Hotaru Blend Anima is a model based on the latest Version base-v1.0 of the new Anima model since V3.0. Previous builds based on Preview 3.
It offers a clean Anime style and supports prompting in booru tags and natural language.
You need to download additional text encoder and VAE to use this model:
Text encoder: https://huggingface.co/circlestone-labs/Anima/blob/main/split_files/text_encoders/qwen_3_06b_base.safetensors
VAE: https://huggingface.co/circlestone-labs/Anima/blob/main/split_files/vae/qwen_image_vae.safetensors
Recommended Settings:
Sampler / Scheduler: Euler A or ER SDE with Simple or Beta
Sampling steps: 20-35
CFG Scale: 3-5
Shift: 3-4.5
Recommended resolution: 1024px based
Model tested with Forge Neo
Please refer to the official model page for detailed instructions: https://civarchive.com/models/2458426/anima-official
For all samples, the Forge Neo Add-on "Anima Detail Enhancer" was used to improve minor details. Below settings were applied.
I recommend using a post processing upscale instead of a usual High-res fix.
The preview images were 4x upscaled with 4x-ClearRealityV1_Soft.
Quality tags:
Positive:
masterpiece, best quality, score_9Negative:
score_1, score_2, score_3, blurry, jpeg artifacts,lowres, worst quality, low quality, bad hands, bad anatomy,signature, text, watermark, censor, bar censor, mosaic censorship, mosaic censor, sound effects, blubble speech, patreon logo, patreon username, twitter username, twitter logo, blur, multiple views or similars.Merged models (before V3):
Anima_chromalinemixNoobaiVPred_v10AnimaPreview3
Anima_animaika_v30
animaCatTower_v05
pornmasterAnima_preview2V1
Permission: no commercial use, no selling, use only on Civitai (please also check the sources for their respective permissions)
Description
Version 4 is another new merge from scratch. The previous version had problems with understanding of natural language and this should now work much better with this release.
The preview samples were created with an alternative text encoder you can find here:
https://huggingface.co/DavidAU/Qwen3-0.6B-heretic-abliterated-uncensored
FAQ
Comments (4)
First of all, thank you very much for creating such amazing model merges! Your Hotaru Blend Anima v3.0 is one of my favorite Anima models at the moment :D
So naturally, I was excited to test out your new v4.0 version. But sadly, it seems to create less detailed images with less color intensity and contrast. Maybe this is intended as v3.0 was sometimes a little bit extreme. But at the moment I think I still prefer v3.0 over v4.0. I hope your model will gain some of its contrast and details back with the next version :)
I will check if I can make the colors with a bit more contrast and details for the next version. V3 was a bit too intense and I wanted it to be a bit less. But maybe a bit too less🤔
Same here, V3 it's a best model nowadays. I want to see continue for this like v3.1 :D or something like that
v5.0 is amazing, thank you for that! It has all the contrast and details back from v3.0 with increased aesthetics and better prompt adherence :)