Anima Turbo API

Introduction

It runs on Anima Turbo, the distilled build of CircleStone Labs' 2-billion-parameter anime model. A strength value from 0 to 1 decides how far the result moves from the source, the output keeps the source's aspect ratio, and nothing is filtered.

Choose a mode by starting material

Key features

Strength you can reason about

At 0 it came back untouched; at 0.3 it was nearly identical; at 0.6 small details changed; at the default 0.8 the content followed the prompt while the pose and the room stayed; at 1 the source no longer mattered.

Photo in, anime out

The prompt describes the scene; the model supplies the medium.

The shape follows the source

The result always keeps the source's aspect ratio. The resolution tier only sets the pixel count: about one megapixel on 1k, about 2.4 megapixels on 1.5k.

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 2 credits per image ($0.02).

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

Use cases

A shared look for mixed sources

Run photos from different cameras and renders from other tools through the same prompt pattern and strength to give a set one consistent anime look.

Prompt guide & pro tips

Describe the picture, not the edit

This endpoint restyles; it does not follow instructions such as "change the dress". Write what the final image contains.

Start at 0.75 for photos

If the photograph still shows through, raise strength in steps of 0.05; if the pose or the face drifts, lower it. Keep the seed fixed while you compare.

Match the prompt to the source

Name the hair, the clothes and the setting that are actually in the source. A prompt that contradicts the picture pulls the result away from it.

Send a clean source

One clear subject and no borders, captions or watermarks. The model redraws everything it sees, including things you did not mean to keep.

API quick start

Call the Anima Turbo 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/edit 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/edit",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A ceramic teapot on a linen cloth, soft window light, muted palette",
    "image_url": "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp",
    "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 API questions

All Anima models

Anima Turbo LoRA adds up to three of your own style or character LoRAs on the same model.

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• Anima Turbo LoRA APIAnime art with your own style or character LoRAsFrom 3 credits per image

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More about Anima Turbo

Try it

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

Docs

Anima Turbo 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 results without polling