Japanese galleries of cels

bulma_gt · Post by **bulma_gt** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:10 am

I don't know if this has been posted before... I would like to know if you have addresses of Japanese websites of people that collect cels... I ran into two this morning and would like to share it with you

All mecha, Mazinger, Great Mazinger and Mazinkaiser, among other great shows

http://www9.plala.or.jp/majingamotomu/sub4.html

Macross cels

http://www2.neweb.ne.jp/wd/m-tada/list.htm

Ozamu Tezuka and Totoro

http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/takamias/tmhyoushi.htm

Tenchi, CCS, FY, others

http://www.ruricity.com/ac/

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:16 am

A lot of Japanese cel galleries I've come across don't last very long. I wonder if any of them went down because the companies told them to take them down?

I had links to a number of Japanese galleries over the years that have disappeared within a year and a half after I found them. Every time I see one now (non-Rubberslug) I expect them to be taken down shortly.

I look at the ELF Cel gallery every now and then (Kakyuusei, Doukyuusei, Doukyuusei 2, Refrain Blue, Words Worth, etc.):

http://elf.mediapark.ne.jp/eng/

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:19 pm

This has always been my favorite gallery. Lots of Dragon Quest cels collected here.
http://www.ahww.or.jp/ani/tel_dq/dq_cels.htm
But if you take a gander at their main anime cel page:
http://www.ahww.or.jp/ani/
You will see an awesome list of Dragonball cels as well.

Ms. Poe · Post by **Ms. Poe** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:22 pm

A LOT of japanese collectors don't keep their galleries online. Most of the time b/c they think that anime should be kept inside of Japan, and not shared with the rest of the world.

Then again...

A LOT of japanese collectors keep their gallery offline b/c of the way they got the cels. Some were stolen...Some were given as private deals by the creators of the series...etc.

There's many reasons why a gallery would go away as well. Could be for the same reasons above. Just like how Midori keeps switching her site address around. A lot of the stuff japanese dealers sell are under the same terms.

EternityOfPain · Post by **EternityOfPain** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:32 pm

Keropi i completely agree, several japanese sites I used to have just randomly stopped working. You would think since collecting cels and such are much greater in Japan that there should be more japanese cel galleries out there.. I also agree with Ms. Poe, I have read several reports in the past of theft regarding cels and I am sure there are many that go unreported (hence the employees take some) which does make sense why they would not post it on the web.

sugarcels · Post by **sugarcels** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:39 pm

I have never really seen any Japanese galleries. Never really seen Japanese online cels stores, either (all Japanese, not in English at all, etc.). Believe me, I've looked.

kira · Post by **kira** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:05 pm

i had a japanese cel gallery site but the link was in my aol favortes. so i dont have it anymore. was a nice gallery too.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:23 pm

Keropi wrote:I had links to a number of Japanese galleries over the years that have disappeared within a year and a half after I found them. Every time I see one now (non-Rubberslug) I expect them to be taken down shortly.

the same has happened to me recently with a lot of japanese sites i kept bookmarked. it's such a shame too because i don't think i'll ever see those cels again. *sigh*...

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:12 pm

JCaliff posted a link to this Japanese Cel site link page about a year ago, worth checking out: http://homepage1.nifty.com/hid/linkpageten.htm

There are some Japanese pages I visit but many aren't well designed or as expansive as the western sites so I don't stick around too long.
It's nice to browse a few dealer sites just to see what's been on the market.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:20 pm

ahh, some of those sites were bookmarked on my computer, and have been deleted. *sob* oh well... what's left are some really nice galleries though... some of the best cel's ive seen from older animes. thanks for the link, krafty!

kira · Post by **kira** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:21 pm

thanks for the link, krafty.

i'll have to go throuh these later.

bulma_gt · Post by **bulma_gt** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:50 am

I found more japanese galleries

For anything Gundam
http://f8.aaa.livedoor.jp/~gcels/gallery1.html

And here you can find several shows, including macross
http://f1.aaa.livedoor.jp/~monokuro/index.htm

awajikiwi · Post by **awajikiwi** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:30 am

Ms. Poe wrote:A LOT of japanese collectors don't keep their galleries online. Most of the time b/c they think that anime should be kept inside of Japan, and not shared with the rest of the world.

Then again...

A LOT of japanese collectors keep their gallery offline b/c of the way they got the cels. Some were stolen...Some were given as private deals by the creators of the series...etc.

There's many reasons why a gallery would go away as well. Could be for the same reasons above. Just like how Midori keeps switching her site address around. A lot of the stuff japanese dealers sell are under the same terms.

No it's not the main reason, Basiclly the answer is, The lower your profile the more chances you have of getting more cels. "Blackhole collector" is the term known in Japan.

Stephen

usamamo · Post by **usamamo** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:07 am

Cheeky cheeky, sneeky sneeky.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:08 pm

AnimeMuseum wrote:No it's not the main reason, Basiclly the answer is, The lower your profile the more chances you have of getting more cels. "Blackhole collector" is the term known in Japan.

Do others get a bit angry with you if you have too many cels from the same series? ?^_^?

Sometimes it's better not having people ask you where you got your stuff. If you have a lot of good stuff someone is bound to ask you.