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Convert Photos to Anime Style

Transform real photos into anime or manga-style illustrations, and convert anime art back to photorealistic portraits.

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Photo Style Transfer

Fans, cosplayers, and gaming communities constantly create and share anime-style versions of themselves — but the tools available are either low-quality filters or expensive commissioned artwork that takes days to deliver.

Photo Style Transfer applies authentic anime and manga stylization to any photo, capturing the characteristic line work, color palette, and expressive feature treatment of the genre. The reverse skill converts anime characters back to photorealistic interpretations.

Cosplayers use this to create character portraits for convention badges and social media. Fan communities use it to generate profile pictures for anime-themed Discord servers. Game studios use it to visualize how original characters would look across different art styles.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Upload the source photo and describe the target anime aesthetic — specific studio style, sub-genre, or visual references.
  3. Run `apply_anime_style` through `photo-style-transfer` to generate the anime version.
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the photos and the target anime style for the batch.
  3. Run `apply_anime_style` with `photo-style-transfer` across all photos.
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Upload the source photo and specify the target anime style and platform destination.
  3. Run `apply_anime_style` through `photo-style-transfer` to generate the anime portrait.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Define the shared style parameters and anime sub-genre before batching the community photos.
  3. Run `apply_anime_style` with `photo-style-transfer` across the full member set with locked style.
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