This free AI anime generator turns your photo into anime or draws anime art from a sentence: add a photo of yourself or type a scene, pick a look like shonen, shojo, chibi or 90s cel, and get the picture back.
Photo or text
Both work
Six looks
Chibi to cyberpunk
About a minute
Per try
Four pictures
Per try on Nano Banana
We added a photo of a man on a city court and pressed Shonen. His twists, beard, red jersey and ball came through; the soft afternoon light became hard cel shadows and speed lines.
Turn my photo into anime
Shonen
Your photoSix looks sit under the box. Here are four of them on four other people, the photo on the left; press one to put its prompt in the box.
Yes. Leave the photo out and describe the scene, the look and the light. Every picture here came from the prompt on its card.
An anime illustration in 1990s cel style, portrait 4:5: a tiny ramen stall at night in the rain, steam rising from two bowls, an old cook in a white headband ladling broth, a tired office worker in a loosened tie sitting at the counter. Warm yellow light from a paper lantern against cold blue rain, thick outlines, slightly muted colors, soft film grain. Exactly two people. The lantern and the curtains are blank. No text, no watermark.
A shonen anime action illustration, portrait 4:5: a young courier in a red jacket leaps between two city rooftops at sunset with a parcel under his arm, scarf trailing, one sneaker reaching for the next ledge. The street far below, laundry lines and water tanks around him, bold ink outlines, hard cel shading, dramatic speed lines, orange and violet sky. Exactly one person. No text, no watermark.
A soft hand-painted anime film still, portrait 4:5: a small flower shop on a steep hillside street in the morning, an old woman in a straw sun hat watering buckets of blue hydrangeas outside, a ginger cat asleep on the step, the sea far below between rooftops. Gentle watercolor background, warm natural light, clean simple character lines, calm pastel colors. Exactly one person. The shop sign is blank. No text, no watermark.
A cyberpunk anime illustration, portrait 4:5: a pilot in a white and orange flight suit with a helmet under her arm stands on a steel gantry, looking up at a giant grey and orange robot in a hangar. Neon pink and cyan light, sparks from a welder far below, steam, sharp cel shading, dark night palette. Exactly one person. Every panel and sign is blank. No text, no watermark.
A chibi anime illustration, portrait 4:5: three adult friends with big heads and tiny bodies having a picnic under a blossoming tree, rice balls, a thermos and strawberries on a checkered blanket, one pouring tea, one laughing, one taking a photo with a phone. Round shiny eyes, simple clean lines, bright flat pastel colors, a soft blue sky. Exactly three people. No text, no watermark.
A black and white manga panel, portrait 4:5: two swordsmen face each other on a narrow mountain pass in falling snow, one in a torn straw hat with his hand on the hilt, the other in a dark cloak with his blade drawn low, pine trees bent by the wind. Crisp ink lines, screentone shading, strong black and white contrast. Exactly two people. No speech bubbles, no panel borders, no text, no watermark.
Three steps, and the last one repeats as often as you like.
Press + Photo and pick a clear JPG or PNG where your face is well lit.
Press a look under the box, or describe your own, like clean modern anime, and send.
Add the anime picture as your new photo and ask for the next change, like a rainy evening.
Pick by what the photo is for. Shonen and cyberpunk suit a strong pose, shojo and soft watercolor a calm portrait, chibi a funny gift or a pet, and 90s cel a picture that should feel like an old series. The last column is what to add to your own prompt.
| Look | What changes | Works best for | Add to your prompt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Shonen | Bold ink, hard shadows, speed lines | Sport, action, a strong pose | "shonen, bold outlines, speed lines" |
| 02Shojo | Big sparkling eyes, thin lines, pastels | Portraits, couples, profile pictures | "shojo, sparkling eyes, petals" |
| 03Chibi | Big head, tiny body, flat color | Gifts, stickers, people with pets | "chibi, big head, round eyes" |
| 0490s cel | Thick outlines, muted paint, grain | Everyday scenes, nostalgia | "1990s cel anime, film grain" |
| 05Soft watercolor | Painted background, warm calm light | Gardens, towns, quiet moments | "hand-painted, watercolor background" |
| 06Cyberpunk | Neon rim light, rain, night | City and night photos | "neon pink and cyan, rain, night" |
An AI anime generator draws a picture in the style of Japanese animation from a photo, a written description, or both. Ours sends your words and your photo to Nano Banana or Flux Kontext and returns the anime version, keeping the face, hair and clothes you started with.
It is part of the same free AI image generator, so it runs in the browser on a phone or a computer with nothing to install. You need a free account to send, and every result is kept in Generations. Want a whole original character with a name and a backstory? The AI character generator makes one.
What people use it for
Mostly. The hairstyle, hair color, skin tone, glasses, beard and clothes carry over well, because each look's prompt asks for them by name. The face is redrawn in the look's rules, so shojo eyes grow and chibi shrinks everything but the head.
It is a new drawing, not a filter on your pixels, so small things can drift: an earring, a hand, a logo. If something moved, name it in your next instruction or pick another of the pictures from the same try.
What people ask before their first anime picture.
Yes. It is free to start and runs online in your browser. Each try uses a little energy, which refills with a daily bonus and when you share, post or invite friends. There is no subscription to cancel.
Press + Photo, add a clear photo, then press a look under the box (Shonen, Shojo, Chibi, 90s cel, Soft watercolor or Cyberpunk) and send. Each try returns several pictures to choose from.
Yes. Type the scene, the look and the light, for example "a ramen stall at night in the rain, 1990s cel anime". The text-to-anime examples above show prompts that work; copy one and change the subject.
Six looks are one press away: shonen, shojo, chibi, 90s cel, soft watercolor and cyberpunk. You can also describe any other look in your own words, like black and white manga with screentone.
A clear, well-lit JPG or PNG under 10 MB with the face large in the frame. One or two people work best; a pet in the photo usually comes along into the drawing.
Try both on the same photo. For this page, Flux Kontext drew the bolder anime versions (the shojo, chibi and 90s cel examples), and Nano Banana kept more of the photo (shonen, watercolor, cyberpunk). Nano Banana returns four pictures a try, Flux Kontext two.
Before it leaves your browser, your photo is turned into a plain JPEG with location and camera data removed. It is used for your picture, and your results are kept in Generations in your account.
About a minute from pressing send to the finished pictures, sometimes a little more when the queue is busy. You can keep editing the result straight away.
Add a photo, pick a look, and get your anime version.
Turn my photo into animeFree to start. Energy refills when you share, post or invite friends.
Reviewed by Arthur Down, editor · Updated · How we check facts
