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Anime Storyboard Generator — From Premise to Shot List

One sentence becomes a full storyboard: AI splits your premise into shots, keeps characters on-model across frames, then animates the board into a short film.

Free AI anime generator

Storyboard a single cinematic frame

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What the AI storyboard generator does

A storyboard is where an anime stops being an idea and becomes a plan. Give Studio a one-sentence premise and it returns a production-ready board: a story synopsis, character profiles, and a shot-by-shot list where every shot has its own cinematic frame.

The generator above draws a single frame so you can test the look. The full automatic storyboard — multiple shots, consistent characters, editable scene by scene — runs in Studio.

✓Premise to shot list: 3–12 shots with scene description and mood per shot
✓A generated keyframe image for every shot, not just text
✓Character references locked across every frame of the board
✓One click animates the whole storyboard into an MP4 short

How a premise becomes a storyboard

1
Write a one-sentence premise
A character, a situation, and a hint of conflict — one sentence is enough.
2
AI writes the story and shot list
Studio expands the premise into a synopsis, designs the cast, and breaks the story into shots.
3
Review and edit each shot
Every shot's framing, mood, and prompt can be edited before a single image is generated.
4
Generate frames, then animate
Render the storyboard images, then turn them into motion and export the short as MP4.

Character consistency across every shot

The failure mode of most AI storyboards is a cast that drifts — the hero's hair changes between shot one and shot four. Studio locks character references at the story stage, so the same face, outfit, and palette survive from the establishing shot to the close-up.

From storyboard to finished short

A board you can't animate is a dead end. Here the storyboard is the middle of the pipeline: each frame can be animated in place, sequenced into a 20–60 second short, and exported as an MP4 — the same project, start to finish.

Prompt examples

A shrine maiden discovers the god she serves has gone missing
A street musician's songs accidentally summon rain spirits
Two childhood friends meet again on opposite sides of a mecha war
A baker's bread gives customers vivid dreams of the sea
A detective in a floating city investigates a stolen shadow
A girl inherits a train that stops at stations from her memories

Want a full anime short film?

Create a project in one click — story, storyboard, and video are generated automatically.

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Common questions

FAQ

Is the storyboard generated automatically?▼

Yes. In Studio, one premise produces the story, characters, and shot list automatically. You can edit any shot before generating its frame.

How many shots does a storyboard get?▼

The default is 5 shots — roughly a 20-second short — and you can adjust from 3 up to 12 shots for longer pieces.

Is the anime storyboard generator free?▼

Yes — sign in with Google and free daily credits cover storyboard frames and short animations. Downloads have no watermark.

Can I export the storyboard itself?▼

Each storyboard frame downloads as a clean image, and the animated version exports as MP4.

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