Cinematic 2.5D animation in the style of fully painterly rendering, characters and environments look

Cinematic 2.5D animation in the style of fully painterly rendering, characters and environments look like gouache concept-art paintings in motion, visible brush texture on skin, cloth and architecture, flat posterized color blocks with hard-edged light shapes, matte finish, soft filmic volumetric lighting, shallow depth of field. NOT flat 2D cartoon, NO bold black outlines, NO cel-shading, NOT glossy CGI, NOT Unreal Engine, NO photorealism, no plastic skin. CHARACTER CONTINUITY: NIA: Young athletic night courier, 8 heads tall, messy short dark curls, expressive wide amber-brown eyes. Wears an oversized mustard-yellow rain jacket with a high collar and reflective stripes, cropped navy trousers, chunky white sneakers, fingerless gloves, and a small canvas courier bag. MASTER ODA: Elderly retired paper-folder, 7.5 heads tall, stooped and gentle, silver hair, round glasses, kind weathered face. Wears a soft grey cardigan over a white shirt, brown trousers, and worn slippers. Shelves of tiny paper cranes line his apartment wall. LIGHTING & ATMOSPHERE: Rooftops lit by magenta and cyan neon reflecting in rain puddles and drifting rain mist; the old man's balcony lit by warm tungsten lamplight and golden paper-lantern haze. 30-SECOND MULTI-SHOT NARRATIVE ANIMATION: [00:00–02:00 | Shot 01 | Rooftop]: Low-angle macro. Nia's chunky white sneakers splash through neon puddles on a wet metal rooftop, rain mist drifting. [02:00–04:00 | Shot 02 | The Fold]: Macro insert. Her fingerless-gloved hands fold a sheet of yellow paper into a small crane, sharp creases catching magenta light. [04:00–06:00 | Shot 03 | The Delivery]: Medium close-up. Neon rain reflects in Nia's wide eyes as she looks across the city at one tiny lit window high in a tower, a small candle glowing on its sill. [06:00–08:00 | Shot 04 | Grounded]: Medium shot. She slams her palm on a dead delivery scooter; the storm has grounded every drone, and the city is too far to reach on foot. [08:00–10:00 | Shot 05 | The Breath]: Macro insert. She lifts the yellow paper crane to her lips and breathes warm air over it. Its wings flutter. [10:00–12:00 | Shot 06 | Unfolding]: Dynamic tracking. The crane unfolds and grows to the size of a hang-glider, creases crisp, rain beading on its wings. [12:00–14:00 | Shot 07 | Lift Off]: Low-angle wide. Nia grips the paper frame and launches off the rooftop edge, yellow jacket flaring in neon haze. [14:00–16:30 | Shot 08 | The Flight]: Fast FPV dash. She swoops between neon signs and glass towers, rain streaks flashing past the paper wings. [16:30–18:30 | Shot 09 | Laughing]: Medium close-up. Her hair whips back, she laughs wide-eyed, and her fingertips glow paper-white against the dark. [18:30–20:30 | Shot 10 | The Tear]: Extreme macro on a paper wing edge. Rain softens the fibers and a small crease starts to split; Nia's grip tightens. [20:30–22:30 | Shot 11 | The Dive]: Wide low-angle. She rolls under a giant billboard and spirals the failing crane down toward the lit balcony. [22:30–24:30 | Shot 12 | Touchdown]: Medium shot. She lands on the balcony in a skid of rain, the crane folding itself back into a tiny yellow crane in her palm. [24:30–27:00 | Shot 13 | The Letter]: Close-up. Master Oda opens the balcony door in slippers and sees the yellow crane. His trembling hands unfold it: the creases match the cranes lining his wall. His eyes fill with tears. [27:00–30:00 | Shot 14 | Poster Lock]: Extreme wide silhouette. Master Oda folds a tiny crane, breathes on it, and it lifts and circles Nia beneath the neon rain as she stands beside him in awe. Hold frame.