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Anima Base

Anima Base is an anime-first model built for illustrations, not realism. It swings from clean cel-shaded characters and towering mecha to painterly, brushy pieces and neon cyberpunk portraits with subtle glitch vibes. If you like exploring different art directions from a single prompt, this is a great sandbox.

$0.005

per image in the cloud

$0

on your own GPU

Run it free Use it in Claude or the API

Vibe

Crisp anime linework and bold cel shading.
Neon-on-black cyberpunk portraits with subtle glitch/scanline artifacts; glowing blues and saturated reds pop against deep shadow.
Painterly, brushy strokes that read like ink or watercolor on a clean white poster.
Retro mecha hero shots with towering scale and tidy mechanical forms.

Best for

Character art (OCs, stylized portraits), action poses, splash screens, and key art.
Mecha and sci‑fi concepts, retro poster compositions, manga‑leaning illustrations.
Mood pieces with saturated red/cyan accents or soft pastels and high contrast.
Not ideal for photoreal faces or lifelike textures, stick to stylized illustration.

Prompting tips

Style cues: cel‑shaded, clean lineart, flat colors, painterly, ink wash, dry‑brush, watercolor edges, screen‑tone, halftone.
Lighting: rim light, backlit, dramatic contrast, soft ambient bounce, neon glow, cool shadows/warm highlights.
Composition: low‑angle hero shot, towering scale, character collage, panel strip, poster layout on white, close‑up portrait with a central motif, full‑body on a rocky outcrop.
Effects: chromatic aberration, scanlines, VHS/glitch, subtle film grain, spark particles.
Color language: saturated red and cyan accents, pastel candy palette, muted retro tones, high contrast on black.

Use it

Three ways to run Anima Base

Download Imference Desktop and open it.
In Local models, pick Anima Base. It downloads once.
Write a prompt and press Generate. Free, on your GPU.

Get the app

Make an image with Anima Base ("anima-base"): a lighthouse on a cliff at dusk, cinematic light

curl https://imference.com/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IMFERENCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "anima-base",
       "format_code": "square",
       "prompt": "a lighthouse on a cliff at dusk, cinematic light"}'

Claude needs the MCP server. API details in the reference.

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