sayurio/anime-art-image

Anime Art Image Archive

Overview

This repository contains a large-scale, diverse dataset of 2D anime and manga-style artwork. The images have been scraped from multiple web sources to create a comprehensive collection featuring manhwa panels, manga pages, official art, fanart, anime characters, and general 2D illustrations.

Purpose and Usage

This dataset is published publicly under the MIT license and is intended for educational, research, and machine learning purposes. It is exceptionally well-suited for developers, AI researchers, and artists working on:

• Generative AI: Training or fine-tuning text-to-image models, LoRAs (Low-Rank Adaptations), and image-to-image pipelines.
• Computer Vision: Building image classification, segmentation, and character recognition models.
• Multimodal Systems: Training models for image captioning (image-to-text) or video generation from static 2D references.

Dataset Structure

To optimize download speeds and storage, the dataset has been batched and compressed:

• File Format: All images are stored in the highly compressed WebP format to maintain visual quality while reducing file size.
• Organization: The images are grouped and packaged into .zip archives.
• Batch Size: Each .zip file contains exactly 500 images.

Content Warning

Given that this dataset is compiled via automated web scraping of community and art platforms, it may contain a wide variety of artistic expressions. Users should be aware that the dataset is uncurated and may contain content with varying themes, styles, and ratings.

Copyright and Fair Use Disclaimer

This archive is compiled under the principles of Fair Use for computational analysis, machine learning research, and educational study.

• No Ownership Claimed: The creator of this repository does not claim any ownership, authorship, or copyright over the original illustrations, characters, or artwork. All rights, title, and interest in the original images remain entirely with their respective illustrators, artists, publishers, and copyright holders.
• Non-Commercial: This dataset is provided completely free of charge.
• Transformative Use: The aggregation and formatting of these images into computational batches represents a transformative use of publicly accessible web materials for data science.

Takedown Requests: If you are an artist, publisher, or copyright holder whose work has been included in this scrape and you wish for it to be removed, please open an issue or contact the repository owner directly. Please provide a reference to the specific ZIP file and the image filename(s) so the content can be located and promptly deleted from the archive.