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 FLUX.2 [max] for Studio Ghibli Anime Style

#1 — FLUX.2 [max]

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	FLUX.2 [max] Black Forest Labs	$$	3¢	1266
2	Nano Banana 2 Google	$$	2.2¢	1260
3	Grok Imagine Image xAI	$$	2¢	1254
4	Seedream 4.5 ByteDance	$$	4¢	1252
5	Reve Image 1.0 Reve AI	$$	4¢	1240
6	FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs	$$	1.5¢	1235
7	Nano Banana Pro Google	$$$	6.7¢	1230
8	Grok Imagine Image Pro xAI	$$$	7¢	1222
9	Qwen Image Edit 2511 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1217
10	Seedream 4.0 ByteDance	$$	3¢	1204
11	Seedream 5.0 Lite ByteDance	$$	3.5¢	1198
12	GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI	$	0.9¢	1179
13	Wan 2.6 Alibaba	$$	3¢	1170
14	Nano Banana Google	$$	3.9¢	1104

FLUX.2 [max] leads the challenge with 1266 Elo, maintaining a thin 6-point lead over Nano Banana 2 despite the latter holding a significantly higher 72.2% win rate. Grok Imagine Image secures the third position (1254 Elo) while delivering results over five seconds faster per image than the top two models at a lower $0.020 price point.