# Manga Panel Generator 1.1.0

Manga Panel Generator is a Windows x64 desktop editor for building multi-page manga manually or turning a story concept into an automatic manga.

## Run it

1. Extract the entire ZIP to a normal folder.
2. Run `MangaPanelGeneratorWin.exe`.

The release includes its .NET and Windows App SDK runtime files. It requires Windows 10 version 1809 or newer and the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, which is normally already installed on supported Windows systems.

## Manual mode

Manual layout, page, image-import, balloon, and export tools do not require Ollama, Stability Matrix, or model downloads. Individual **Generate with ANIMA** actions require the ANIMA setup below.

## Automatic mode

Automatic manga creation uses local software and models that are not included in the ZIP:

- Ollama running at `http://127.0.0.1:11434` with `gemma4:31b` installed (`ollama pull gemma4:31b`).
- Stability Matrix installed in its default `%APPDATA%\StabilityMatrix` location with its ComfyUI package and Python environment installed.
- `oneObsessionAnima_v10.safetensors` at `%APPDATA%\StabilityMatrix\Models\StableDiffusion\oneObsessionAnima_v10.safetensors`.
- `qwen_3_06b_base.safetensors` at `%APPDATA%\StabilityMatrix\Models\TextEncoders\qwen_3_06b_base.safetensors`.
- A compatible NVIDIA GPU and working CUDA environment. The built-in configuration is tuned for an RTX 5090.

The app starts its own hidden local ComfyUI backend on `127.0.0.1:8189`; you do not need to open ComfyUI or a PowerShell window. ANIMA generation always uses 30 steps, CFG 5, HEUN++ (`heunpp2`), the Simple scheduler, and denoise 1.0.

While ANIMA works, its real latent preview develops inside the active panel beneath a loading indicator. Automatic mode also runs a separate local continuity-editor and visual-prompt-director pass before ANIMA receives any panel prompts.

## Why the models are separate

The ANIMA checkpoint and text encoder are about 5.24 GiB together, the local ComfyUI environment is several more GiB, and `gemma4:31b` is about 19 GB. Keeping them external avoids a huge duplicate download. The installed ANIMA model is identified in the app as non-commercial; obtain it from its original distributor and follow its license. Model weights are not redistributed in this release.

The AI drawer creates a `MangaPanelGeneratorWin.exe.WebView2` browser-profile folder after the app is run. It can contain account and session data, so do not share that folder.

ANIMA startup and generation diagnostics are written locally to `%TEMP%\MangaPanelGeneratorWin-anima.log`.
