Anima Turbo LoRA API

Introduction

It runs on Anima Turbo, the distilled 8-to-12-step build of CircleStone Labs' 2-billion-parameter anime model. Pick any of fifteen aspect ratios and one of two resolution tiers.

Choose a mode by starting material

Key features

Community LoRAs by direct link

Pass the direct file link and a scale; nothing is uploaded to us in advance.

Three at once

Up to three LoRAs per request, each with its own scale. In our test a PC-98 style at 1, a monochrome LoRA at 0.6 and an aesthetic LoRA at 0.25 loaded together and the main style still read clearly.

Seconds per image

Across 60 test runs the model took between 2 and 16 seconds per image and usually less than 10. The first request with a new LoRA can take longer while the file is fetched.

Request parameters

Pricing

Prices are in credits, the same credits you use on the website (1 credit = $0.01). The hold is taken when the task is accepted and settled to the actual charge when it finishes; failed tasks are refunded.

Each task is rounded up to whole credits, so one run at the lowest tier costs 3 credits per image ($0.03).

For an exact number before you run, send the same body to POST /jobs/quote.

Use cases

Style batches

Fix the seed per layout and swap only the subject line.

Character sheets

Keep a character LoRA and a seed fixed and change only the outfit, place and light between prompts. The face and build stay recognisable across the whole set.

Prompt guide & pro tips

Trigger words first

Check the LoRA page for its trigger and put it at the very start. Some styles need plain tags instead of a made-up word: our monochrome LoRA only went black and white once "monochrome, greyscale" was in the prompt.

Compare against no LoRA

Run the same prompt and seed without the LoRA. If the two results are identical, the file was trained for another base model: such LoRAs load without an error and do nothing.

Stay near 1

The scale field accepts 0 to 4, but 0.5 to 1.2 is where the results are usable. At 4 the image broke apart in our test.

Use direct, public links

The link must download the .safetensors file itself.

API quick start

Call the Anima Turbo LoRA API in three steps

1. Create an API key. Sign in to PopNow and create a key in the API console. Keys start with sk-popnow- and use the same credits as the website.
2. Send the request. POST /jobs/createTask with model circlestone-labs/anima-turbo-lora/text-to-image and an input object that follows the parameter table. The response returns a task ID straight away.
3. Get the result. Poll GET /jobs/recordInfo with the task ID, or pass a callBackUrl and we post the result to it. Download the output links when the task succeeds.

# 1. Create the task. Keep the Idempotency-Key if you retry after a network error.
export IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "circlestone-labs/anima-turbo-lora/text-to-image",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A ceramic teapot on a linen cloth, soft window light, muted palette",
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1",
    "resolution": "1k"
  }
}'

# 2. Copy data.taskId from the response, then poll until state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
TASK_ID="TASK_ID_FROM_RESPONSE"
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"

Replace the prompt and any links with your own. The API tab has the response, polling and callback reference.

Anima Turbo LoRA API questions

All Anima models

Plain Anima Turbo is a little cheaper when you don't need your own weights.

• Anima Turbo APIAnime art in seconds, or turn a photo into animeFrom 2 credits per image
• Anima Turbo LoRA APIAnime art with your own style or character LoRAsFrom 3 credits per image

Other image APIs

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• MiniMax H3 Image LoRA APIH3 stills and edits with up to three of your LoRAsFrom 7 credits per image
• Krea 2 Turbo LoRA APIKrea 2 Turbo images and restyles with your own LoRAsFrom 4 credits per image
• P-Image LoRA APIFast P-Image renders and edits with one LoRA of your ownFrom 1 credit per image
• Z-Image Base LoRA APIZ-Image Base with up to three of your own LoRAsFrom 3 credits per image
• FLUX.2 Klein 9B LoRA APIFast FLUX.2 Klein 9B that loads up to three of your LoRAsFrom 3 credits per image

More about Anima Turbo LoRA

Try it

Anima Turbo LoRA AI Image Generator onlineCreate images with Anima Turbo LoRA in PopNow

Docs

Anima Turbo LoRA model ID and input schema in the API docsPopNow API quickstart: your first request in five minutesImage generation guide for the PopNow APIWebhooks: get Anima Turbo LoRA results without polling