diff --git a/ui/src/features/scene3d/Scene3DWorkspace.tsx b/ui/src/features/scene3d/Scene3DWorkspace.tsx
index 2f0411798..ee18110b9 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/scene3d/Scene3DWorkspace.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/features/scene3d/Scene3DWorkspace.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { SceneFxControls } from '../sceneFx/SceneFxControls'
 import { SceneFxOverlay } from '../sceneFx/SceneFxOverlay'
 import { adoptPreparedSceneDocument, withFxShowcase } from '../sceneFx/showcase'
 import { WorldSfxControls } from '../sceneFx/WorldSfxControls'
-import { worldSfxAudioCues, parseWorldSfx, worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint, type WorldSfx } from '../sceneFx/world'
+import { worldSfxAudioCues, parseWorldSfx, applyWorldSfxTranslate, type WorldSfx } from '../sceneFx/world'
 import { worldSfxDemoDocument } from '../sceneFx/worldDemo'
 import { WORLD_SFX_SELECT_PREFIX } from './transformGizmo'
 import { Scene3DMotionControls } from './Scene3DMotionControls'
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { Scene3DInteraction } from './Scene3DInteraction'
 import type { TransformMode } from './transformGizmo'
 import { clipBindingError, resolveScene3DClip, retainSlotClipCatalogs } from './clips.ts'
 import { scene3dFrameCount, scene3dFrameTime, scene3dPlaybackSpeed } from './clock.ts'
+import { slotPoseAtTime } from './performance.ts'
 import { parseScene3DDocument } from './document.ts'
 import { canMutateWorld3DScene } from './exportLock.ts'
 import { exportWorld3DDocument } from './exportFlow.ts'
@@ -390,14 +391,10 @@ export function Scene3DWorkspace({ width, height, initialDocument }: Props) {
             const DEG = 180 / Math.PI
             return { ...current, worldSfx: parseWorldSfx((current.worldSfx ?? []).map(cue => {
               if (cue.id !== cueId) return cue
-              const next: WorldSfx = { ...cue }
+              let next: WorldSfx = { ...cue }
               if (patch.position) {
                 const slot = cue.anchor?.slotId ? current.slots.find(item => item.id === cue.anchor!.slotId) : undefined
-                if (slot) {
-                  next.anchor = { slotId: slot.id, offset: worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint(slot, patch.position) }
-                } else {
-                  next.position = { x: patch.position[0], y: patch.position[1], z: patch.position[2] }
-                }
+                next = applyWorldSfxTranslate(next, patch.position, slot ? slotPoseAtTime(slot, seconds, current.duration) : undefined, patch.anchorOffset)
               }
               if (patch.worldRotation) next.rotation = { x: patch.worldRotation[0] * DEG, y: patch.worldRotation[1] * DEG, z: patch.worldRotation[2] * DEG }
               if (patch.scale !== undefined) next.scale = patch.scale
diff --git a/ui/src/features/scene3d/transformGizmo.ts b/ui/src/features/scene3d/transformGizmo.ts
index b8f02585a..d386e7c5d 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/scene3d/transformGizmo.ts
+++ b/ui/src/features/scene3d/transformGizmo.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Object3D, Raycaster, Vector2 } from 'three'
 import { TransformControls } from 'three/addons/controls/TransformControls.js'
-import { worldSfxIdFromObject } from '../sceneFx/worldRuntime'
+import { worldAnchorOffsetFromSlotRoot, worldSfxIdFromObject } from '../sceneFx/worldRuntime'
 import type { GpuWorld } from './gpu'
 import type { Scene3DSlot } from './types'
 import type { WorldSfx } from '../sceneFx/world'
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { WorldSfx } from '../sceneFx/world'
 export type TransformMode = 'translate' | 'rotate' | 'scale'
 export type TransformPatch = Partial<Pick<Scene3DSlot, 'position' | 'rotationY' | 'scale'>> & {
   worldRotation?: [number, number, number]
+  anchorOffset?: { x: number; y: number; z: number }
 }
 
 export const WORLD_SFX_SELECT_PREFIX = 'wsfx:'
@@ -35,12 +36,20 @@ export function createTransformGizmo(world: GpuWorld, onChange: (id: string, pat
   let worldAxes = false
   let allowed = true
   let mode: TransformMode = 'translate'
+  let attachedAnchorSlotId: string | undefined
   const redraw = () => world.renderer.render(world.scene, world.camera)
   let uniformScale = 1
   const objectChange = () => {
     if (!allowed || !selectedId) return
     const patch = transformPatch(proxy, mode, controls.axis, worldAxes)
     if (patch.scale !== undefined) uniformScale = patch.scale
+    if (attachedAnchorSlotId && patch.position) {
+      const root = world.slots.get(attachedAnchorSlotId)?.root
+      if (root) {
+        const local = worldAnchorOffsetFromSlotRoot(root, patch.position)
+        if ([local.x, local.y, local.z].every(Number.isFinite)) patch.anchorOffset = local
+      }
+    }
     onChange(selectedId, patch)
   }
   const finishDrag = () => { if (mode === 'scale') proxy.scale.setScalar(uniformScale) }
@@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ export function createTransformGizmo(world: GpuWorld, onChange: (id: string, pat
       controls.enabled = enabled
       if ((!slot && !worldCue) || slot?.media === 'image' || !enabled) { controls.pointerUp(null); controls.detach(); return }
       worldAxes = Boolean(worldCue)
+      attachedAnchorSlotId = worldCue?.anchor?.slotId
       const id = worldCue ? WORLD_SFX_SELECT_PREFIX + worldCue.id : slot!.id
       if (selectedId !== id) controls.pointerUp(null)
       selectedId = id
diff --git a/ui/src/features/sceneFx/world.ts b/ui/src/features/sceneFx/world.ts
index a06baf3c7..fd572f5fa 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/sceneFx/world.ts
+++ b/ui/src/features/sceneFx/world.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ export function worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint(
   return { x: dx * cos - dz * sin, y: dy, z: dx * sin + dz * cos }
 }
 
+/** Persist a gizmo drag in the same frame the cue is drawn (live pose / GPU local). */
+export function applyWorldSfxTranslate(
+  cue: WorldSfx,
+  worldPoint: readonly [number, number, number],
+  posedAnchor?: { position: readonly [number, number, number]; rotationY: number },
+  localOffset?: WorldVec3,
+): WorldSfx {
+  if (cue.anchor?.slotId && (localOffset || posedAnchor)) {
+    return {
+      ...cue,
+      anchor: {
+        slotId: cue.anchor.slotId,
+        offset: localOffset ?? worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint(posedAnchor!, worldPoint),
+      },
+    }
+  }
+  return { ...cue, position: { x: worldPoint[0], y: worldPoint[1], z: worldPoint[2] } }
+}
+
 export function worldVec3(raw: unknown, fallback: WorldVec3, min: number, max: number): WorldVec3 {
   const value = raw && typeof raw === 'object' ? raw as Record<string, unknown> : {}
   return {
diff --git a/ui/src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime.ts b/ui/src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime.ts
index 3fe8c2b19..bc0a8ef8a 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime.ts
+++ b/ui/src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ function build(kind: WorldSfx['kind'], color: string) {
   return root
 }
 
+export function worldAnchorOffsetFromSlotRoot(
+  root: Object3D,
+  point: readonly [number, number, number],
+): WorldVec3 {
+  root.updateMatrixWorld(true)
+  const local = root.worldToLocal(new Vector3(point[0], point[1], point[2]))
+  return { x: local.x, y: local.y, z: local.z }
+}
+
 function resolvePoint(anchor: WorldSfxAnchor | undefined, fallback: WorldVec3, slots: readonly WorldSlotPose[]): { point: Vector3; missing: boolean } {
   if (!anchor?.slotId) return { point: new Vector3(fallback.x, fallback.y, fallback.z), missing: false }
   const slot = slots.find(item => item.id === anchor.slotId)
diff --git a/ui/tests/worldSfxRuntime.test.ts b/ui/tests/worldSfxRuntime.test.ts
index ba11100a8..1c0e76371 100644
--- a/ui/tests/worldSfxRuntime.test.ts
+++ b/ui/tests/worldSfxRuntime.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import { test } from 'node:test'
-import { Object3D, Scene } from 'three'
-import { parseWorldSfx, worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint } from '../src/features/sceneFx/world'
-import { syncWorldSfx } from '../src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime'
+import { Object3D, Scene, Vector3 } from 'three'
+import { applyWorldSfxTranslate, parseWorldSfx, worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint } from '../src/features/sceneFx/world'
+import { syncWorldSfx, worldAnchorOffsetFromSlotRoot } from '../src/features/sceneFx/worldRuntime'
+import { slotPoseAtTime } from '../src/features/scene3d/performance.ts'
+import { worldSfxDuelDocument } from '../src/features/sceneFx/worldDemo'
 import { transformPatch } from '../src/features/scene3d/transformGizmo.ts'
 
 test('world SFX occupy the scene graph and hide outside their window', () => {
@@ -78,6 +80,39 @@ test('gizmo offset for an anchored cue is the slot-local displacement', () => {
   assert.ok(Math.abs(offset.z) < 1e-6)
 })
 
+test('anchored gizmo writes use the live pose, not the rest slot', () => {
+  const duel = worldSfxDuelDocument()
+  const slot = duel.slots.find(item => item.id === 'subject_1')
+  const cue = duel.worldSfx?.find(item => item.id === 'duel-circle')
+  assert.ok(slot && cue)
+  const mid = slotPoseAtTime(slot, 5, duel.duration)
+  const worldPoint: [number, number, number] = [mid.position[0] + 0.15, mid.position[1] + 0.02, mid.position[2]]
+  const restOffset = worldAnchorOffsetFromWorldPoint(slot, worldPoint)
+  const live = applyWorldSfxTranslate(cue, worldPoint, mid)
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(restOffset.x - (live.anchor?.offset?.x ?? 0)) > 0.4, 'rest-pose inverse teleports the cue on a moving slot')
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(live.anchor?.offset?.x ?? 99) < 0.2)
+  assert.equal(Number((live.anchor?.offset?.y ?? 0).toFixed(2)), 0.02)
+})
+
+test('GPU local offset inverts a scaled moving slot root', () => {
+  const root = new Object3D()
+  root.position.set(-0.4, 0, 0.3)
+  root.rotation.y = 0.4
+  root.scale.setScalar(0.35)
+  root.updateMatrixWorld(true)
+  const world: [number, number, number] = [-0.1, 0.9, 0.55]
+  const local = worldAnchorOffsetFromSlotRoot(root, world)
+  const cue = parseWorldSfx([{
+    id: 'orb', kind: 'energy_orb', start: 0, end: 4,
+    anchor: { slotId: 'subject_1' },
+  }])[0]
+  const next = applyWorldSfxTranslate(cue, world, undefined, local)
+  const back = root.localToWorld(new Vector3(next.anchor?.offset?.x ?? 0, next.anchor?.offset?.y ?? 0, next.anchor?.offset?.z ?? 0))
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(back.x - world[0]) < 1e-6)
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(back.y - world[1]) < 1e-6)
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(back.z - world[2]) < 1e-6)
+})
+
 test('world gizmo exposes XYZ rotation instead of yaw-only', () => {
   const proxy = new Object3D()
   proxy.rotation.set(0.2, 0.4, -0.1)