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# Hailuo 2 3 sd

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      <span style={{background: "rgba(255,255,255,0.06)", border: "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12)", borderRadius: "100px", padding: "0.3rem 1rem", fontSize: "0.72rem", color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.45)", fontWeight: "400"}}>Released October 2025</span>
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    <h1 style={{fontSize: "clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 3.75rem)", fontWeight: "700", color: "#ffffff", lineHeight: "1.1", letterSpacing: "-0.025em", margin: "0 0 1.1rem 0"}}>Hailuo 2.3 SD</h1>
    <p style={{fontSize: "1.1rem", color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.52)", maxWidth: "580px", lineHeight: "1.7", marginBottom: "2.25rem"}}>MiniMax's standard-tier Hailuo 2.3 — significantly enhanced body movement accuracy, facial micro-expression detail, expanded stylization support including anime, illustration, ink-wash, and game-CG art styles, and improved physics versus Hailuo 2.0.</p>

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        <div style={{fontSize: "0.62rem", color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.32)", textTransform: "uppercase", letterSpacing: "0.1em", marginBottom: "0.3rem"}}>Resolution</div>
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        <div style={{fontSize: "1rem", color: "#ffffff", fontWeight: "600"}}>6 or 10 seconds</div>
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        <div style={{fontSize: "1rem", color: "#ffffff", fontWeight: "600"}}>Anime, illustration, game-CG</div>
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        <div style={{fontSize: "1rem", color: "#ffffff", fontWeight: "600"}}>No</div>
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## Style-first video generation

Hailuo 2.3 SD, released October 2025, is MiniMax's stylization-focused upgrade to the Hailuo generation. Where Hailuo 02 focused on physics realism for naturalistic footage, Hailuo 2.3 expands the stylization palette — anime, illustration, ink-wash painting, and game-CG art styles all produce high-quality results with strong visual consistency.

Facial micro-expression modeling is a notable improvement: subtle emotional cues — raised eyebrows, slight lip curls, eye movements — are captured with greater detail, making character animation more expressive and lifelike.

## Capabilities

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  <Card title="Enhanced stylization" icon="palette">
    Strong results across anime, illustration, ink-wash painting, and game-CG art styles — one of the most versatile stylization models in the lineup.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Facial micro-expression detail" icon="face-smile">
    Improved micro-expression modeling — subtle emotional cues like brow movements, eye direction, and lip nuances are captured with higher fidelity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enhanced body movement" icon="person-running">
    Improved accuracy for human body movement — natural gait, gesture flow, and posture transitions versus Hailuo 2.0.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Physical realism" icon="atom">
    Improved physics rendering over Hailuo 2.0 — better handling of gravity, material interactions, and environmental physics.
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  <Card title="Standard and fast variants" icon="bolt">
    Available in standard quality and a fast variant that reduces generation cost by 50% — choose based on quality vs. throughput needs.
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  <Card title="Text and image input" icon="images">
    Supports text-to-video and image-to-video with consistent style and subject rendering.
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## Hailuo 2.3 tier comparison

| Feature                | **Hailuo 2.3 SD**                      | [Hailuo 2.3 Pro](/ai-models/video/hailuo-2-3-pro) |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Style support          | Anime, illustration, ink-wash, game-CG | Same + more options                               |
| Physics quality        | High                                   | Higher                                            |
| Expression detail      | Enhanced                               | Enhanced                                          |
| Cost tier              | Standard                               | Pro                                               |
| Fast variant available | Yes (50% cost reduction)               | Yes                                               |

## Specifications

| Feature          | Details                                                |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Developer**    | MiniMax                                                |
| **Released**     | October 2025                                           |
| **Resolution**   | 768p                                                   |
| **Duration**     | 6 or 10 seconds                                        |
| **Audio**        | No native audio                                        |
| **Styles**       | Anime, illustration, ink-wash, game-CG, photorealistic |
| **Input modes**  | Text-to-video, image-to-video                          |
| **Fast variant** | Yes (50% lower cost)                                   |

## How to use

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the AI Video Generator">
    Log into ImagineArt and go to the **AI Video Generator**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Hailuo 2.3 SD">
    Choose **Hailuo 2.3 SD** from the model dropdown.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Specify your art style">
    Include the art style explicitly in your prompt: "anime style," "ink-wash painting," "game-CG render," or "illustration style" to activate the model's stylization system.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set duration and resolution">
    Choose 6 or 10 seconds at 768p.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate">
    Click **Generate** and review the stylized output.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Prompting tips

* **Name the art style explicitly** — "Anime-style," "traditional Chinese ink-wash painting style," or "JRPG game-CG cinematic style" activate significantly different visual rendering.
* **Describe expressions in detail** — For character-focused content, "a subtle smile forming slowly, eyes crinkling slightly at the corners" will be rendered with the improved micro-expression system.
* **Anime prompt tips** — Include "cel-shading," "vibrant saturated colors," or "hand-drawn animation aesthetic" for the most authentic anime output.
* **Ink-wash tips** — "Black ink on white paper, minimalist brush strokes, traditional Chinese landscape" works well for the ink-wash style.

### Example prompts

> Anime-style heroine sits beneath a cherry blossom tree. Petals drift in the breeze. Close-up on her face — a gentle smile, eyes reflecting the falling blossoms. Vibrant colors, cel-shaded. 6 seconds.

> Traditional Chinese ink-wash painting: a lone crane wades in still water at dawn. Minimal brush strokes, misty mountains in the background. Slow, contemplative movement. 10 seconds.

## Compare models

| Model                                             | Stylization | Physics  | Expression | Best for                         |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | -------- | ---------- | -------------------------------- |
| **Hailuo 2.3 SD**                                 | Excellent   | High     | Enhanced   | Stylized content, cost-efficient |
| [Hailuo 2.3 Pro](/ai-models/video/hailuo-2-3-pro) | Excellent   | Higher   | Enhanced   | Stylized + maximum physics       |
| [Hailuo 02 SD](/ai-models/video/hailuo-02-sd)     | Standard    | High     | Standard   | Physics realism                  |
| [PixVerse v5](/ai-models/video/pixverse-v5)       | Good        | Standard | Standard   | Character animation, anime       |

<Tip>
  Hailuo 2.3 SD is the best model for stylized video content — especially anime, illustration, and game-CG styles. For natural/realistic footage with maximum physics accuracy, [Hailuo 02 Pro](/ai-models/video/hailuo-02-pro) is the better choice.
</Tip>