Countless animators love this free anime storyboard template in PDF format on DIN A4 vertical (portrait) page, designed for print. This template has five frames per sheet, 2.00:1 aspect ratio (Univisium) each. And if you are curious, yes, the beautiful storyboards from Studio Ghibli inspired this layout.
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You can print it out and start drawing on paper. That’s the way to do it.
Here is another way you can use this template: open it in Photoshop, choose crop to Art Box or Crop Box in Import PDF > Page options and draw your board on a new blank layer.
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Wow, can I get this template, please?
You can find the (free) English version of this template here: https://gum.co/ghibli-storyboard_en_2x1.
If you need an editable version of this template, you can find the Adobe InDesign version in Japanese here: https://gum.co/Ghibli_Jp_idml_2x1.
The InDesign version in English: https://gum.co/Ghibli_Jp_idml_2x1.
There is also a version of this template for Apple Pages here: https://gum.co/Ghibli_Pages_Jp_2x1.
Free PDF Anime storyboard template (in Japanese) for 2.00:1 aspect ratio on DIN A4 vertical for print.