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NovelAI
Unleash your creativity with AI-powered story continuation and custom anime art generation.
NovelAI is an interactive creative playground combining an AI Storyteller with specialized Anime Art Generation. Craft rich narratives with long-term memory via Lorebook, or generate precision anime characters using advanced style transfer, image editing, and custom prompt controls.
Updated
2026-10-22
Platforms
Web
Freemium
Monthly subscription plans with Anlas available as an optional top-up.Tablet ($10/month): Entry plan with unlimited text generation, 1,000 Anlas per month, and a smaller memory limit.Scroll ($15/month): Advanced text plan with unlimited text generation, 1,000 Anlas per month, and a larger context memory limit.Opus ($25/month): Flagship art and creation plan with 10,000 Anlas per month, the largest context memory, and unlimited free image generation at standard size or smaller.
* Pricing is for reference only; see the official site for current pricing.
NovelAI Key Features
AI Storyteller
Craft rich narratives, explore alternate plot directions, and keep world lore consistent with built-in memory tools.
Anime Art Gen
Generate high-quality anime characters and detailed scenes using natural language or fine-grained tag controls.
Image Control
Refine composition, repair unwanted artifacts, and touch up details with precise inpainting and editing tools.
Style Consistency
Lock in your aesthetic with Vibe Transfer and define individual character prompts for seamless visual continuity.
NovelAI Best For
Fiction writers
Continue stories and build branching narratives with Lorebook long-term memory.
Anime illustrators
Generate and refine anime characters and scenes with style transfer and image editing.
Visual novel creators
Create multi-character anime scenes and develop supporting story directions.
Pros
- Combines dedicated story continuation and anime-art workflows
- Specialized controls for anime characters and scenes
- Supports image adjustment, inpainting, and style transfer
- Useful for writers and visual creators in one platform
Considerations
- Anime-focused output is less suited to photorealistic work
- Advanced image controls take time to learn
- Generation allowances vary by subscription plan
NovelAI Quick Start and Practical Tips
Quick start
- 1
Add key world facts and character traits into the
Lorebookentries. - 2
Set
Vibe Transferreference art to anchor your anime visual aesthetic. - 3
Generate in short turns and keep the last replies inside the context window.
Pro tip
Core tip: organize character tags and lore inside the Lorebook. The Storyteller model forgets traits outside active context unless Lorebook triggers are set properly. For anime art, use comma-separated Danbooru-style tags and keep negative prompts concise.
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