Create and save an anime character in the Character Library

What you will finish

Create one reusable character, confirm that it remains in your library after a page reload, and locate the action that brings it into the story composer. This is a small character-creation tutorial. The finished result is the saved character below; creating an entire book or video is outside this walkthrough.

This run was performed in the live C2Anime website on September 14, 2026. Every screenshot comes from that browser session. You need to sign in and have enough credits for the button’s displayed charge.

Step 1 — Open Create Character

Go to Create Character. You can also open Characters and choose Create Character. Keep the default Generate with AI mode and the Character asset type. The page also offers Upload Image and Photo to Character; we did not use either in this run.

The actual Create Character form: Generate with AI and the Character asset type.

Step 2 — Enter the actual character brief

Enter Kiko the Sky Mechanic in Character Name. Paste the following exact text into Image Description:

A friendly young adult sky mechanic named Kiko, short navy-blue hair, amber eyes, teal mechanic jumpsuit, orange scarf, round brass goggles resting on the head, brown work boots. Full-body three-quarter view, relaxed standing pose, simple pale sky-blue background. Clean anime linework and cel shading. One character, no text.

We chose Anime in Art Style, entered human in Species/Type, and used this Clothing value:

Teal mechanic jumpsuit, orange scarf, brass goggles, brown work boots.

Appearance, Personality and Background were left empty. We did not use AI Enrich. This form did not expose a model selector, aspect ratio or seed, so none was selected or claimed. The Image Description is our actual input; we cannot see any additional internal generation prompt in this form.

Actual Anime selection, species, clothing and the Generate Image button before submission.

Step 3 — Generate once and inspect the result

Click Generate Image (1 credit) once. During our request, the fields and actions were disabled while the image was being generated. Wait for the result instead of submitting again.

The completed page showed the generated character plus Regenerate (1 credit), Generate as New (1 credit), View in Library and Start Over. The displayed balance went from 820 to 819, a decrease of one credit. No retry or second generation was needed.

After the request completed, View in Library appeared alongside the regeneration actions.

Kiko the Sky Mechanic: the actual image produced by this UI generation.

We checked Kiko’s navy hair, goggles, orange scarf, teal outfit and visible boots. The generated pose has one hand at the scarf and one at the pocket. It is the actual returned pose, not a separately illustrated mockup.

Step 4 — Verify that the character is saved

Click View in Library, then type the full character name in Search characters.... We found the card marked Created. We then reloaded the library page, searched again, and confirmed that the same character and image were still there. The successful generation had already saved the character; no additional save action was needed.

The saved character found by name after reloading the Character Library.

On desktop, click the character image to open its detail panel. Use Show more under Style Guide to read the complete saved description. We checked that the Clothing and Style Guide matched the values entered earlier.

The saved detail panel shows the character, clothing and expanded Style Guide.

Step 5 — Find the entry point for using your character

In the detail panel, click Create a New Story with Kiko. In our run, this opened the Create page with the character chip visible and 1 character selected. We verified this selection and stopped before entering or generating a story. This step confirms the handoff to the composer; it does not test character consistency in a generated story.

The real story composer with the saved character selected. No story was generated in this step.

The current library uses the labels Create Book and Use in New Book, even in C2Anime. The character detail panel has the clearer action Create a New Story with Kiko. These are the labels we actually saw; follow the screenshots if the wording is confusing.

Your result and where to find it

The image above is the finished character result. Open the full result image. Your own saved character is available through your Character Library after signing in and searching its name. The author’s character is an account asset, so this guide does not present a private editor link as a public book or video URL.

Phone check and scope

We also checked a 390-pixel-wide browser view: filling the name and description, selecting Anime, enabling the generation action without submitting a second generation, and searching for the saved character. The character card and its story action were visible. Mobile generation itself was not repeated; the only paid generation was the desktop run above.

Phone-sized view of the saved character card and its story action.

If the card is missing, check your sign-in account and search spelling before generating another copy. If generation fails, keep the UI error and inspect the existing request state before retrying. Screenshots here were cropped to focus on the relevant UI and omit account controls; no product controls or results were fabricated.