Apple Pages Japanese Anime Storyboard Template for 16:9 aspect ratio on DIN A4 vertical

Anime storyboard template for DIN A4 vertical (portrait) page ready to use for film directors, animators, illustrators, and designers. You can edit this .template file with Pages, the free Apple productivity app. Designed with five frames per sheet, each frame an exact 16:9 aspect ratio space for anime storyboards. The layout draws inspiration from the spectacular storyboards.

Boxes:

• カット indicates cuts. Use it to number your shots in the first column.
  
• 画面 stands for the picture screen, in the second column, where you draw or place your storyboard shots.
  
• 内容 is for content: use this space for your notes (dialogue, action, etc.)
  
• 秒 indicates the duration of your shots in seconds.
  

To get started, change the text and drop your pictures into the . To add a page, click on the (+ sign) Add Page above the left navigation panel. To change the master for a given page, use the right navigation panel (under Format).

To change pagination, go to Format, then Page Numbering. You can easily change the template to make it your own. Fill in the header, add your credit and project details, add your production title or your logo. Your layout will be ready to export for print or screen in no time.

FYI: The document size is a 21 x 30cm vertical sheet, about the size of a DIN A4 sheet. The body text font is Avenir Light,10 points with single line spacing. You’ll find different typographic styles in the Format panel.

Note that you need the Avenir typeface license to use this template.

If you need storyboards arrows & icons, you can get some for free here: https://gum.co/storyboard-arrows.

This template is ideal to design quick anime storyboard layouts and will help you create beautiful presentations!

You can get the same template for 16:9 for Adobe InDesign here: https://gum.co/Ghibli_Jp_idml_16x9 and the free PDF version is available here: https://gum.co/ghibli-storyboard_Jp_pdf_16x9.

Similar versions of this template for Apple Pages are also available for different screen sizes.

For 2.39:1 aspect ratio: https://gum.co/Ghibli-storyboard-template_en_scope_Pages_Jp

For 2.00:1 aspect ratio: https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp_2x1

For 1.85:1 : https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp