Generate random manga page layouts. Print and draw, free, no signup.
A manga panel generator is a free online tool that automatically creates random manga page layouts. Each layout is a grid of empty panels arranged in authentic manga proportions that you can print and draw on. Instead of staring at a blank sheet of paper, you get a ready-made template with two to twelve panels per page, complete with proper bleed area, safe margins, and gutter spacing.
This manga page layout generator is built for mangaka, comic artists, illustration students, and storytellers who want to skip the layout-design step and jump straight into drawing. Pick a preset like Shounen, Shoujo, Gag, or Doujin, hit Generate, and you have an instant panel template ready for pencil, ink, or digital sketching.
High-energy action layouts with 7 panels, dynamic tilted angles, and vanishing panels that bleed off the page. Perfect for fight scenes, sports manga, and battle shounen pages.
Romantic, airy layouts with 5 panels using golden ratio proportions and vanishing bleed panels. Ideal for emotional moments, character close-ups, and slice-of-life manga.
Classic 4-koma comic strip format: 4 vertically stacked panels of equal size. The standard layout for Japanese newspaper gag manga and yonkoma comedy.
Balanced 6-panel layouts with dynamic angles and golden ratio splits. A flexible template for doujinshi, fan comics, and independent manga creators.
Real manga uses specific page dimensions depending on the publishing format. The generator defaults to B5 (the most common tankōbon size), but you can switch to any standard:
| Format | Page size (mm) | Inner area | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| B5 (tankōbon) | 148 × 210 | 125 × 180 | Standard Japanese manga volumes |
| A5 | 148 × 210 | 120 × 180 | Doujinshi, indie manga |
| B4 (genkō) | 257 × 364 | 220 × 310 | Original manuscript size used by pros |
| A4 | 210 × 297 | 180 × 260 | Western comics, large print formats |
| Webtoon strip | 800 × 1200 | 720 × 1100 | Vertical-scroll webtoons (pixel units) |
Beyond the presets, you can fine-tune the energy of every page with five toggles:
Japanese manga is read right-to-left. Your eye starts in the top-right corner of the page and moves leftward, then drops down to the next row. Western comics, webtoons, and translated manga published for Western markets typically read left-to-right. The generator numbers each panel in reading order so you always know which panel comes first, second, and so on. Toggle the setting based on your target audience or publishing format.
This manga panel layout generator runs entirely in your browser. No images leave your device, no account is required, no watermarks are added to your downloads, and there is no usage limit. Export PNGs at print-ready 300 DPI or vector SVGs that scale to any size and drop straight into Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Photoshop, Krita, Affinity Designer, or any DTP layout application.
Yes, completely free. No signup, no email required, no watermarks on your downloads, and no usage limit. You can generate and download as many layouts as you want.
The most common professional manga manuscript size is B4 (257 × 364 mm), which is then reduced and printed as B5 (148 × 210 mm) tankōbon volumes. The generator defaults to B5, but you can set any page size in millimetres including A4, A5, B4, or custom dimensions for webtoons and indie comics.
Most professional manga pages use 4–7 panels. Action scenes benefit from 6–8 panels for momentum, while emotional or quiet moments work better with 3–4 larger panels. The 4-koma (yonkoma) gag format always uses exactly 4 vertically stacked panels.
Yes. Download as PNG for print-ready 300 DPI output, or as SVG for infinite scalability. The dimensions are in real millimetres, so a 148 × 210 mm layout prints at exactly B5 size on your printer. Make sure to print at 100% scale (not "fit to page").
Bleed is the area outside the page edge that gets cut off during printing. Your artwork extends here so there's no white edge after cutting. Trim is where the printer actually cuts. Inner safe area is the zone where you should keep important art and text so nothing gets cropped. The generator draws these guides for you automatically.
Yes. Set a tall, narrow page size (e.g. 800 × 1200 mm or any vertical ratio) and the generator will produce vertical panel layouts suited to scroll-based webtoon reading. Turn off H/V splitting for pure vertical stacks.
Yes. Download as SVG for vector layers you can edit panel-by-panel in Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Illustrator, or Affinity Designer. Use PNG for raster apps like Procreate, Photoshop, Krita, or Medibang. Open the PNG and start drawing on a layer above.
Shounen uses more panels (7), dynamic tilted angles, and vanishing panels for high-impact action layouts. Shoujo uses fewer panels (5), golden ratio proportions, and softer compositions for emotional or romantic scenes. Both can be customised further with the toggles.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser. The layout is generated client-side in JavaScript and rendered as SVG. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or tracked. Your work stays on your device.
Yes. The layouts are blank panel templates with no copyrighted content. You own anything you draw inside them. Use them for self-published manga, doujinshi, webcomics, print runs, client work, or anything else, commercial or otherwise.