Z-Anime — Anime Finetune of Z-Image
Z-Anime is an anime-focused finetune built on the Z-Image base, tuned for high-quality anime generation with a ComfyUI workflow adjusted for low-VRAM GPUs.
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Requirements
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 30XX/40XX/50XX (FP16)
- VRAM: 6 GB minimum
- OS: Windows
- Storage: 20 GB+ free
Model downloads
- z-anime distill 8-step fp8 https://huggingface.co/SeeSee21/Z-Anime/tree/main/diffusion_models
- Qwen3-4B UD Q5_K_XL GGUF (CLIP) https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen3-4B-GGUF/tree/main
- ae.safetensors (VAE) https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/z_image_turbo/tree/main/split_files/vae
- 2xLexicaRRDBNet_Sharp (upscaler) https://huggingface.co/Thelocallab/2xLexicaRRDBNet_Sharp/blob/main/2xLexicaRRDBNet_Sharp.pth
- 1x-SwatKatsLite (upscaler) https://huggingface.co/Thelocallab/1x-SwatKatsLite/tree/main
Custom nodes
- ComfyUI Manager https://github.com/ltdrdata/ComfyUI-Manager
Setup steps
- Install ComfyUI Manager + its requirements.
- Place the models in their ComfyUI folders (diffusion_models, clip, vae, upscale_models).
- Load the Z-Anime workflow, enter an anime prompt, and run.
Notes & tips
- 1024×1536 in under 2 min on a 6GB card with 16GB RAM.
- Full usage details are a Patreon/Pro extra — grab the 1-click installer below for the complete workflow.
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