AIAnime.io

AIAnime.io's photo-to-anime tool redraws a photo as anime art while keeping the likeness. You choose the look first, from Studio Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai styles to cyberpunk, 90s retro, chibi and 3D. It takes selfies and portraits, and also sketches and landscapes.

It runs in the browser only and accepts PNG and JPG. It is free with no account to make, and the download carries no watermark. The vendor currently states 60 free credits a day for every user, resetting at midnight. The site also has a separate text-to-anime generator, which is a different tool from this one.

AIAnime.io fits turning your own photos into anime art. Use it if:

• You want a selfie or portrait redrawn as anime while still looking like you.
• You want to compare looks rather than accept one house style. Ghibli, Makoto Shinkai, cyberpunk, chibi and 3D are all there to try.
• You want to convert something other than a face. It accepts sketches and landscapes, not only portraits.
• You want a clean file for free. The result carries no watermark, and using it needs no account.
• You want to convert several photos a day at no cost, which the daily free credits cover.
• You want to adjust the result, since there is an optional prompt and a strength slider next to the style picker.

Skip AIAnime.io if any of these describe you:

• You have a large batch to convert in one sitting. Credits reset once a day, so a big run waits for the next reset.
• You want to build an anime character from a written description rather than a photo. That is the site's separate text-to-anime generator, or another photo-to-anime tool.
• Your file is not a PNG or JPG, or it is over the size limit shown on the page. Other formats need converting first.
• You want a phone app. It runs in a browser only, though the site works on a phone browser.