Tanabata Anime July Calendar

Goal: Create a vertical anime-style July greeting calendar illustration featuring {argument name="character name" default="Meru"}, an original young woman character, praying beneath Tanabata bamboo at night.

Canvas: Tall smartphone wallpaper format, approximately 9:16, richly detailed, cinematic lighting, no border or watermark.

Main subject: A beautiful blonde anime girl with long wavy hair and violet eyes stands in three-quarter profile facing upward to the right, hands clasped in a gentle prayer pose. She wears an ornate {argument name="dress color" default="rose pink and black"} gothic-lolita yukata-inspired dress with lace trim, off-shoulder ruffled sleeves, layered ribbons, a large waist bow, black lace accents, and gemstone jewelry. Her hair is partly tied back with a large black lace bow, pink rose hair ornament, small feathers, and decorative ribbons. Expression is soft, hopeful, and slightly wistful.

Background: A magical Tanabata night scene under a vivid Milky Way sky. The sky is deep indigo and violet with countless stars, glowing nebula clouds, and a bright star cluster stretching diagonally from upper left toward center. Below, show soft bokeh lights and a reflective waterside festival atmosphere in the distance.

Bamboo and decorations: Add bamboo branches framing the upper right and left edges, with long green leaves catching blue and pink rim light. Include exactly 6 visible hanging paper wish strips: 2 near the upper right branch, 1 mid-right pale strip, 1 lower-right partial pale strip, 1 left-side pink strip, and 1 partially visible purple strip near the top edge. The wish strips should contain small vertical handwritten Japanese-style writing, decorative but not fully legible.

Calendar overlay: At the lower left, place a refined translucent calendar design for {argument name="calendar month" default="July 2026"}. Show a small elegant heading with “2026”, a large “7”, and “July”. Below it, include a 7-column weekday row labeled exactly “SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT”, followed by exactly 31 date numbers laid out for July 2026: first row starts under Wednesday with 1, 2, 3, 4; then rows 5–11, 12–18, 19–25, and 26–31. Use thin white serif typography, with Sundays subtly pink and Saturdays subtly blue. Add tiny ornamental flourishes above and below the calendar.

Lighting and style: Ultra-detailed Japanese anime illustration, glossy painterly rendering, luminous rim lighting, soft pink and blue highlights, gentle depth of field, sparkling particles, romantic fantasy mood, high detail in hair strands, lace, ribbons, fabric folds, and starry sky. Keep the composition elegant and vertical, with the character occupying the center and lower half, the galaxy dominant in the upper left, bamboo on the right, and the calendar unobtrusive at bottom left.

Constraints: No extra characters, no modern city objects in the foreground, no logo, no watermark, no large text besides the calendar. Maintain a dreamy July Tanabata greeting atmosphere with the optional greeting theme {argument name="seasonal greeting" default="a hopeful start to the second half of the year"}.