1. Four rough sketches (layouts in the thumbnails), I believe by CCS Animation Director Kumiko Takahashi, working out the basic appearance of one of the key scenes at the end of the climactic next-to-last episode, in which
| Syaoran says "I love you" to Sakura. |
This lot, which came up without a lot of fanfare on Yahoo Japan, led me to put together a batch of related items (mostly gengas) into a new gallery focused on this outstanding episode, where these sketches can be with others by Takahashi such as my beautiful shuuseis of a staggering Syaoran from just before this scene.
The others are thanks to the generosity of Sakura Bunnies, who was willing to take an offer on this set of treasures from her collection.
2. A fierce image of The Watery Card, from the same cut as a cel that I previous had but much better in showing the Card's intimidating expression as Sakura sics it on The Earthy.
3. A reunited matching set of cels of The Light and the Dark Cards. The Dark has been part of my collection for nearly 5 years, but it's wonderful to be able to return to her the missing top layer of her twin sister.
4. Another of my recent (and admittedly unexpected) additions to "The Scene" from Episode 65 is a beautiful cel of
| Yue holding a spent Touya in his arms after the Power Transfer |
I expect that updates will come much more slowly in the future than in the past, but if nice things like these continue to be available, it's still a good time to be collecting!
Enjoy!
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In fact, the closing price was just 1200 yen, exactly the sum that I won the staggering Syaorans for 5 years ago. The gengas that once went with these roughs also sold (twice, once on YJ, again on eBay) for modest sums, but now they are in the hands of a curator who knows their full value. However, in some ways, as you say, the more impressionistic roughs are more impressive than the technically more proficient gengas. (Yeah, an' dem grapes prolly wuz sour, too.) 
