NovelAI Review: AI Roleplay Story Generator & Anime Art

NovelAI Diffusion V5

Generate original anime-style characters, scenes, and artwork from a single prompt. The V5 model delivers sharper details, supports more characters, and can produce full comic pages.

Create polished anime art in seconds with no restrictions and no compromises.

Powered by GLM 4.6

A writing space built around the way you create, powered by GLM 4.6. The AI writes with you — not for you — so you can build stories, worlds, and characters that remember everything.

Develop long-form stories and characters with an AI collaborator that keeps continuity.

Natural Language Prompting and Tagging

Use natural language prompting and tagging with easy character consistency and precise control. Manipulate prompts, adjust character positioning, use action tags, and define characters separately to maintain consistency across scenes.

Keep characters consistent and direct exactly what they are supposed to be doing, scene after scene.

Inpainting, Director Tools & Canvas

Selectively modify specific areas with inpainting — from adjusting facial features to completely changing backgrounds. Director Tools let you enhance details, modify clothing, adjust lighting, or change character poses while maintaining overall style and quality, and a built-in canvas supports quick on-the-spot edits.

Refine and perfect your generated art without losing the original style.

Complete Anonymity

Generate images without linking any personal information. Prompts are encrypted, generated images are never stored on servers (they only exist during your session unless you choose to save them), and your creative process is not tracked or monitored.

Create with full control over your work and privacy.

No Installation, No Commercial Limits

Accessible from your mobile device with fast generation speeds and no installation required. There are no limitations on commercial use, and no additional subscription tiers are needed to use your generated art.

Use your AI anime art for personal projects, commercial work, or any other purpose.

• Purpose-built Creative EditorNovelAI's image generation UI is centered around creativity, keeping you focused on your images. It is tailored for generating anime-inspired characters quickly and easily.
• Reliable Image AdjustmentUse Image2Image to change details while following the original composition, or Enhance to increase the level of detail in the image.
• Random Prompt InspirationClick the dice button to get brand new inspiration without any work on your end required.
• Advanced AI SettingsWhen the defaults don't quite tickle your fancy, fiddle and experiment with a variety of samplers and options, including Steps, Guidance, Seed, and Sampler choices like Euler Ancestral and Euler.

• Vibe TransferVibe Transfer pulls the best parts out of an image and uses it as direct visual inspiration for new generations. Note that the page does not specify the exact mechanism or limitations of this feature.
• InpaintInpaint your image with a brush to fix errors or prompt for something different. The page does not detail the brush size, masking options, or how the inpaint interacts with the prompt.
• Image Editing ToolsThe page lists tools like Remove BG, Line Art, Sketch, Colorize, Emotion, and Declutter. However, it does not explain what each tool does or how they are used.
• Pricing PlansPlans are available at $10, $15, and $25 per month, with features like unlimited images, image gen access, and Anlas discounts. However, the page does not clarify the exact differences between the Tablet and Scroll plans beyond the price and Anlas amounts.

AI Anime Art Generation

Create anime-inspired characters and scenes using NovelAI's image generator. The interface is tailored for simplicity and speed, with features like random prompt inspiration, Image2Image for reliable adjustments, and Enhance to increase detail. Advanced AI settings let you experiment with samplers and options like Steps, Guidance, and Seed for predictable yet varied results.

Multi-Character Composition

Design each character in your image distinctly by using multiple character prompts. Outline all the best parts of your character using natural language or a comprehensive set of visual tags. This gives you more control over your composition, ensuring every character is exactly as you envision.

Creative Editing & Refinement

Naturally correct mistakes or create brand new details with Inpaint, which lets you brush over areas to fix errors or prompt for something different. Put final touches on images with tools like Remove BG, Line Art, Sketch, Colorize, Emotion, and Declutter to turn creations into something new or adjust a generation for use elsewhere.

AI-Assisted Storytelling

Unleash the power of AI with a suite of tools to bring your imagination to life without limits. NovelAI serves as a writing assistant, helping you craft stories with ease. The platform is designed to enhance your creative potential, whether you're a writer, AI artist, or both.

Subscribe to Tablet ($10/mo) and start a story or generate an anime-style character or scene.

Build up context memory (2,048-8,192 tokens depending on tier) by writing and editing within the same story.

Upgrade to Scroll ($15/mo) or Opus ($25/mo) for more Anlas and a larger context window.

Top up Anlas on-demand if the monthly image-generation allotment runs out before the next billing cycle.