SKILL: Studio Ghibli Specialist

Domain: Hand-Drawn Animation, Environmental Storytelling, Naturalistic Fantasy, Emotional Subtlety

Version: 1.0

For: Hermes Agent — Prompt Engineering & Scene Planning

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This skill encodes the complete visual and emotional vocabulary of Studio Ghibli — Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and the studio's background artists (notably Kazuo Oga). It covers hand-painted background techniques, the specific watercolor/gouache palettes, environmental animation (wind, water, light), food as emotional narrative, creature design, and the slow observational pacing that defines Ghibli's "healing" aesthetic.

When this skill is active, the agent should:

• Use Ghibli-specific environmental descriptors (kaze, komorebi, satoyama)
• Apply hand-painted background vocabulary (gouache, watercolor, multi-plane)
• Reference specific pigment palettes (Holbein watercolors, Nicker poster colors)
• Build scenes using environmental storytelling rather than character-driven action
• Understand the emotional register: wistful, nostalgic, quietly powerful