MHA OC Maker – Create My Hero Academia Original Characters with AI

Hi HN,

I built MHA OC Maker, a small AI tool that lets fans create their own original characters inspired by the My Hero Academia universe.

Link: https://aiocmaker.com/oc-maker/mha-oc-maker

The idea came from seeing how popular OC (Original Character) creation is in anime communities. Many fans enjoy designing their own heroes, quirks, costumes, and personalities, but most existing tools are either static avatar makers or require drawing skills.

So I wanted to build something simpler:

What it does

Generate anime-style OC characters with AI

Inspired by the My Hero Academia art style

Text-to-image generation (describe your character idea)

Multiple visual styles and variations

No drawing skills required

Why I built it

OC creation tools like Picrew are popular, but they are usually based on predefined parts (hair, eyes, etc.). AI opens a different approach: you can describe almost any character idea and generate it instantly.

For example:

"A shy support hero with electric powers"

"A villain student with shadow quirk"

"A cheerful UA hero trainee"

Tech stack

AI image generation models

Custom prompt templates optimized for anime characters

Web interface for quick generation and iteration

Future ideas

Structured OC builder (quirk / hero type / personality)

Story generator for characters

Pose and costume customization

If you try it, I'd love to hear feedback from the HN community