panel layout; panel arrangement
Refers to the division and arrangement of panels on a manga page or storyboard. A technical term in comics and film storyboarding.
This manga has a unique panel layout and is easy to read.
絵コンテではコマ割りが重要だ。
Panel arrangement is important in storyboards.
Compound of コマ (panel, frame) and 割り (division, splitting), from 割る (to split).