Best Anime Checkpoints/models? Flux? Pony? Illustrious?

Hi, I'm using AutismMix SDXL (PONY) for nearly a year now and was wondering if there are any better models now out there? What about Flux? Illustrious? etc. ...

Especially for more "spicy" creations

It's a bit had to keep track of what model is the next big thing. So maybe some of you can share some insight if you don't mind :)

When it comes to lora diversity Pony still seems to be the big player but that's not a problem for me since I can train my own loras anyway