I really can't believe how far my collection's come, and I'm still pleasantly surprised at how helpful, supportive, and kind everyone here is. Pretty much everyone I've met in this hobby, whether they're collectors, sellers, or even conservationists, genuinely love and are crazy about animation art, and it's unbelievably contagious. So really, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all.
The piece I waited to upload until today is really fitting, because it's from the same episode as the very first cel I bought. (Eventually I'd like to find a desert nightscape background to spruce it up, since that would be like the matching background.)
http://sui.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_i ... mID=327973
One of the most beautifully-expressive Hotaru cels I've ever seen, with a beautiful non-matching background that looks like it could've fit right into one of that warped dimension's landscapes.
Once again, thank you everyone for everything, and I hope in the next two years I continue to learn a lot and perhaps even add more surprising additions.
