Japanese Mascot Character Guide Poster Sheet

{
  "type": "clean Japanese character guide poster / mascot style sheet",
  "format": "landscape A4 poster, white background, thin black divider lines, editorial layout",
  "headline": "CHARACTER GUIDE",
  "subtitle": "[『気づいたら、街が本でできてたんです。』のキャラクター紹介]",
  "visual_style": "minimal flat vector illustration, simple navy outlines, white round faces, dot eyes, tiny expressive gestures, generous whitespace, friendly book-town tourism branding, accent colors in [yellow, teal, orange, and dark navy]",
  "layout": {
    "top_header": "large bold black English title at top left with Japanese subtitle on the same line, thin horizontal rule underneath",
    "sections": [
      {
        "number": "01",
        "title": "棒人間キャラクター",
        "position": "upper two-thirds, full width grid",
        "count": 24,
        "description": "twenty-four simple stick-human mascot poses with small Japanese labels under each figure",
        "labels": [
          "歩く人",
          "読む人",
          "座る人",
          "窓からのぞく人",
          "階段をのぼる人",
          "会話する人",
          "親子",
          "集まる人",
          "くつろぐ人",
          "働く人",
          "本を運ぶ人",
          "本を選ぶ人",
          "自転車の人",
          "スマホを見る人",
          "本を持つ人",
          "犬と散歩する人",
          "なわとびする人",
          "スキーをする人",
          "屋上の人",
          "壁を塗る人",
          "ドアに入る人",
          "本を運ぶ人（積み上げ）",
          "植物を持つ人",
          "旅する人"
        ],
        "pose_details": "include actions such as walking with a yellow tote bag, reading a yellow book, sitting cross-legged with a book, peeking out of a window with flowers, climbing stairs, two people conversing, parent and child, three people gathering with books, lounging in a blue beanbag, working at a desk with potted plants, pushing a cart of books, selecting books from a shelf, riding a bicycle with a yellow book box, checking a smartphone, carrying a book and small blue bag, walking a navy cat-like dog, jump roping, skiing in an orange hat, sitting on a rooftop beside a black cat, painting a wall with orange paint, entering a blue door, carrying a tall stack of books, holding a potted plant, and pulling a turquoise suitcase"
      },
      {
        "number": "02",
        "title": "猫キャラクター",
        "position": "bottom left",
        "count": 4,
        "description": "four dark navy cat mascot poses",
        "labels": [
          "歩く",
          "立ち止まる",
          "のびる",
          "座る"
        ]
      },
      {
        "number": "03",
        "title": "おばけキャラクター",
        "position": "bottom center-left",
        "count": 4,
        "description": "four white ghost mascot poses, soft rounded sheet-like bodies with dot eyes",
        "labels": [
          "すわる",
          "たたずむ",
          "よこむき",
          "のぞく"
        ]
      },
      {
        "number": "04",
        "title": "キャラクターの特徴",
        "position": "bottom center-right",
        "count": 6,
        "description": "six feature callouts with small icons or swatches",
        "labels": [
          "シンプルな線",
          "小さな表情",
          "白い顔",
          "紺の線画",
          "アクセントカラーの小物",
          "生活感のあるポーズ",
          "親しみやすい余白"
        ]
      },
      {
        "number": "05",
        "title": "使い方のイメージ",
        "position": "bottom right",
        "count": 6,
        "description": "six application examples shown as small mockups for posters, social posts, websites, signage, shop tools, and icons",
        "labels": [
          "ポスター",
          "SNS投稿",
          "ウェブサイト",
          "サイン・案内",
          "ショップツール",
          "アイコン"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "typography": "bold condensed sans-serif for CHARACTER GUIDE, clean Japanese gothic sans-serif for section titles and labels, black text, section numbers 01 to 05",
  "color_palette": {
    "line": "deep navy",
    "faces": "white",
    "main accents": "[yellow, teal, orange, and dark navy]",
    "background": "white",
    "divider_lines": "black or gray"
  },
  "character_system": {
    "human": "[round white head, navy hair cap or simple navy outline, thin stick limbs, tiny dot eyes, no mouth, minimal clothing]",
    "cat": "dark navy simple cat with bright eyes, long tail, playful poses",
    "ghost": "white rounded ghost with navy outline, small dot eyes, gentle cute mood"
  },
  "composition_instructions": "Create a polished one-page guide that feels like an internal proposal poster for a book district campaign. Keep the illustrations small, evenly spaced, and clearly labeled. Use thin vertical dividers to separate the four lower sections. Ensure all 24 human poses, 4 cat poses, 4 ghost poses, 6 feature callouts, and 6 usage mockups are visible and countable. Preserve the Japanese section titles and labels exactly as specified.",
  "quality": "crisp vector lines, print-ready, balanced margins, no photorealism, no gradients, no complex shadows"
}