Create a single vertical anime animation development board for an original emotional short film titled "The Boy and the Umbrella".
The output must be ONE combined image containing an anime character design sheet and a cinematic storyboard page.
IMPORTANT:
→ Create fully original anime characters
→ Do not imitate any existing anime studio style directly
→ Do not resemble any copyrighted anime characters
→ Keep designs unique, soft, nostalgic, and emotionally warm
STYLE:
→ Premium anime pre-production board
→ Mix loose hand-drawn storyboard sketches with semi-rendered anime keyframes
→ Use soft watercolor-style lighting, cool blue-grey rain colors with warm red umbrella accent, gentle shadows, red storyboard borders, blue motion arrows, handwritten production notes, timing notes, and lens notes
LAYOUT:
Clean vertical composition with 2 sections.
SECTION A — CHARACTER DESIGN SHEET
Boy:
→ A quiet anime boy with neat dark hair, gentle brown eyes, soft round features, and a calm thoughtful expression
→ He wears: a simple dark navy school jacket, dark trousers, white shirt, worn brown shoes
→ He should feel: kind, quietly lonely, gently warm, emotionally soft
→ Show: front view, side profile, back view, 3/4 angle
→ Expressions: thoughtful, soft smile, gentle, calm
→ Pose standing alone in the rain without an umbrella
→ Pose holding the red umbrella gently
→ Pose sharing the umbrella with a small cat
Red Umbrella:
→ A simple classic red umbrella — bright, warm, emotionally vivid against the cool rainy background
→ It should feel: warm, comforting, a small act of kindness, emotionally significant
→ Show: closed leaning on wall, open in the rain, shared over boy and cat
Add tiny handwritten notes and soft pastel anime color swatches.
SECTION B — STORYBOARD
Create 8 cinematic anime storyboard panels in a neat grid. Each panel should include handwritten camera notes, blue motion arrows, timing notes, and lens notes.
Story Beats:
→ Wide shot of a quiet old anime town in gentle rain — grey sky, wet stone streets, warm glowing windows
→ The boy stands alone at a bus stop in the rain, no umbrella, quietly watching the rain fall
→ He notices a small cat huddled soaking under a bench nearby
→ Close-up of his face — a soft gentle decision forms in his expression
→ He picks up an abandoned red umbrella from the side of the bench
→ He walks to the cat and holds the umbrella over both of them
→ Medium shot — boy and cat under the red umbrella, rain falling around them, warm and still
→ Emotional ending — the boy and cat under the single red umbrella, the whole grey town soft around them
Environment:
Old anime town on a rainy afternoon. Wet stone streets, warm glowing shop windows, old wooden buildings, puddles reflecting light. Cool blue-grey rain with one warm red accent.