Create colorful, high-quality anime artwork with one of the most popular Illustrious-based models. Known for vibrant colors, improved anatomy, and stunning detail.
Nova Anime XL is a highly popular Illustrious-based checkpoint known for its vibrant, colorful anime illustrations. With over 1.6 million downloads, it has become one of the go-to models for anime art generation.
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1girl, beautiful anime girl with long flowing pink hair, detailed eyes, soft lighting, standing in flower garden, wind blowing hair, cherry blossoms, masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres
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1boy, handsome anime boy with dark blue hair, detailed eyes, school uniform, standing on rooftop, sunset sky, city skyline background, dramatic lighting, masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres
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1girl, magical girl with twin tails, colorful magical outfit, sparkles, dynamic pose, glowing effects, fantasy background, detailed costume, masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres
Try This PromptKnown for exceptional color vibrancy and saturation. Produces rich, eye-catching anime illustrations with accurate color reproduction.
Version 9.0 features significantly improved hand and finger rendering, reducing common AI art artifacts.
Enhanced posing accuracy with improved character anatomy and natural body proportions.
Built on the powerful Illustrious XL base model, ensuring high-quality anime-style output.
Uses familiar Danbooru-style tags for precise control over character appearance and scene composition.
Regularly updated with new versions. Part of the larger Nova model family with specialized variants.
Learn how to get the best results from Nova Anime XL
Always include "masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres" in your prompts for optimal results.
Start with "1girl", "1boy", "2girls", etc. to specify character count clearly.
Use a lower guidance scale (4.5-6) for more natural, vibrant results. Higher values may cause oversaturation.
Include "depth of field, volumetric lighting" for more atmospheric and professional-looking images.
masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highreslowres,bad anatomy,blurry,worst quality,low quality,hands bad,normal quality,bad hands,mutated hands and fingers,extra legs,extra arms,duplicate,cropped,jpeg,artifacts,long body,multiple breasts,mutated,disfigured,bad proportions,bad feet,ugly,text font ui,missing limb,monochrome,face badNova Anime XL is one of the most popular anime AI image generation models, built on the Illustrious XL foundation. It is known for producing vibrant, colorful anime illustrations with excellent color reproduction and has over 1.6 million downloads.
For best results, use Euler A scheduler with 20-30 steps, guidance scale of 4.5-6, and include quality tags like "masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres". Supported image sizes include 1024x1024, 832x1216 (portrait), and 1216x832 (landscape).
Nova Anime XL is the flagship 2D anime model. The Nova family also includes Nova 3DCG XL for PVC figure-like 3D output, Nova Cross XL for stylized 2.5D looks, Nova Cartoon XL for western cartoon styles, and Nova Moe XL for 2000s-era moe aesthetics.
Nova Anime XL produces vibrant colors by default. If colors appear too saturated, try lowering your guidance scale to 4-5 or adding "soft lighting" to your prompt. The model works best with lower CFG values.
Yes! Nova Anime XL is available on Anifusion with 20 free credits to start. After that, you can subscribe for unlimited generations or purchase additional credits.
Nova Anime XL supports various SDXL-compatible sizes including 1024x1024 (square), 832x1216 (portrait), and 1216x832 (landscape). These sizes are optimized for the Illustrious XL architecture.
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