Have you ever purchased a cel from a show you've never seen?

profatomo · Post by **profatomo** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:35 pm

Hi folks,

I'm not sure if this question has ever been asked in one of these forums before. Being a cel collector for almost 20 years, I know that I started buying cels from shows I've never seen or heard of. My very first cel I ever purchased was a cool looking mecha robot from an obscure anime show called Le Deus. I had no idea where it was from or which artist worked on it, but I thought it one very cool looking cel that appealed to my artistic sense. Another cel I purchased early on without seeing the anime first was from the classic movie, "Angel's Egg" (which is now one of my favorite anime of all time). I could not resist the absolute beauty and ethereal quality of the image. Since then, I've on occasion purchased other cels from shows that I didn't see at first (and saw later), such as Cowboy Bebop, Nadia, and Tenshi Ni Narumon. For me, collecting cels is more than just character appeal from a favorite TV show, OVA or movie; it's much more aesthetic for me.

So, how many of you have purchased a cel simply because of it's aesthetic appeal without knowing anything about it? Any of these cels are your favorites? And would you care to show your favorite "unknown" cel?

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:06 am

i am guilty of purchasing cels from a film of i have never seen, but with good reason- it was never released outside of the tezuka theater in japan. of course i am referring to unico: saving our fragile earth...

http://unicorngallery.rubberslug.com/ga ... esID=13753

i know there are many collectors who have purchased cels from widely available anime they havent seen, and honestly... it is a pet peeve of mine. just is.

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:24 am

I was thinking about purchasing my Yat Anshin cels, but then they were given to me, so does that count?

I still haven't seen the show, but I just think the character is too cute.

animeobsessed · Post by **animeobsessed** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:31 am

I have only done this once...after asking another beta member multiple questions about the series before the purchase. Then I watched the series immediately afterward and now have a large section in my gallery.

Since I tend to purchase characters I really like, it's hard to do that if you don't know anything about the series.

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:54 am

yup, not often though.

2 of my faves:

http://www.nimblevagrant.com/cels/misc/betterman.html
Still not sure where it's from.

http://www.nimblevagrant.com/cels/misc/ ... nAmon.html
Have since seen the show and it def. wasn't the greatest. But I still love the cel.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:34 am

profatomo wrote:So, how many of you have purchased a cel simply because of it's aesthetic appeal without knowing anything about it?

I've bought them a few times, but nearly all of them are from the Mandarake store bargain bin and I don't know where they are from. A couple that weren't though:

#1. The cheap Iczelion cel I bought nearly ten years ago (no scan of it). That was my third cel and I bought it from "Anime Something or other". Forgot the name of the place. I bought it only for how it looked. It's a low quality cel, but I was excited to buy nearly anything at the time.

#2. I bought this cel from YJ. Have no idea where it's from. I only bought it because of how it looks:

Any of these cels are your favorites?

Not really. I only like the #2. cel much.

I don't like buying cels from anime I haven't seen. Sometimes when I saw a cel I liked I would try to watch the anime. Usually I didn't like the anime enough to buy a cel from it.

Knowing how much I like an anime the cel comes from is pretty critical to me. I rarely buy artwork strictly because of aesthetic appeal.

ZombieBunny · Post by **ZombieBunny** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:54 am

I am guilty to this big time.

I have like...16 cels and I want more.

I dont believe you need to see the show if you love the artwork.

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:47 am

Once!

http://chx.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_i ... mID=154209

Don't ask me why, and I've heard the show sucked like a hoover on steroids, but I like the cel.

I have a thing for white haired guys it seems

But it's no where near my favourite

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:09 am

Very rarely. It's one way for me to somewhat control the size of my collection. If I do, it's usually because I found them pretty cheap.

I bought this Rubette from Gokudo before I saw the show. But now, Gokudo is 20% of my collection.

Minimum Nanonic is a video game that I've never seen, but I picked up this cel cheap on ebay.

Reiko from Platinum Hugen Ordian was purchased from the Mandarake bargain bin.

This trio of Suchi Pai cels was a lot on YJ.

And I still have no idea where this cel is from.

syan · Post by **syan** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:03 pm

I'm guilty, I have a bunch of cels and sketches for series I haven't seen. 99% of them were cheap, and I liked the art, so I bought them. About half of which I have the dvds or episodes for, which means I will eventually get around to watching the show. I definitely have cut down on this habit a bit in recent times though.

The one unknown I'm most interested in finding an ID to is this unknown girl.

kymaera wrote:And I still have no idea where this cel is from.

Eh, the image isn't loading, so it's going to remain unknown.

EternityOfPain · Post by **EternityOfPain** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:46 pm

Guess I am one of the few then... I have not bought any production art from a series that I have not seen before. I was once very tempted to buy a cel on ebay a few months back (dont remember the series name) mainly because the cel was really nice and dirt cheap but in the end decided not to. When I thought about it I realized that I collect cels/sketches first and foremost because I greatly like the characters or series and second the art.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:22 pm

I've purchased many cels from animes I've never seen. Mikan Enikki, Go! Go! Ackman, and Little Women 2: Nan and Teacher Jo are to name a few that I have collected. I eventually found a copy of the Ackman OAV to watch and purchased the R2 dvd set of Mikan Enikki a while back so now I can finally get a chance to watch the series I'm so obsessed about already, lol. I hope to find dvds of Little Women 2 sometime in the future.

Majin_Vegeta_2028 · Post by **Majin_Vegeta_2028** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:56 pm

yup! there 5 items. i bought my inuyasha cel before watching the show,
then started watching the anime afterwards and enjoyed it. i bought my 2
yue cels (from CCS)berfore watching but i tried i didnt make it through one
episode and couldnt stand it. i still like the cels though, which is why i bought
them. last is my 2 burn up sketch sets and i still havent watched anything
from that series yet.

metheus · Post by **metheus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:08 pm

I love finding odds and ends. A third or more of my collection is from stuff I havent seen. It would be higher but I have to watch the anime often times because of them.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:08 pm

Aren't all third or more of his or her collection from stuff he or she have not seen ?

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