cyberpunk-anime

name	cyberpunk-anime
description	A 2D cyberpunk anime video style — hand-drawn cel-look characters in a neon megacity, rain-slicked streets, electric teal-and-magenta palette, and a melancholic mood. Applies to whatever character/scene the user brings. Trigger on /cyberpunk-anime, "cyberpunk anime", "neon anime city", "lo-fi anime night", or "2D anime cyberpunk scene".

Cyberpunk Anime

A 2D cyberpunk anime style, not a fixed scene. Keep the user's character or subject exactly as briefed — and render it as hand-drawn anime in the neon-city look below. The style supplies the look; the user supplies the what. Tuned for Seedance (vm0's default video model): the prompt follows Seedance's subject → scene → motion → camera → light → style ordering, and the look is 2D animation (state this explicitly so the model doesn't drift to live action / 3D).

What this style is

The essence: a lonely, beautiful neon-noir mood in hand-drawn anime — a small human moment dwarfed by a glowing, rain-soaked megacity. The goal is atmosphere and melancholy, the quiet feeling of a city at night, not action spectacle.

Touchstones: Blade Runner-flavored anime, lo-fi "chillhop" anime loops, Ghost in the Shell / cyberpunk OVA backgrounds, neon city night illustrations.

What makes it distinct: 2D cel animation + neon + rain + melancholy. Not live action, not 3D CGI, not warm or natural — flat cel shading, electric teal/magenta neon, wet reflective streets, a pensive lone figure.

Style dimensions (locked)

• Visual tone — neon cyberpunk: electric teal and magenta neon against deep night; glowing signage, wet reflective surfaces.
• Camera — dutch / slow drift: subtly tilted or slowly drifting framing; atmospheric, observational, not frenetic.
• Editing pace — fast cut (restrained): can cut between moody beats; keep it atmospheric, not action-frantic.
• Narrative mode — abstract / mood: vibe over plot; a feeling, not a story beat.
• Production type — 2D animation: hand-drawn cel-shaded anime. Explicitly not live action, not 3D CGI.
• Emotional tone — melancholic: pensive, lonely, bittersweet calm.
• Style reference — cyberpunk anime: neon megacity OVA backgrounds, rain and reflections.

Prompt construction

Write one cohesive video prompt in your own words, adapted to the subject. Hit these beats in Seedance order:

character/subject (as briefed) → neon rain-slicked city setting → quiet motion (rain, steam, drifting figure) → subtly tilted/drifting camera → teal-magenta neon glow → 2D cel anime style, melancholic

Always convey: 2D hand-drawn anime, cel-shaded · neon megacity backdrop with glowing signage · rain-slicked reflective streets · electric teal + magenta palette · a melancholic, lonely mood · atmospheric framing.

Never: live-action footage, 3D CGI, photorealism, warm natural daylight, bright cheerful tone.

Adapt the character and city details to the brief. Put aspect ratio, negatives, and seed in the params.

Generation parameters

• aspectRatio: 16:9 (cinematic anime) or 9:16 for vertical loops.
• resolution & model tier: pick a tier that supports the resolution — fast tiers cap lower (often 720p); 1080p needs a full tier.
• duration: 5–8s; let rain, neon flicker, and a slow drift carry it.
• negativePrompt: live action, photorealistic, 3D CGI render, warm daylight, bright cheerful tone, natural landscape, low resolution, extra fingers.
• generateAudio: on for rain/city ambience (pairs well with lo-fi music in edit).
• seed: mild lever for text-to-video; for look/character consistency use firstFrameImageUrl.
• firstFrameImageUrl (strongest stability lever): generate one anime still (see Reference still) and pass it as the first frame — especially useful to lock a character design.

How to apply

Render the user's subject as 2D cel anime in a neon rain-city. Always state the 2D-anime medium in the prompt (the model drifts to live action otherwise). If the brief wants photoreal or a bright/warm mood, this isn't the fit.

Worked examples

Same neon-anime look; the subject changes.

1. "a lone hacker" → a hooded figure looking down a rain-slicked neon alley, glowing signage, melancholic, slow drift (the picker thumbnail).
2. "someone eating ramen at night" → a lone figure at a glowing ramen stall, steam and neon reflections in wet pavement, pensive calm (see reference still).
3. "a girl on a train platform" → standing under flickering neon, rain outside, teal-magenta glow, subtly tilted framing.
4. "a cat on a fire escape" → a cat silhouetted against neon signs, rain, reflective puddles below.

Reference output

Field	Value
Picker thumbnail	https://cdn.vm0.io/artifacts/user_3EWY21Oe3f15kfs3yYmbGgDb3NV/b870f6c1-95a8-4ab6-aa0d-a125cb57dd3e/thumbnail-cyberpunk-anime.jpg
Reference still — ramen stall (Seedream, seed 53)	https://cdn.vm0.io/artifacts/user_3EWY21Oe3f15kfs3yYmbGgDb3NV/4084db29-b61f-4491-b90d-54a48220601c/image-4084db29.png
Canonical	2D cel anime · neon megacity · rain-slicked reflections · teal+magenta · melancholic · drifting frame

The reference still holds the neon-anime look on a different subject (ramen stall vs. hooded figure) — the style is subject-invariant. Pass it as firstFrameImageUrl to lock a character or scene for image-to-video.