Ready-to-Use Prompt Styles for AI Image Generation

Styles of Famous Japanese Studios / Directors

• Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki Style

  Characteristics: A nostalgic, warm, hand-drawn feel. Landscapes rich in nature.

• Makoto Shinkai Style

  Characteristics: Photorealistic, meticulously detailed, and beautiful backgrounds. Impressive use of light (especially lens flare).

• Satoshi Kon Style

  Characteristics: Complex and psychedelic visual expression where reality and dreams intertwine.

• Kyoto Animation Style

  Characteristics: Delicate emotional expression of characters and a soft, transparent art style.

• ufotable Style

  Characteristics: Dynamic camerawork and spectacular effects using CG (especially in battle scenes).

• TRIGGER / Hiroyuki Imaishi Style

  Characteristics: Bold deformations and dynamic action, like the so-called “Kanada-style” perspective (e.g., ‘Kill la Kill,’ ‘Gurren Lagann’).

• Masaaki Yuasa Style

  Characteristics: Highly unique and free-flowing lines with a surreal perspective.

• Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA) Style

  Characteristics: Overwhelmingly detailed artwork and realistic, rigid depictions of mecha and cityscapes.

• Osamu Dezaki Style

  Characteristics: Distinctive directorial techniques such as “postcard memories” (still frames) and using transmitted light to express light.

Styles of Famous International Studios / Cartoons

• Classic Disney Style (1930s-50s)

  Characteristics: Smooth, hand-drawn animation (e.g., ‘Snow White,’ ‘Cinderella’).

• Disney Renaissance Style (1990s)

  Characteristics: Expressive characters and grand musical scenes (e.g., ‘Aladdin,’ ‘The Lion King’).

• Pixar Style

  Characteristics: 3D CG animation with realistic textures and heartwarming stories.

• DreamWorks Style

  Characteristics: 3D CG featuring slightly more sarcastic humor and bolder characters than Pixar.

• Tim Burton Style

  Characteristics: Gothic, dark, and somehow charming stop-motion animation.

• Studio Laika Style

  Characteristics: Exquisite and beautiful stop-motion animation (e.g., ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Coraline’).

• Rubber Hose Animation Style

  Characteristics: Black and white cartoons from the 1920s-30s where limbs move as if made of rubber.

• Hanna-Barbera Style

  Characteristics: Simple, friendly, retro TV cartoons from the 1960s-70s (e.g., some ‘Tom and Jerry,’ ‘The Flintstones’).

• Rick and Morty Style

  Characteristics: Modern, cynical style with simple lines and unique character designs.

• Arcane Style

  Characteristics: A heavy, artistic style that looks like hand-painted textures over realistic 3D models.

Styles by Era / Period / Taste

• 1980s OVA (Original Video Animation) Style

  Characteristics: A slightly dark, hard-edged, and sharp art style.

• 1990s Cel-Shaded Style

  Characteristics: The warmth and unique color palette of art painted on cels before digital production.

• City Pop / Vaporwave Style

  Characteristics: The urban atmosphere of 1980s Japan and retro-futuristic colors.

• Cyberpunk Style

  Characteristics: A world of futuristic cities glowing with neon, where humans and machines merge (e.g., ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Blade Runner’).

• Steampunk Style

  Characteristics: A 19th-century sci-fi world where steam power has advanced. Features gears and brass machinery.

• Fantasy / Isekai Style

  Characteristics: A medieval European-style world with swords, magic, and dragons.

Styles by Art Medium / Technique

• Watercolor Style

  Characteristics: A pale style that utilizes bleeding and blurring effects.

• Ink Wash / Sumi-e Style

  Characteristics: A style expressed with shades of black ink and powerful lines.

• Impasto Style

  Characteristics: A heavy texture, as if paint has been thickly applied like in an oil painting.

• Pixel Art Style

  Characteristics: A style composed of square dots, like in retro video games.

• Line Art

  Characteristics: A simple style composed only of lines without color.