AnimeCraft(shader)

AnimeCraft Lite is a toon shader for Minecraft that turns the game’s rendering into an anime-style cel-shaded look, with clean black outlines and vivid, posterized colors.

Unlike most existing toon shaders, this one does not require OptiFine. It runs on Iris only, which makes it compatible with Sodium and the modern Fabric ecosystem, for better performance on lower-end hardware.

Features :
Cel-shading through light quantization, with hard-stepped lighting instead of a realistic gradient
Black outlines via depth-based edge detection, manga/cel-animation style
Adjustable saturation boost for a more vivid, cartoon look
Covers terrain, mobs, players, held items, and GUI
Three ready-to-use profiles: Potato, Balanced, Max
Four manual sliders for fine-tuning the style: color steps, outline thickness, outline strength, saturation
Compatibility
Minecraft Java Edition
Iris (OptiFine not required)
Sodium compatible
Runs on low-end setups with the Potato profile
Why this shader

Most anime or cartoon shaders for Minecraft still require OptiFine, a proprietary mod increasingly replaced by Iris and Sodium. AnimeCraft Lite fills that gap with a cel-shading shader built natively for Iris — lightweight and easy to install.

Installation
Install Fabric or Quilt, then the Iris mod
Download AnimeCraft Lite and drop it into the shaderpacks folder
Select the shader in Options, Video Settings, Shader Packs
Pick a profile: Potato, Balanced, or Max

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