Studio Ghibli Anime Style

Image Editing Anime

14 models were given the same image and edit instruction, and the community voted blind on which outputs looked best. How it works

Blind Vote This Challenge

Winning image by Nano Banana 2 for Studio Ghibli Anime Style

#1 — Nano Banana 2

Edit instruction

“Transform this photo into a Studio Ghibli–inspired illustration. Use soft pastel colors, hand-painted textures, gentle lighting, dreamy backgrounds, and a warm, nostalgic mood”

Challenge Rankings

14 models

#	Model	Price	¢/img	Elo
1	Nano Banana 2 Google	$$	2.2¢	1306
2	FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs	$$	3¢	1256
3	Seedream 4.5 ByteDance	$$	4¢	1236
4	FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs	$$	1.5¢	1231
5	Nano Banana Pro Google	$$$	6.7¢	1230
6	Reve Image 1.0 Reve AI	$$	4¢	1230
7	Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI	$$$	7¢	1229
8	Grok Imagine Image xAI	$$	2¢	1225
9	Qwen Image Edit 2511 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1218
10	Seedream 4.0 ByteDance	$$	3¢	1204
11	Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance	$$	3.5¢	1198
12	GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI	$	0.9¢	1183
13	Wan 2.6 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1170
14	Nano Banana Google	$$	3.9¢	1106

Nano Banana 2 leads the leaderboard with a 1306 Elo and a 78.1% win rate, establishing a significant 57-point gap over the more expensive FLUX.2 [max] (1249 Elo). Despite being priced 67% lower than the premium Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2 maintains a 76-point lead in Elo while utilizing the same medium speed tier.