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Transform photos into anime and cartoon art with one API call

Convert photos into anime, cartoon, and artistic styles with seven unique styles: Anime, 3D, Hand-drawn, Sketch, Art Style, Design, and Illustration. Upload an image or pass a URL and receive a stylized version instantly.

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7 Cartoon StylesAPI Output
7 Cartoon Styles

Original photo transformed into 7 unique styles: Anime, 3D, Hand-drawn, Sketch, Art Style, Design, and Illustration

Features

7 Unique Styles

Choose from Anime, 3D, Hand-drawn, Sketch, Art Style, Design, and Illustration — each with a distinct artistic look.

Face-Aware Processing

AI detects faces for high-quality head stylization with seamless blending into the background.

Fast Processing

Get cartoon-styled results in 2-3 seconds with our optimized cloud inference pipeline.

Flexible Input

Upload a file via multipart, pass an image URL via JSON or form-encoded — all work seamlessly.

Full Image Stylization

Both face and background are cartoonized for a cohesive, professional result.

Production Ready

Handles images up to 10 MB, supports JPEG, PNG, WebP, and more. Output delivered via CloudFront CDN.

API Reference

1 endpoint, simple integration. Here's everything you need.

Supported Content Types

multipart/form-dataapplication/jsonapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded
POSThttps://phototoanime1.p.rapidapi.com/cartoonize

Transform a portrait photo into an anime/cartoon style. Choose from 7 styles: anime, 3d, handdrawn, sketch, artstyle, design, illustration.

imagefilerequired

Image file (JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF). Max 10 MB — use with multipart/form-data

image_urlstringrequired

Public URL of the image to process — use with application/json or application/x-www-form-urlencoded

stylestring

Cartoon style to apply: "anime", "3d", "handdrawn", "sketch", "artstyle", "design", or "illustration". Defaults to "anime".

Send either image (file upload) or image_url (JSON/form-encoded), not both.

Response Schema
{
  "image_url": "https://images.ai-engine.net/photo-to-anime-ai/uuid.jpg",
  "width": 1280,
  "height": 960,
  "size_bytes": 245678
}

Response

200

Returns JSON with a public URL to the processed JPEG image, along with width, height, and file size. The URL expires after 24 hours.

Quick Start

Copy-paste code to get started in seconds. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your RapidAPI key.

# File upload with style
curl -X POST "https://phototoanime1.p.rapidapi.com/cartoonize" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: phototoanime1.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -F "image=@photo.jpg" \
  -F "style=anime"

# JSON with image URL
curl -X POST "https://phototoanime1.p.rapidapi.com/cartoonize" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: phototoanime1.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg", "style": "3d"}'

Pricing

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Free

Basic

$0Free

50 requests/mo

  • Full API access
  • All endpoints
  • Standard support

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$12.99/mo

10,000 requests/mo

  • Full API access
  • All endpoints
  • Standard support
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$49.99/mo

50,000 requests/mo

  • Full API access
  • All endpoints
  • Standard support

Mega

$159.99/mo

200,000 requests/mo

  • Full API access
  • All endpoints
  • Standard support
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