# RETROCEL

> RETROCEL is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a 1980s cel anime style motion video with a city-pop score synthesised in code.

Source: https://sketchry.app/skills/retrocel/

1980s cel anime motion video

RETROCEL is an AI Skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor that renders a 1980s cel anime style motion video with a city-pop score synthesised in code. A late-80s anime opening played from videotape: flat two-tone cels with hard shadow shapes and coloured ink lines over airbrushed plates, neon backlight and bloom, drawings on twos with the camera on ones, a chrome italic title and a restrained tape-on-CRT finish, with a city-pop score of FM e-piano, slap bass and synth brass, rendered as an MP4, a poster and a contact sheet.

### What's included

- An MP4 motion video, a poster, a contact sheet and an .srt
- 10 original recipes: two-tone cel shader, tape replay structure, x-ray sweep, impact frame, chrome title and more
- Cel and tape-finish rules, score and foley guidance, the full workflow and a QA checklist

### Perfect for

- Product and engineering teams who want a nostalgic explainer
- Creators and musicians who want a retro anime opening
- Brands and events that want an 80s-style launch teaser

### What you need

- Your topic and the points to make
- Video length and aspect ratio
- Claude Code, Codex or Cursor

## FAQ

### How do I use this Skill?

Paste it into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor and give it the one message and the brand name. The AI installs GSAP and the render tools, writes a storyboard and renders the MP4, a poster and a contact sheet frame by frame in your project folder. [How Skills work](https://sketchry.app/blog/what-is-a-skill/#use)

### Is the videotape effect heavy?

It is kept restrained: a little chroma bleed, scanlines, a grille and phosphor glow. The structure follows a tape replay (rewind, pause, frame-advance, play), with drawings on twos and the camera on ones.

### Can the fonts be used commercially?

Yes. The Skill only uses open fonts licensed for commercial use (Noto Sans TC, Inter and others under the SIL Open Font License). Check the license before switching fonts.

### Does Sketchry receive my content?

No. The Skill runs inside your own AI tool, and the video is rendered on your own machine.

### How much does it cost?

All 81 Skills, future releases included: US$6 a month, US$29 for six months or US$99 once for Lifetime. Prices include tax.

Last updated: 2026-10-20