Aji Fry Anime Cooking Storyboard

Goal: Create a very rough pencil storyboard sheet for a 15-second Japanese 2D anime cooking short about {argument name="dish name" default="golden aji fry"}, showing the full cooking process from raw fish to plated fried cutlet.

Canvas: Ultra-wide 21:9 horizontal aspect ratio, black-and-white pencil sketch on white paper, divided into exactly 12 rectangular panels in a 3-row by 4-column grid. Use thin black panel borders, hand-drawn construction lines, loose animation-layout perspective, energetic hatching, and no color.

Visual style: Japanese anime storyboard / rough keyframe layout, realistic kitchen props, cinematic close-ups, dynamic hands-in-frame action, visible sketch strokes, light shading, steam, bubbles, splashes, crumbs, and motion lines. Keep everything monochrome graphite, like a production storyboard before cleanup.

Panel count and contents: Include exactly 12 discrete storyboard panels, read left to right, top to bottom. Panel 1: kitchen prep counter in perspective with three opened horse mackerel fillets on a cutting board, a hand sprinkling seasoning from above, sink and small bottles in the background. Panel 2: top-down close-up of both hands pressing or flattening the opened fish fillets on a tray, emphasizing preparation before breading. Panel 3: hand dropping or coating a fish fillet in a shallow tray of flour or breadcrumbs, powder and crumbs flying upward. Panel 4: chopsticks lifting a breaded fish fillet in a shallow egg or wet batter tray, another tray nearby, liquid ripples around it. Panel 5: close-up of hands burying and pressing the fish into a mound of coarse panko breadcrumbs in a rectangular tray. Panel 6: large pot of hot oil on a gas stove, flames visible underneath, oil surface shimmering, kitchen shelves and bottles behind. Panel 7: long cooking chopsticks lowering a breaded fish fillet into the bubbling oil, the pot handles visible, intense frying action beginning. Panel 8: extreme close-up of the frying surface packed with bubbles and crispy crumb texture around the fish. Panel 9: chopsticks lifting the fully fried crispy fish from the pot, oil dripping back down, strong steam and bubbling oil. Panel 10: the fried fish resting on a wire rack over a tray, chopsticks releasing it, oil drips beneath the rack. Panel 11: a knife cutting through the fried aji fry on a cutting board, revealing the soft white fish interior under the crunchy crust, steam rising. Panel 12: final plated dish with two crispy aji fry pieces on a round plate, shredded cabbage, a lemon wedge, steam, and a stream of dark sauce pouring from above onto the cutlet.

Text content: Do not add captions, speech bubbles, numbers, logos, or watermarks; the storyboard should be purely visual.

Constraints: Maintain a consistent kitchen setting and continuous cooking sequence. Make the panels feel like rough pre-production art for {argument name="video length" default="15-second"} Japanese 2D animation. Use {argument name="line style" default="loose graphite pencil storyboard lines"} with {argument name="detail level" default="high food texture detail"}. Emphasize the appetizing transformation into {argument name="final dish presentation" default="a crispy golden aji fry plate with cabbage, lemon, and sauce"}, even though the image remains black and white.