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There are now 2 ways to generate anime with Midjourney: The first is with Midjourney’s V5 model, and the second is with Niji Journey.
Midjourney’s V5 Model was released in March 2023. The image quality is incredible, and it is much better at anime than any previous model.
Niji Mode (aka Niji Journey) is the anime-specific model. It’s different from the standard Midjourney model.
This prompt guide will be divided into 2 sections: one for Midjourney V5 and 1 for Niji Journey.
Let’s get started.
Midjourney V5
To set V5 as the default, you can type /settings and then click on Midjourney Version 5. You check check out our list of cool V5 prompts here.
The scene should be in spring, sunny and breezy. The sky is blue, the flowers are blooming, and the grass is green. A man in a white shirt was standing in the flower field, holding a resume in his hand, with a confident and excited expression on his face. Both the foreground and the background are large expanses of flowers in many colors. The sun shines on him, creating a warm and bright atmosphere, and at the same time showing his expectation and courage for the future. The whole image should be full of vigor and vitality, making people feel the beauty and hope of spring. flat illustration style, simple colors, textured, board drawing, procreate, Karolis Strautniekas, Mads Berg, Pixiv --ar 2:3 --q 2 --s 250
In the center of a huge cloud swirl there is an anime beautiful girl in jk uniform and miniskirt, midscape, Son of Weather, Shinkai Makoto style, daub oil painting texture and Chinese painting style mix, braids, bangs, acrylic thick paint, intricate details, art oil painting, anime characters, comic style, Pixar style, abstract, flat, two-dimensional, Particle crushing effect, simple painting style --ar 2:3 --uplight --q 2
Spring, two children, playing, sea of flowers, blue sky, advanced sense of color scheme, national trendy illustration, 8k, rich details, super wide angle, natural lighting, minimalism --s 400 --ar 2:3
青空 アニメ 天気 きらきら
beautiful young anime girl sitting in a fairy fountain reading a book of incantations, while her wishes and dreams float like flower blossoms around her, 16k, --ar 5:7 --q 2 --s 250Niji Mode Prompts
To set V5 as the default, you can type /settings and then click on Niji Mode.
Transparent Vinyl Clothing
As it turns out, rainbow refractions on transparent clothing is something Niji Mode is amazing at. Here’s a smattering of prompts that will help you achieve that style:
- transparent color vinyl
- transparent PVC
- iridescent opaque thin film RGB
- reflective clothing
- chromatic aberration
- holographic
- prismatic
You can use them all at once, however this creates an overwhelming result. We recommend you pick and use 2-3 that you like the best. Here are some examples you can experiment with:
girl, anime, looking at viewer, bubbles, highly detailed, reflective transparent iridescent opaque jacket, long transparent iridescent RGB hair –ar 3:2
girl, anime, looking at viewer with a cigarette in her mouth, highly detailed, reflections transparent iridescent opaque jacket, long transparent iridescent RGB hair –ar 3:2
pixiv, hyper detailed, harajuku fasion, futuristic fashion, anime girl, headphone, colorful reflective fabric inner, transparent PVC jacket, backpack --ar 2:3
transparent color PVC clothing, transparent color vinyl clothing, prismatic, holographic, chromatic aberration, fashion illustration, masterpiece, girl with harajuku fashion, looking at viewer, 8k, ultra detailed, pixiv
masterpiece, 1girl, on train, masterpiece, anime, sadboi, aesthetic, transparent color vinyl jacket, highly detailed, reflections, transparent iridescent opaque rgb girl, chromatic aberration jacketRetro Anime Styles
Althoughthe animation was grainier and less crisp, a painstaking amount of attention went into the style and art direction of 80s and 90s anime. Try the following designers and directors:
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto – Founder of Gainax (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Hayao Miyazaki – Founder of Studio Ghibli (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away)
- Toshihiro Kawamoto – Founder of Bones (Cowboy Bebop)
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri – Director of Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
- Tsukasa Hojo – Creator of City Hunter
- Naoko Takeuchi – Creator of Sailor Moon
You can also add:
- 1980s anime, 1990s anime, retro anime, anime screencap
80s anime still, office girl at desk, muted pastel colors, Yoshiaki Yoshiaki Kawajiri --ar 3:2
80s anime still, man and woman having coffee at a coffeeshop, retro fashion, muted pastel colors, by Tsukasa Hojo and Toshihiro Kawamoto --ar 3:2
80s anime still, delinquent fixing a motorbike, retro fashion, muted retro colors, CRT tv display, by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Tsukasa Hojo and Toshihiro Kawamoto --ar 3:2
80s anime still, girl fixing a mech, retro fashion, muted retro colors, style of Dragons Heaven --ar 3:2Character Design & Concept Sheets
These help designers keep characters consistent across different poses, angles and expressions. Try beginning your prompts with:
- expression sheet
- character design sheet
- character turnaround sheet
- dress-up sheet / fashion sheet
- items sheet / accessories
- character pose sheet
- concept art sheet
Mix and match any of the above.
80s anime still, girl fixing a mech, retro fashion, muted retro colors, style of Dragons Heaven --ar 3:2
character design sheet, magical girl blue hair --ar 3:2
character turnaround sheet, magical girl --ar 3:2
character dress-up sheet, magical girl --ar 3:2Gorgeous Anime Backgrounds
These will look fantastic whether you are making a game or a visual novel. Here are some directors to try:
- Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words
- Taiyo Matsumoto, Tekkonkinkreet
- Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira
relaxing cafe in Tokyo, style of Makoto Shinkai The Garden of Words, aesthetically pleasing, muted color scheme --ar 3:2empty classroom, style of Makoto Shinkai The Garden of Words, aesthetically pleasing, muted color scheme --ar 3:2
aerial shot of city, anime background, style of Makoto Shinkai The Garden of Words --ar 3:2
anime background, busy downtown street, style of tekkonkinkreet --ar 3:2
outside of a boxing gym at night, style of Katsuhiro Otomo Akira film, aesthetically pleasing --ar 3:2Figurines & Toys
Hyper realistic photographs of toys! Using the base prompt: “figurine of…”, you can try modifying with:
- In class display case
- made of plastic
- made of polyester putty
- studio lighting
- with box
- funkopop
toy figurine of saber from fate/stay night --ar 2:3
figurine of iron man, highly detailed, made of matte clay, deep shadows, studio lighting --ar 2:3Using an Image in the Prompt
Here’s one of the coolest things you can do: use an image in your prompt AKA Img2Img.
If you like the design, composition, theme, pose, or colors of an existing illustration, use it as part of your prompt and watch Niji Journey magically take the most appealing elements and apply them to a new image.
Here’s an example:
We love the composition and colors of this image, and want to create a similar image, say, with Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
We’ll use this image as the first part of our prompt, and use the rest of the prompt to specify a new character:
[LINK TO ORIGINAL IMAGE] Rei from Evangelion --ar 3:2All you have to do is swap the character name:
[LINK TO ORIGINAL IMAGE] Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx --ar 3:2
[LINK TO ORIGINAL IMAGE] Killua from Hunter X Hunter --ar 3:2You can do this by pasting a link to the image in your prompt.
If you only have the image locally, you need to send the original image to the Niji Journey bot. Then right click the image > “Copy Link”. Paste this link as the first part of your prompt.
Img2Img in Niji Journey is amazing, by far the best of any anime generator we’ve seen so far. It merges stylistic elements in beautiful, often unexpected ways.
Turning Real Life into Anime
We’re using the same Img2img process as before.
You can choose how far you want the new image to be from the original using the prompt.
gold color theme, masterpiece, stylish anime girl with long blonde hair, facing the camera, detailed pupils, depth of field --ar 3:2
fashion illustration, male anime protagonist, detailed facial features, aesthetically pleasing, featured on pixiv, newtype magazine cover, newtype, detailed character, poster art, simple background --ar 2:3Turning Real Life into Manga
Same as above, but turning things into manga-style instead of anime.
We’re going to be using prompt weights here. If you add “::-1” after certain words, the generator will try to avoid those elements. Here we negative prompt “photograph” to get the generated image further away from realistic photography.
panel from manga::3 protagonist in manga::1 photograph::-0.2
panel from manga::3 protagonist in manga::1 photograph::-0.2 --ar 3:2Rough Sketches
Raw and evocative rouch sketches:
Gainax, Hideaki Anno's rough sketch style, mecha battle, gloomy atmosphere, psychological conflict, interchangeable subject, close-up on face, tears streaming down the cheeks, the mecha's eyes glowing red in the background. --q 2 --niji
Gainax, Hideaki Anno's rough sketch style, mecha battle, gloomy atmosphere, psychological conflict, image foreground is a field of daisy flowers, close-up on face, tears streaming down the cheeks, the mecha's eyes glowing red in the background. --ar 2:1 --q 2 --nijiRemoving and adding some of these keywords can help reduce or increase the effect!
- Gainax
- Hideaki Anno’s rough sketch style
- mecha battle
- gloomy atmosphere, psychological conflict
Gainax, Hideaki Anno's rough sketch style, sunny day, bright atmosphere, psychological conflict, image foreground is a field of daisy flowers, close-up on face, tears streaming down the cheeks. --ar 2:1 --q 2 --nijiThe creative potential of Midjourney is immense; when applied to anime, it allows fans and artists alike to explore and expand on the worlds they already love.
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