It's interesting you say that because one thing 
I've always thought (and said at least a couple 
times, I think) the two cels I have of Sailor 
Pluto aren't very stunning in quality. (And yes, 
they were decently pricey, even if I got pretty 
good deals on them.) I don't have any line fading 
problems with them, but the xeroxed lines are 
choppy here and there and the painted lines 
aren't always quite where they should be. One 
thing I've wondered is if the lackluster quality 
wasn't maybe due to the speed at which they were 
churning the thing out by that point - both my 
cels are from later in the "life" of Sailor Moon 
(one is obviously from the final season and the 
other I've been told is from one of the movies). 

But in general, after now having a chance to see 
some other people's cels up close, I've come a 
bit of the opinion that the quality is better in 
the shorter series. . . And most of what I 
actively collect is from the shorter series. 
(Examples - Miyu TV: 26 episodes, Hameln: 25 
episodes, Nightwalker: 12 episodes) I've started 
to find myself shunning the cels from the huge - 
not to mention more popular - series like Sailor 
Moon (after seeing the Pluto cels, I abandoned my 
intended hunt for a cel of Luna), Slayers 
(although my Zelgadis cel is gorgeous, others 
I've seen have not been), Ranma (these cels are 
okay quality-wise, but it's more an issue of the 
price on anything from a recognizable scene), and 
so on. I would be interested to see some *first* 
season cels from the big series - cels made 
before they knew it would go so well - and 
compare those to the later cels. . .

In any case, though, I have no intention to stop 
collecting. ^_^  But if a certain series seems to 
stiff me on quality in the cels, I'll take my 
dollar somewhere else. ^_~

One last thing to mention. . . You'll see much 
higher quality if you stick with A1End cels, 
pans, held cels, and bank cels. . . If quality is 
your pet peeve, seems you're best to steer clear 
of cels from sequences with high levels of 
motion. (Can anyone else here comment on quality 
in respect to level of motion?) Studios seem to 
be more careful with things that will be seen for 
longer. ^_~

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac