Cinematography · AI prompt guide
Anime AI image prompts
The distinctive Japanese animation tradition marked by large expressive eyes, limited but dynamic motion, dramatic speed lines and held cinematic poses, and bold cel-shaded color. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Anime vocabulary.
Copy-ready prompts
Midjourney
a cinematic film still in the Anime style, anime cel shading, large expressive eyes, dramatic speed lines, hard-edged highlight, dynamic action pose, detailed mecha cityscape, impact frame, vibrant flat color, cel-shaded, large-eyes, speed-lines, limited-animation, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A cinematic film still in the Anime style. Emphasize anime cel shading, large expressive eyes, dramatic speed lines, hard-edged highlight, dynamic action pose, detailed mecha cityscape, impact frame, vibrant flat color. The mood is cel-shaded, large-eyes, speed-lines, limited-animation. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a cinematic film still in the Anime style, anime cel shading, large expressive eyes, dramatic speed lines, hard-edged highlight, dynamic action pose, detailed mecha cityscape, impact frame, vibrant flat color, cel-shaded, large-eyes, speed-lines, limited-animation, highly detailed, sharp focus Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed
Anime keyword vocabulary
Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.
Prompts for related styles
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