Create a single vertical anime animation development board for an original emotional summer short film titled “The Lost Wind Chime.”
The output must be ONE combined image with two sections: an anime character design sheet and a cinematic storyboard page.
IMPORTANT: Create fully original anime characters. Do not imitate Studio Ghibli characters directly. Avoid any copyrighted anime character resemblance. Keep the designs unique, but inspired by soft nostalgic anime films.
STYLE: Premium anime pre-production board mixing hand-drawn pencil storyboard sketches with beautiful semi-rendered anime keyframes. Use watercolor-style lighting, soft summer colors, blue sky tones, warm sunlight, soft shadows, handwritten production notes, red storyboard borders, blue camera arrows, and timing notes. The board should feel like a real anime studio planning sheet.
LAYOUT: Clean vertical composition with 2 sections.
SECTION A — CHARACTER DESIGN SHEET
Girl: A cheerful but slightly lonely anime girl with soft black hair tied into a short ponytail, large expressive brown eyes, and soft round facial features. She wears an oversized light yellow summer dress, small crossbody satchel, white socks, and brown shoes. Her mood should feel gentle, curious, nostalgic, peaceful, and emotionally warm.
Show the girl in front view, side profile, 3/4 angle, expressions of curiosity, happiness, emotion, and thoughtfulness, plus poses holding a wind chime and reaching toward sunlight.
Kitten: A tiny fluffy gray-and-white kitten with large anime-style eyes, soft fur, tiny paws, and playful expressions. The kitten should feel curious, innocent, playful, and comforting.
Show the kitten in front view, side profile, 3/4 view, expressions of curiosity, happiness, sleepiness, and trust, plus sitting, playful, and sleeping poses.
Add tiny handwritten notes and soft pastel color swatches.
SECTION B — STORYBOARD
Create 8 cinematic anime storyboard frames arranged in a clean grid. Keep character designs consistent across all panels. Every panel should include handwritten camera notes, blue movement arrows, timing notes, and lens notes.
STORY BEATS:
1. The girl discovers a beautiful glass wind chime hanging on an old countryside porch.
2. A tiny kitten watches her from nearby flowers.
3. Wind softly blows through the chime under bright summer sunlight.
4. The girl gently lowers the wind chime toward the kitten.
5. The kitten begins playing with the paper strip attached to the chime.
6. The girl laughs softly while holding the kitten.
7. Both sit together peacefully listening to the wind chime sounds.
8. Wide emotional sunset shot with golden sky, countryside hills, and the wind chime moving in the breeze.
ENVIRONMENT: Bright Japanese countryside during summer with blue skies, soft clouds, green grass, sunflowers, wooden porch, warm sunset glow, and a peaceful nostalgic anime atmosphere.
FINAL GOAL: Make this feel like a beautiful anime film development board with emotional summer nostalgia and cinematic storytelling.
