Cels Forum

Well... lets hope that some studios will keep using cels... I think computer
animation isn't nearly as impressive or beautiful as hand-drawn cels!  And
I agree that douga, genga, and repros are not worth collecting alone... I
would never pay more than $50 for any drawing without the cel.  True, from
an aritstic standpoint the animator is actualyl drawing the sketch and not 
the cel... but I love pausing on my cels and telling my friends "I have that!"
You just cant do that with a sketch....

Now, I did buy ONE drawing that had nothing to do with a cel, but it was by
Watsuki Nobuhiro (Kenshin manga artist).  Going back to Futurama, I might buy
a sketch if it was done BY MATT GROENING.  A sketch by some random animator,
even a key animator, seems worthless without the cel to go with it.  I might
buy a sketch by Miyazaki or something, but only if I knew it was BY Miyazaki
not jsut from his movie... I'm sure that explains what I'm trying to say!

Of course thats just my opinion... but there will always be cels around to
collect, if only from older series...

Tifa