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Preset

Anime

A hand drawn anime beat with real cel animation language: clean linework, painted backgrounds, speed lines and one hard impact frame.

Best for
Anime style shorts, channel intros, music video sections, manga and webtoon promos, fan projects
Output
Video
Time
2 to 5 min
Credits
About 104 credits for the 8 second default (65 per 5s at 720p, 30 per 5s at 480p for drafts) est.

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About this preset

Anime short makes a beat that actually moves like anime rather than a photoreal clip with a filter on it: clean cel linework over painted backgrounds, held frames, speed lines, a whip pan into one hard impact frame, then the follow through. Action, a quiet character moment or an establishing shot all work. Bring the scene in a sentence and the look you want, from crisp modern television to grainy nineties film. Characters can be locked to a reference so the same face survives across a whole sequence of shots.

Use cases

  • An action beat for an original anime short
  • A channel intro for an anime or manga channel
  • A stylised section inside a music video
  • A promo clip for a webtoon or manga chapter
  • A pitch reel shot for an animated series idea

Examples

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  • Anime action beat, 16:9, the run up into one hard impact frame

    Hand drawn anime action beat, 16:9, cel shaded television animation with clean confident linework and flat painted backgrounds. A lone swordswoman in a dark travelling coat stands at the far end of a rain soaked stone bridge, her hair and coat snapping in the wind. She drops into a low stance, pushes off, and crosses the bridge in three surging steps as speed lines rake the frame; on the third step the camera whip pans with her and holds one hard impact frame, the screen splitting into radial speed lines with the rain frozen in white streaks, before settling on her landing as the coat falls back around her. Dramatic key light from a cold overcast sky, a warm lantern glow at the far end of the bridge for contrast, painted cloud backdrop, subtle film grain over the cels. Rain, wind, footfalls and one sharp blade note, no music. No on-screen text, no subtitles, no watermark. Use only the brand names, logos and trademarks the customer includes in their request; never add real-world brands, logos or trademarked designs the customer did not mention.

  • Anime quiet moment, 16:9, a rooftop at dusk in a grainy nineties film look

    Hand drawn anime quiet moment, 16:9, grainy nineties film era cel animation with soft confident linework, flat colour with hard shadow terminators and painted backgrounds. A young woman in a cream knitted jumper, a long moss green scarf and a pleated grey skirt sits on the edge of a rooftop water tank at dusk, the painted city below fading into warm haze. Almost nothing moves: the wind lifts her hair and the tail of her scarf in slow held cycles, a single bird crosses the painted sky, and on a slow beat she looks up, her eyes catching the last light. The camera holds a gentle push in over the whole take, one continuous shot with no cuts. Warm amber key light from the low sun on the left, cool blue fill from the sky, a painted cloud backdrop with long drifting layers, visible film grain and a slight gate weave over the cels. Soft wind, a distant traffic hum, the far off clatter of a train and the rustle of fabric, no music. No on-screen text, no subtitles, no watermark. Use only the brand names, logos and trademarks the customer includes in their request; never add real-world brands, logos or trademarked designs the customer did not mention.

  • Anime establishing shot, 16:9, a painted hillside town at dawn with drifting mist

    Hand drawn anime establishing shot, 16:9, painted feature film era: lush painted backgrounds with soft brushwork, cel shaded foreground elements with clean linework and flat colour with hard shadow terminators. A terraced hillside town at dawn in early summer, tiled roofs stepping down toward a river, a red wooden bridge, wind chimes at the eaves, and a stone stairway climbing to a small shrine among tall cedars. The camera drifts slowly sideways across the town in one continuous move with no cuts while layers of morning mist slide between the rooftops at different speeds, a flock of small birds lifts from the river, and the first sunlight creeps down the hillside. Cool blue dawn shadow giving way to warm gold light from the right, painted cloud layers, a fine cel grain. Cicadas, a distant temple bell, the river and a light breeze in the trees, no music. No on-screen text, no subtitles, no watermark. Use only the brand names, logos and trademarks the customer includes in their request; never add real-world brands, logos or trademarked designs the customer did not mention.

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  • Action beatA fight, a chase or a leap with speed lines and one hard impact frame.
  • Quiet momentA held character moment: wind, hair, a slow look up, minimal motion.
  • Establishing shotA painted world shot that opens a scene, with drifting clouds or rain.
  • TransformationA power up or change sequence built on held frames and a bright release.

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