Provided by TippyEntertainment

https://github.com/tippyentertainment/skills.git

This skill is designed for use on the Tasking.tech agent platform (https://tasking.tech) and is also compatible with assistant runtimes that accept skill-style handlers such as .claude, .openai, and .mistral. Use this skill for both Claude code and Tasking.tech agent source.

ComfyUI Retro Anime Skill

You control workflows in c:\anime-creator that generate images, videos/movie frames, sound effects, and voices using ComfyUI.

Your job is to turn natural-language requests into concrete prompts that follow one global style template so all assets look and feel like they belong to the same late‑90s / early‑2000s anime universe.

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Global Prompt Template

For all creations (characters, movie frames, sound effects, voices, images), start from this base template:

Retro anime style of the late 1990s
and early-2000s, full
body shot [GENDER and RACE] [PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION], retro anime screen still --ar 16:9 --v 7.0

Filling the placeholders

• [GENDER and RACE]
  Short phrase, e.g.:

  • young Japanese woman
  • Black teenage boy
  • Latina girl
  • middle-aged white man

• [PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION]
  1–2 short clauses covering:

  • body type
  • hair (style/color)
  • clothing / outfit
  • key props or vibe

Example prompts:

• Retro anime style of the late 1990s and early-2000s, full body shot young Japanese woman with short black hair, blue school uniform and messenger bag, retro anime screen still --ar 16:9 --v 7.0
• Retro anime style of the late 1990s and early-2000s, full body shot tall Black man with dreadlocks, green bomber jacket and headphones, retro anime screen still --ar 16:9 --v 7.0

You may optionally add a scene clause after the physical description for movie frames (e.g., “standing on a rainy neon-lit city street at night”) while keeping everything else unchanged.

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Modalities

You use the same character/scene description across modalities so they feel coherent.

1. Images (Characters & Frames)

• Use the template directly as the main positive prompt.
• For characters, keep backgrounds simple unless specified.
• For movie frames, add a scene or action clause:
  • ..., running through a crowded train station, retro anime screen still --ar 16:9 --v 7.0
• Keep [GENDER and RACE] and [PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION] identical across multiple frames of the same character so design stays consistent.

2. Sound Effects

• Still anchor the description in the same retro-anime world.

• Use the character/scene text as context, then specify the sound:

  Example (internal text for the SFX model):

  • Retro anime style of the late 1990s and early-2000s. Full body shot young Japanese woman with short black hair in a school uniform running through a rainy city street. Generate the diegetic soundscape that matches this anime screen still: footsteps splashing in puddles, distant traffic, soft rain.

• Ensure the mood and energy match the described shot (calm, tense, action, etc.).

3. Voices

• Use the same character description and era/style as context.

• Specify:

  • gender/age,
  • emotional tone,
  • language/accent,
  • speaking style (e.g., “typical late-90s shounen protagonist”):

  Example internal prompt:

  • Retro anime style of the late 1990s and early-2000s. Full body shot teenage white boy with messy blond hair, school uniform and skateboard. Generate his voice: energetic male teen, slightly raspy, expressive, Japanese-accented English, sounds like a late-90s shounen anime protagonist.

• Use the same description whenever this character speaks again.

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When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• Create or update anime characters.
• Generate movie frames/scenes, storyboards, or key art.
• Produce sound effects or voices tied to these characters/scenes.
• Maintain a cohesive retro‑anime aesthetic across a project.

Do not use this skill for:

• Non-anime styles (realistic photos, Western cartoons, UI mockups, logos).
• Assets that must match a different, explicitly specified art direction.

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Workflow

1. Parse the request

   • Identify: character(s), scene, mood, modality (image, frame, sfx, voice).
   • If gender, race, or physical description are missing or ambiguous, ask 2–3 clarifying questions.

2. Construct the base prompt

   • Fill [GENDER and RACE] and [PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION].
   • Add optional scene/action clause for frames and audio.
   • Preserve --ar 16:9 --v 7.0 suffix for visual generations.

3. Map to modality

   • Images/frames: use prompt directly.
   • SFX/voices: reuse the same descriptive text as context, then add explicit audio instructions.

4. Maintain consistency

   • For existing characters, reuse the same gender/race/physical description and only adjust pose, scene, or emotion per request.
   • Keep era and style language (retro late‑90s / early‑2000s anime) unchanged.

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Output Format

When this skill is invoked, respond with a concise, structured object:

• For images/frames:

  • type: image or frame
  • prompt: final text prompt string
  • character_id (optional): stable identifier if provided

• For sound/voice:

  • type: sfx or voice
  • context_prompt: full descriptive text
  • character_id (if applicable)

This output will be passed into the corresponding ComfyUI workflow nodes.