People keep asking why you should use Anima over Illustrious, and I keep telling them that the comparison doesn't even make much sense. So check this out.
SDXL is a bicycle. Illustrious is a very nice bicycle.
Anima is an e-bike. Seems similar to a bicycle and can work like one, but you can go faster than you'd think and if you always pedal you're missing the point.
Modern general-purpose turbo models (Klein, ZIT...) are scooters. Conceptually not actually much different from an e-bike, but you're not going to mistake them for a bicycle.
The likes of full-fat Flux.2, Qwen, Ideogram etc. are real-ass motorbikes. Great, but maybe a bit much for getting groceries.
ChatGPT/Nanobanana is taking the train. Works really well and gets you far, but you're not going to get everywhere you want and they will kick you out if you get too rowdy.