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Niji is Midjourney's anime-specialist model. Here is how to prompt it and when it beats general Midjourney for stylized art.
Niji is the Midjourney variant tuned on anime and manga references. For stylized character art, character sheets, and shonen-style action shots it produces results that main Midjourney cannot match no matter how you prompt.
| Scenario | Niji 6 | Midjourney v7 | SDXL anime LoRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character consistency | Strong (with --cref) | Strong | Moderate |
| Backgrounds | Painterly anime | Photoreal or painterly | Varies by LoRA |
| Prompt adherence | High | High | Medium |
| Commercial use | Per MJ TOS | Per MJ TOS | Per LoRA license |
/imagine prompt: a young inventor with copper goggles and a leather apron, full-body character sheet, neutral pose, turnaround views front and side, clean line art, soft pastel palette --niji 6 --ar 3:2 --stylize 200A reliable character-sheet recipe on niji 6.Realism, product shots, architecture. Niji is trained on anime; it will anime-ify any of those whether you want it to or not. Keep v7 on the other tab for non-stylized work.
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