Anima Base v1.0 Image Generation AI Model Released for Local Anime Art
The release marks a step toward practical anime-style image generation on local hardware, addressing the consistency problem that has limited open models for character art.
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On May 15, the image generation AI model Anima Base v1.0, co-developed by ComfyUI, was released. With 2 billion parameters and a 4.18GB file size, it runs on local PCs with 8GB VRAM and supports resolutions up to 1536x1536. The model is specialized for anime style and aims to improve consistency for character generation, a known weakness in previous open models.
Anima Base v1.0, co-developed by ComfyUI, launched on May 15 as a local image generation model specialized for anime. The model has 2 billion parameters and a 4.18GB file size, small enough to run on video cards with 8GB VRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1536x1536, larger than the common 1024x1024. On an A6000 GPU, generating a single 1024x1024 image takes about 30 seconds.
The model was released as a preview version in January by US-based Circle Stone Lab, which receives funding from ComfyUI, and has been updated monthly. The v1.0 base completed model has reduced noise compared to the preview version, allowing clearer image output. However, the art style still fluctuates significantly with each generation using the same prompt, making consistency difficult to control with prompts alone.
To address this, LoRA training is recommended. The sd-scripts tool by Japanese engineer Kohya Tech supported Anima in February, and the Anima Standalone Trainer, a GUI version by gazingstars, is now available for easier LoRA creation.
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