Your friend group, as an anime
The one who is always late. The one with the plan. The one who will absolutely betray everyone for snacks. Each friend becomes an anime Character from their own photo, with their OK, and your group gets a World and an arc that keeps going.
Everyone in it is an adult who said yes. Make one Character a day free, then get the first Story as a picture-only Slideshow. Filmed Episodes come with a plan.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.
How to turn your friends into an anime
Each friend adds their own clear photo, with their OK, and becomes a Character in the Anime Art style. Put the group in one World (the shared flat, the college, the group chat) and the AI Director writes the first Story. Free as a picture-only Slideshow; filmed anime Episodes need a plan.
Updated November 2026 · Free to start · Slideshow Stories on the web
Sample Clips
Real Clips from fictional sample series. Same Cast from shot to shot; tap a Clip for sound.
The Long Haul The snack cupboard
Last Train, Yellow Umbrella The last train too
Elias Varo The kept letter
Example from one of our house series. Made with H3 Turbo, the default Clip model in Character App.
A series, not a filter
Anime filters give you one picture of one person. A friend-group anime needs everyone in the same Art style, in the same place, in Episode after Episode. Each friend here is a saved Character, so their face, hair and jacket stay the same from the first rooftop scene to the season finale.
Everyone says yes first
Each friend adds their own photo, or tells you clearly that you may use one. Everyone in it is an adult. No public figures, no photos of children, and nobody in it who did not say yes.
Anime-opening-style montage
A montage Slideshow of the whole cast with music from our library is the closest thing to an anime opening here. Honest limits: our library music, not your own song or a sung opening, and the cuts are not beat-synced.
Just you?
For a single anime portrait of yourself, see how to create an anime character from a photo. For an anime series with invented characters, see anime.
What is free and what needs a plan
Free: one Character a day and one written Story a day, drawn as a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan: a narrated Slideshow with music is 40 Credits (web), a 5-second anime Clip on H3 Turbo is 25 Credits, a 5-Clip Episode (0:25) 125, plus any Scene pictures the Story draws.
6 anime of your friends ideas to start from
Premises the AI Director can write for you. Make your Character first, then type one in, or your own.
- 01Tomorrow's MessagesFour friends discover their group chat can send messages one day into the future.
- 02The Rooftop PactFive friends promise on a rooftop to meet again in ten years, and one of them shows up from the future early.
- 03Club SurvivalThree friends must save their failing university club by winning a competition none of them understands.
- 04Flatmate TournamentThe flat settles every argument with a dramatic anime-style duel, and the dishes are the final boss.
- 05The Last TrainThe friends miss the last train home and the walk becomes the longest night of their lives.
- 06Transfer StudentA mysterious new flatmate moves in, and everyone is convinced they are hiding a power.
Three steps, in the Studio
- 1
Make each friend
Each friend adds their own photo, with their OK, and picks Anime. One Character a day is free.
- 2
Write the arc
Put the group in one World and pitch the first Story. The AI Director writes the Scenes.
- 3
Watch or film it
Free as a picture-only Slideshow. With a plan, film anime Clips (25 Credits each) or narrate the Slideshow (40 Credits).
Tiles use pictures from our house shows: the Slideshow slides are from Rate Limited.
Questions, answered
Still curious? The guides go deeper.
How do I turn my friends into an anime?
Each friend adds their own photo, with their OK, and picks the Anime Art style. Put everyone in one World and the AI Director writes your first Story, free as a picture-only Slideshow.
Do my friends need to agree?
Yes. Everyone in it is an adult who said yes. Use a friend's photo only with their OK, and never a public figure or a child.
Will everyone look the same every Episode?
Yes. Each friend is a saved Character, and every Scene and Clip starts from it, so faces and outfits carry over.
Can we make an anime opening with our own song?
Not yet. You can make a montage Slideshow with music from our library; uploading your own song is not supported, and cuts are not beat-synced.
How many friends fit in one Story?
Up to five Characters in a Story, with one to three in frame in a Scene.
What does it cost?
Free as picture-only Slideshows. A narrated Slideshow is 40 Credits and a 5-Clip anime Episode (0:25) is 125, plus any Scene pictures, both with a plan.
More genres
Every genre
AnimeCel-shaded arcs, rivals and late-waking powers.
Cozy animeGentle slice-of-life anime you can relax into.
SitcomYour life, recast as a multicamera comedy.
Cast for this genre
Plan it as a full season with the AI series maker.
Guides for this genre
- Turn yourself into an anime character from a photoTurn a photo of yourself (or a willing friend) into a recurring anime character: one candid shot becomes a Cast card with your actual face, readable in every episode.
- Use your own photo and likenessYes — your own photo is the intended input, and the rules around it are explicit.
- Build a consistent castKeep the same face, proportions, and costume in every episode — the fix isn’t better prompts, it’s architecture.
It starts with your Character.
Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.