Candy's Create Character flow takes about four minutes. We went through it in anime mode, as a guest and then signed in, and got Ashley Williams, a curvy 21 year old with black curly hair.
By Wren Ashby
Choose Anime on the style screen, then ethnicity, hair and eyes, body, name and age. Candy shows a summary, asks you to sign up, and bringing her to life costs 10 tokens; creating characters is a Premium feature at $3.99 a month on the yearly plan.
Candy AI is best known for its ready-made anime characters, but its builder is quick and clear. In seven short screens you pick the anime style, an ethnicity, hair and eye colors, a body, a name and an age, then Candy adds an outfit, a personality and a relationship in a summary you can still edit.
This guide shows every screen with the screenshot we took, then what to do once she exists, three recipes to copy, what it costs in US dollars and the problems you might hit.
You can click through the builder as a guest; Candy asks you to sign up only at the end. Creating your own characters is listed among the Premium benefits, and the final button, Bring my AI to life, uses 10 tokens. Premium includes 100 tokens a month.
If you are not sure you want to build, open the Anime tab first. Raven Thorne, Lilith Inferna and Thalindra Sol-Kaelen are free to chat with and may already be what you had in mind.
Decide the archetype before you click: Candy's builder has fewer personality options than OurDream's, so the darker or cooler types come mostly from hair, eyes and the personality pick in the summary.
In our test, the choices we made as a guest were kept after signing in, and Candy generated the character right away, so there is no need to click through the screens twice.
Open Create Character from the left menu. The screen reads CREATE YOUR DREAM AI GIRL, with Girls and Trans at the top and two style cards below, realistic and anime.
Click the anime card, then Start. The anime option changes every preview that follows, so you see drawn portraits from now on. This first choice cannot be skipped, and it is the one that matters most for a hentai character.
Tip: the Trans tab next to Girls showed its anime option as coming soon in our test, so anime characters are built from the Girls tab for now. If you change your mind about the style later, start a new character rather than trying to convert this one.
Candy offers three ethnicities in anime style: Caucasian, Asian and Latina. Each card shows exactly how the character will be drawn.
There is no fantasy race in Candy's builder. If you want an elf or a demon, start from the closest ethnicity and lean on hair, eyes and the personality; or meet Thalindra Sol-Kaelen and Lilith Inferna in the Anime tab instead.
Tip: Asian and Caucasian anime faces look quite different in Candy's style, softer for one and sharper for the other. Hover the cards for a second and look at the eyes; they are what you will see most in the chat portraits.
One screen covers the face: six hair styles (Straight, Bangs, Curly, Bun, Short, Ponytail), ten hair colors from brunette to multicolor, and five eye colors including red and yellow.
This is where the archetype shows. Black hair and red eyes give a goth or vampire look; white hair and yellow eyes a demon or a cool fantasy woman; pink hair and bangs a playful character. Click one option per row; the next button stays disabled until each row has a choice.
Tip: Multicolor hair is the closest thing to a fantasy look in this builder. Combined with yellow eyes it gives an otherworldly character; combined with blue eyes, a cheerful idol type who should still get an adult job and age.
Choose Athletic, Average, Curvy or Skinny, then a breast size. The previews are drawn in the anime style you picked.
Match the body to the character you have in mind: Athletic for a fighter or a racer, Curvy for a confident bartender or a neighbor. It shows in every picture you will ask for later.
Tip: Candy's previews show the body in the default outfit, but the summary assigns a separate outfit you can change. Pick the body for the character, not for the outfit.
Type a name, or keep the suggestion, and pick an age from a row of buttons. Always choose 21 or older; every character we cover is a fictional adult.
Pick a name that suits her personality. Candy reuses it in every reply and on her profile card, so a name with some flavor helps the roleplay.
Tip: avoid famous anime names. Candy's rules ban protected characters, and an original name makes the character feel like yours.
Candy shows a summary of every choice: ethnicity, age, eye color, body type, breast size, hair style and color, plus an outfit, a personality and a relationship it fills in. Each line can be changed before you go on.
As a guest, this is where Candy asks you to sign up. Once signed in, it generates the character.
Tip: the outfit, personality and relationship lines in the summary are where you can still steer the archetype: a possessive personality and a girlfriend relationship for a yandere, a cold personality and a coworker relationship for a kuudere.
The result page shows her portrait and name, with Change Face to redraw the portrait and the full list of appearance and character choices. Our test character came out as Ashley Williams, 21, in an anime portrait wearing a bikini.
Bring my AI to life uses 10 tokens and opens her chat. Take a minute before you press it: the portrait becomes her face in every picture the Image and Video buttons will make later.
Tip: if you want to compare, open a ready-made Anime tab character in another browser tab before you press the button. You will see what a well written opening looks like and can borrow the idea for your first message.
Open Candy's builderHer chat opens on her profile, with her portrait gallery on the right. Start with a scene: where you are, why you are there. Candy's characters respond best to a setting, as the Anime tab shows; give yours one in the first message.
Under the message box, Show me the scene offers Image and Video. They draw the moment you are in with her face, so ask for a picture when the scene changes: a new place, a new outfit. The call button turns the chat into a voice conversation.
Her profile lists everything you chose, and she appears in My AI with your other characters. Premium includes unlimited messages, images and videos and 100 tokens a month for extras.
One habit that works on Candy: when the scene moves, say so in one line, "we walk to the pier", "she changes into her uniform for work", then ask for the picture. The image follows the text, so the clearer the scene, the better the result.
Settings for Candy's builder; personality and relationship are set in the summary.
Browsing the Anime tab and chatting with its characters is free. Creating your own character is a Premium feature, and the final step uses 10 tokens. Premium costs $3.99 a month on the 12 month plan ($47.88 a year), $8.99 a month on the 3 month plan, or $9.99 for the first month and $13.99 after. Every plan includes 100 tokens a month, images, videos and unlimited messages.
| What | Cost |
|---|---|
| Anime tab and character chats | Free |
| Bringing your character to life | 10 tokens |
| Premium, 12 months | $3.99 a month ($47.88 a year) |
| Premium, 3 months | $8.99 a month |
| Premium, 1 month | $9.99, then $13.99 |
Written by
Wren Ashby @wrenashby
Anime fan from the Pacific Northwest who has spent the last couple of years testing AI girlfriend apps. Builds a character on every platform before writing a word about it.
How we testYou can click through the builder, but creating your own characters is a Premium benefit and the last step uses 10 tokens.
Candy shows a row of age buttons on the name screen. Choose 21 or older for an adult character.
Yes. The result page has a Change Face option, and the summary lets you edit each choice.
Not in the builder. Meet Thalindra Sol-Kaelen or Lilith Inferna in the Anime tab, or use OurDream's Elf and Demon presets.
In My AI, with your other characters. Her chat keeps the conversation history.
$3.99 a month on the yearly plan, $8.99 a month on 3 months, $13.99 a month after a $9.99 first month, all with 100 tokens a month.
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