What got you into cel/sketch collecting?

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:28 am

Short version: trolling ebay for anything Tamahome/found cel/bought cel/instant addiction.

Zetsuai · Post by **Zetsuai** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:33 am

aernath wrote:Short version: trolling ebay for anything Tamahome/found cel/bought cel/instant addiction.

that's so close to my story ...

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short version: trolling ebay for anything Zetsuai connected/found cel/bought cel/instant addiction

JuniorMintKiss · Post by **JuniorMintKiss** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:40 am

How I first got into cel collecting started around 5 years ago. My best friend's brother is in the military and to ease his boredom and free time, he downloads anime shows and burns them onto DVDs. He let me and Sandra borrow them and I was instantly hooked. InuYasha was my first anime, so before collecting cels, I collected trading cards, cosplay, etc. Then I stumbled across a 'cel' eh, what is that? I did some research and found that they would be cool to collect. I still have my first IY cel in my gallery and the rest, as they say, is history. I just find it so cool that I own an actual piece of the show! Nifty stuff...

Post by **sensei** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:23 pm

I've told this story before

so feel free to skip it if you recognize it.

Hey!

Anyhow, sometime back in the previous century, I was spending a day out in New York City, when I passed a store that had a bunch of animation cels from the

Beatles movie Yellow Submarine

in the window. They were nice ones, not the low-end cels that were eventually sold in greeting card stores later on, and I had enough money to buy them. But ... I was on the way to Sam Goody's to unload my money on classical LPs, so I walked on past.

Later I came down with a serious case of non-buyer's remorse: I could have cheerfully kicked myself as the LPs quickly became obsolete and unplayable, while the cels became major-league collectables, going for prices in the $1000s.

Anyhow, I decided not to make the same mistake twice, and when I became interested in anime (initially through my high-school daughter's relationship with a DBZ fan), I was pleasantly surprised to find excellent cels from the WB-Kids new show Cardcaptors (nice art ... kinda confusing plot though) selling for prices similar to those I'd decided not to pay for the Yellow Submarine cels back ca. 1970. I began for amusement, quickly learned to enjoy the chase, became a regular website-update sitter at the old Anime Chaos sale page ... and the rest followed.

LinaLoN · Post by **LinaLoN** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:17 am

Let's see... it wasn't until the end of the year 1999 that I started even thinking about collecting cels. It was because I had just seen Slayers Next and fell in love with the LoN (the Lord of Nightmares) and said to myself that having a cel with the LoN would be like having an actual peice of the anime. Like that scene would belong to me.. I would have it. I never really thought I would ACTUALLY come to own not just one but having more than that is a dream come true. I know it may seem selfish for me to say that but I rarely had anything OF my own at the time, everything I pretty much either shared with my sister or was taking away from me. It went from owning just one and going for only specific LoN cels to; wanting to have my gallery become a home to not just LoN cels to keep them together and safe but for other important Slayers cels, too.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:19 am

My first cels were freebies from the movie, AKIRA. I wanted as many as I could get because they fascinated me; to think those vivid little paintings really made the on-screen visuals I loved so much- that was exciting.
Thought it would be cool to own full setups so I kept collecting to achieve that dream.

Now, my reasons have shifted slightly. The excitment of having a picture as seen in the anime has dulled. I continue collecting cels for love of the artwork itself (it's aesthetic quality), as well as any emotional attachment to the character/scene.
Perhaps my collecting choices stem from the heart rather than the head.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:21 am

Moop · Post by **Moop** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:28 am

I was meandering through one of those kitschy, overpriced, touristy shopping districts, when I saw a store called 'Toon Inn'. What an adorably clever name! I hate adorably clever names, but it had some interesting bits of painted plastic displayed in the window, so I made the mistake of walking through the front door.

sugarcels · Post by **sugarcels** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:47 pm

I have always loved animation (I used to get up at 7 am on Saturdays and watch Looney Tunes as a kid), so I guess this was a natural thing to get into.

I saw people with cel galleries on the Anime on DVD forums, and thought it was pretty neat (though I had seen cels before. Used to have cel catalogs sent to my house thanks to my dad, who thought I would be interested, but never bought anything because of the prices).

Anime Chaos was having a 70% off sale, and I caved and bought some. The rest is history

Goldknight · Post by **Goldknight** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:31 pm

I blame Jenn_b for my financial devistation. She sold me my first two cels.

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:25 am

Wow, I am trying to remember when I bought my first cel. I got into Anime around 8 years ago by watching Transformers, then Japanese Transformers. I then moved onto watching Fushigi Yuugi and Inuyasha, which caused me to fall in love with Japanese Animation. I bought my first cel from Fushigi Yuugi (Tasuki), and then started collecting Inuyasha cels of Sesshoumaru. It went downhill from there on out. Now, I am broke, poor, and happy with cels, but can never get enough.

redwolf · Post by **redwolf** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:43 am

The blame lays squarely on the shoulders of a friend of mine (who of course, no longer collects herself...). However, I'm sure I would have found the hobby eventually...it just would have taken me a while since I tend to be pretty oblivious.

crackpot27 · Post by **crackpot27** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:03 am

I'll blame it on those Beckett's DBZ collector mags. Right when I started getting into DBZ I started to collect those and one of the featured articles was on animation cels. That combined with a newely aquired ebay addiction started me on my way to collecting. Funny thing is though I've never purchased any DBZ cels