AI Anime Generator

Upload the photo and ask for “anime illustration, clean line art, cel shading, same hair colour and cut, same smile”. Seedream 5.0 Pro at 2K gave the most faithful conversions in our tests, keeping hair, outfit and pose. Use your own photo, or one you have permission to use, and add a soft pastel or neon background to set the mood.

Yes, to start. A new Kenerate account gets free starter credits on sign-up, which work on free-plan models such as Flux 2 Dev. Neta Lumina and Pony XL need a one-time credit pack rather than a subscription, and credits you buy never expire. Downloads carry no watermark.

Yes. Neta Lumina is an anime specialist that generates characters from a text prompt, and Prefect Pony XL reads Pony score tags if you prefer tag-style prompts. Seedream 5.0 Pro also made original anime characters from text in our tests, like the mecha pilot and kitsune spirit. Describe the outfit, setting and lighting, and ask for detailed cel shading.

Yes. Upload a photo of the place and ask for a “detailed anime background painting” of the same scene — our Lisbon street with its yellow tram became one in a Seedream 5.0 Pro edit. Many people pair this with text-made characters: design a character first, then place it into anime versions of real places.

Any style you can describe. Name it in the prompt: shonen action, soft shojo, chibi, 1990s cel anime, a painterly background look, or black-and-white manga. The style list on this page has words to copy. Describe the look itself instead of naming a studio or a living artist.

Seedream 5.0 Pro for photos, since it kept hair, outfit and pose in our tests. Neta Lumina for cheap anime from text. Prefect Pony XL if you like tag-style prompts. Flux 2 Dev if you're on the free plan and want to try the idea first.

Yes. Make the still first, then open it in image to video and pick Seedance 2.0, which runs 4–15 seconds and is the anime pick in our model guide. Video needs a paid plan. To redraw a clip you already filmed, use video to anime instead.

This page is for single anime images. For black-and-white pages with panels, speech bubbles and sound effects, use the AI manga generator, which has its own prompts and examples.