards.
Should I use Claude Fable 5.2 or a video model like MiniMax H3?
Use Claude Fable 5.2 for anything that is easier to design than to film: 3D product turntables, logo reveals, explainers, data visualizations, abstract loops, with exact timing and sound. Use a video model like MiniMax H3, FLUX 3 Max or Seedance 2.5 for realistic people, places and physics. In Nano Banana you can mix both on one timeline.
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