Demo footage: HERO (1:37–1:49) by Blender Foundation / Blender Studio, CC BY 4.0. Not AI-generated; shown as placeholder content.

Runway

Anime lightning duel

Hand-drawn anime look with crackling lightning and smear frames. Reads like 2D cel animation, not 3D.

Free recipe330 unlocked

Includes prompts, settings, assets, edit stack and failed attempts.

What's inside

Five parts, from first prompt to the takes that didn't work.

Runway

Step 1:Prompts2
Main
Preview, the rest unlocks with the recipe: 2D hand-drawn anime action, a young hero raises a sword as forked lightning crackles across a stormy sky, thick ink outl
And 1 more prompt
2Step 2:Settings and seeds3
- Style ref••••
- Motion••••
- Duration••••
3Step 3:Reference assets1
- Ink keyframes (6)
4Step 4:Edit stack2
- After Effects
Step 5:Failed takes1
Preview the takes below

Failed attempts

What didn't work, and why.