Studio Ghibli Style
Essential
Basic Ghibli aesthetic.
- Pick your model's tab — the JSON re-shapes itself to that model's block order and limits.
- Click any green value to edit it in place — swap the subject, setting, or style for your own.
- Copy and paste the JSON as your prompt in the tool — links below.
{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "Studio Ghibli",
"animation_reference": "Studio Ghibli films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail",
"animation_reference": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}- Veo 3.1 follows structured prompts unusually well — lock camera, lighting and audio as separate JSON fields and it respects each one.
- Native audio: describe dialogue, ambient sound and music directly in the audio field.
{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "Studio Ghibli",
"animation_reference": "Studio Ghibli films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail",
"animation_reference": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}- Kling 3.0 reasons about the scene like a director — write the action field as a shot note, not a keyword list.
- Multi-shot is the signature feature: split the action into "Shot 1: … Shot 2: …" inside the action field for cuts within one generation.
{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "Studio Ghibli",
"animation_reference": "Studio Ghibli films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail",
"animation_reference": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}- Seedance responds best to a strict block order: CAMERA → SUBJECT → ACTION → ENVIRONMENT → LIGHTING → STYLE. The JSON below is ordered to match.
- Keep the camera block to a shot type plus one movement — stacking movements degrades output.
{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "Studio Ghibli",
"animation_reference": "Studio Ghibli films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail",
"animation_reference": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}- Wan 2.2 is the latest version with genuinely open, downloadable weights. "Wan 2.5/2.6/2.7" are hosted API-only versions on commercial platforms.
- Open-weights Wan 2.2 has no audio track — drop the audio field or move sound design to post.
{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "Studio Ghibli",
"animation_reference": "Studio Ghibli films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}{
"subject": {
"type": "stylized"
},
"style": {
"aesthetic": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail",
"animation_reference": "hand-painted storybook animation, gentle naturalism, whimsical motion, soft environmental detail films",
"visual_characteristics": "hand-drawn animation, soft painterly backgrounds, magical realism",
"color_palette": "soft pastel colors with nature themes"
}
}- Runway exposes camera controls in the UI — use the camera block here as your settings checklist rather than prompt text.
- Gen-4.5 excels with reference images: the subject field doubles as your reference-tagging description.
Run this prompt
Copy the JSON above, then paste it as your prompt in any of these tools. Veo 3.1 is free to try inside Gemini (daily limit applies).
What each block does
| Block | Purpose |
|---|---|
| subject | Who or what the shot is about. Keep it to one clear subject — models blur focus when given several. |
| style | Aesthetic direction: film stock, color palette, references, tone. |