¶ Anime Prompting
¶ Danbooru Tags - The Language of Anime
Most anime AI models work with Danbooru tags. This means, for example, it is better to say "1girl, beautiful," than “beautiful woman,”. And instead of saying “short black pleated skirt”, it may work better to say “skirt, black skirt, short skirt, pleated skirt”.
This is a web database of Danbooru tags: Danbooru Tag Groups
And here are a few favorites:
Danbooru Tags for Verbs (activities)
Danbooru Tags for Image Composition (includes angles, techniques, patterns, and more…)
At the bottom of this page, you can see many examples of artworks and prompts created with MonAI that use Danbooru tags. But first, let's talk about the best anime AI models.
¶ Best of the Best - the most popular anime models
Two of our most popular models are Nova Anime v3 and Nova Anime v7. As of this writing, we've just added Nova Anime v10. The Nova Anime series offers great prompt adherence and anatomy, and works well with artist references.
Nova Anime is based on Illustrious XL. Illustrious is an amazing model, though not as refined as Nova. Illustrious can create a unique look for your prompts, and it does amazing things with artist references. Use the Illustrious style to easily apply the recommended prompts, negative prompts, guidance scale and steps.
Animagine v3.1 and Animagine v4 are also incredible anime models. Animagine has developed separately from Illustrious, so the results you'll get from Animagine are different but very high quality. Use the styles Animagine 4 and Animagine 3.1 to easily access these models and their recommended settings.
For best results, please visit the MonAI wiki pages for these models. Each model was created with prompting recommendations that will help you recreate your favorite characters.
¶ Anime Artists
The best way to customize the look of an anime artwork is to reference an anime artist. There are thousands of artists whose names can be used in these anime models. Here are some great references to see examples of the artists' styles:
NovelAI Anime Artist Tags This reference is newer, and these artists should all work with the Nova Anime series.
Animagine v3.1 Artist References This one is older. It was created using Animagine v3.1.
MonAI Artist Study using Animagine This is a small sample of artist references created in MonAI
¶ Anime Prompting Examples
These are examples of Danbooru prompted anime images using the models discussed in this article.
 Prompt: 1girl, looking to the side, blonde hair, curly hair, wind, purple-gray halter blouse, full skirt, patchwork skirt, cloudy sky, grassy field, autumn, dappled sunlight, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (otomo_katsuhiro:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, rain coat, pink hair, short hair, wind, night, city, scenic background, wet, street, reflections, neon, looking at viewer, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (anato_finnstark:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink ruffled halter blouse, short pleated skirt, bare feet, sitting, seiza, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (naguru_\(cyoroama\):1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink hair, curly hair, bending over, looking down, reaching for a lavender flower, smiling, in a lavender field, in Tuscany, pink-gray blouse, halter blouse, hand reaching for a flower, from below, denim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (takatsuki_nato:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, red hair, looking up, raining, in the rain, smiling, wet, pink blouse, sleeveless blouse, arms reaching up to the sky, from above, denim shorts, ruffle trim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (takatsuki_nato:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, rain coat, pink hair, short hair, wind, night, city, scenic background, wet, street, reflections, neon, looking at viewer, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, cinematic, (Clamp:1.2) Negative Prompt: lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3), displeasing, bad anatomy, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 5.0 |
 Prompt: 1giraffe, on a wildflower hill, long neck, beautiful giraffe, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, ultra-detailed, absurdres Negative Prompt: lowres, low quality, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), displeasing, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, bad anatomy, sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, signature, simple background, conjoined, bad ai-generated Guidance Scale: 5.0 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, night, wet street, rain, raindrops, water, puddles, city, street, hood, jacket, navy jacket, shorts, bending forward, looking at viewer, from below, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, ultra-detailed, absurdres, (Studio Ghibli:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 5.5 |
.jpg) Prompt: 1girl, pink hair, twin drills, sleeveless dress, laughing, open mouth, from above, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (tobimura:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (bad quality, worst quality:1.3), displeasing Guidance Scale: 7.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, blonde hair, short hair, tshirt, denim shorts, in the desert, sitting, hugging own legs, scenic background, masterpiece, best quality, (kurororo_rororo:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, (low quality, worst quality:1.3), bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry Guidance Scale: 6.8 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, rain coat, pink hair, short hair, wind, night, city, scenic background, wet, street, reflections, neon, looking at viewer, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, (amano_yoshitaka:1.2) Negative Prompt: lowres, (low quality, worst quality:1.3), bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry Guidance Scale: 6.8 |
 Prompt: 1girl, looking to the side, laughing, ruffle blouse, pleated skirt, pink hair, hair covering 1 eye, dancing on 1 foot, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, heart hands over chest, blush, blue sweater, pleated skirt, pink hair over one eye, beach background, vintage, oldest anime art style, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, standing, leaning forward, laughing, blue paisley dress, yellow hair in two long braids, blue sparkly eyes, in a field of red flowers, close up, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1giraffe standing on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (keinesandayoooo:1.2), (cad_\(caddo\):1.1), wewe Negative Prompt: (deformed, distorted, disfigured:1.3), lowres, displeasing, (extra leg), bad anatomy, ugly, blurry, (bad quality, low quality, worst quality:1.3), human, (girl:1.2) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, looking at viewer, wool coat, fur collar, smile, standing on a hillside, snowfall, mountains in the background, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, 1990s style, retro artstyle, Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, close up, bending forward, blush, teal plaid wool coat, red curly hair, violet sparkly eyes, snowfall, winter forest background, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, looking to the side, ruffle blouse, pleated skirt, pink hair, hair covering 1 eye, standing on 1 foot, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, 1990s style, retro artstyle Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, black shirt, dress shirt, polka dot skirt, full ruffled skirt, magenta coat, overcoat, black epaulettes, aigullette, (contrapposto), city sidewalk, rain, reflections, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (tinnies:1.2), kyousaru Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, sitting on a grassy hill, hugging knees to her chest, gray plaid shirt, blue shorts, pink hair in pigtails, blue sparkly eyes, soft smile, close up, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 7.0 |
 Prompt: 1girl, looking to the side, laughing, ruffle blouse, pleated skirt, pink hair, hair covering 1 eye, dancing on 1 foot, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, 1990s style, retro artstyle Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 2girls, facing away, standing on a hillside, scenery, starry night, meteor shower, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 7.0 |
 Prompt: 2girls, facing away, standing on a hillside, scenery, starry night, meteor shower, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (kobinbin:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 7.0 |
 Prompt: 1girl, smiling, halter blouse, denim pants, pink hair, twin tails, sitting on a wildflower hill, seiza, cloudy sunset sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (maosame:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 7.0 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink ruffled halter blouse, short pleated skirt, bare feet, sitting, seiza, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (gyaheung:1.3), (dismassd) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, short hair, aqua colored tips, oversized shirt, sleeves pushed up, (villain pose), spiked gloves, dark alley, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, neonfloyd, (wewe) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink ruffled blouse, off shoulder shirt, long tartan skirt, standing on one leg, on a rock on the ocean, Dutch angle, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (wewe), (haneramu:1.3) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, dress shirt, sleeves pushed up, short skirt, standing on one leg, in the desert, facing forward, at dusk, Dutch angle, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, dress shirt, polka dot skirt, magenta coat, overcoat, contrapposto, city sidewalk, rain, reflections, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, tinnies+, ranf, (kyousaru:1.15) Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, blue eyes, glasses, single long braid, blonde hair, bare forehead, mature female, outdoors, balcony, black elbow gloves, black dress, sleeveless, spaghetti straps, looking at viewer, parted lips, cityscape, blue moon, hand on railing, choker, cowboy shot, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, long hair, straight black hair, blunt bangs, green eyes, satin_teeshirt, pajamas, finger to mouth, shy, head tilt, blush, mature woman, looking at viewer, parted lips, night, living room, low light, depth of field, blurry background, (masterpiece), (best quality), very aesthetic, perfect composition, intricate details, absurdres Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 6.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, demon woman, pointed ear, adult, black hair, long hair, red eyes, crouching, facing viewer, cute, naughty_face, Messy hair, eyeliner, eyeshadow, makeup, city street, night, reflections, depth of field, little two horns, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic Negative Prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, displeasing, ugly, fewer digit, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, (low quality, worst quality:1.3) Guidance Scale: 7.0 |