Macron, that is indeed the Yurika 'V' Cel that recently featured on Yahoo Japan. The ultimatebrucelee recognised that same cel - I did not realise it would generate that much interest. Like yourself, Yurika is one of my favourite all-time characters. It was just fortunate that at the time of the auction, it was a Good Brokerage week for me, so I could afford to go all out on this wishlist cel.
When you have a spare moment Macron, Manslayer - please check out the Gallery "Gates of Alyssium". It is the creation of Christine, a fellow Aussie collector, which has a sizeable Nadesico Gallery filled with more memorable shots
Her Evangelion gallery is also quite noteworthy too!!Thankyou Eternal Squall, I do not have that many Evangelions as yet, but when I saw this Asuka come up, I knew I had to get her. I totally agree with you, this cel manages to encapsulate everything that 'makes' Asuka.......well Asuka. The confidence & attitude, the ferocity, the arrogance. It was a tough bidding war, but got there in the end
Had to contend with a 'bid-walker' hitting up the price by 1,000yen every 2minutes or so. Auction went 40mins over scheduled finish time!!Dear Sensei, as always, thankyou for your kind comments. If ever you do find yourself with some spare time to allocate watching a new anime, then may I politely suggest you give "School Rumble" a try sir? Admittingly, the first Dvd did not hook me, in fact at one stage I was willing to forgo & give up on the series. But I ended up purchasing the 2nd Dvd which I enjoyed enough to warrant purchasing the 3rd. After picking up the 3rd and watching the first episode on that disc - I was hooked!! I stopped watching the 3rd & immediately returned to watch discs 1 & 2 all over again, this time with a whole new appreciation. I found myself pleasantly surprised by the quality of the characters, depth & development and storytelling. Twas one of those rare instances where I eagerly awaited each new release.
It is just unfortunate that the studio who creates the series, Studio Comet, pulled the plug on the planned third & final series during the Great 'GFC' to conserve cash. Only the very last two episodes were fully released & these were on a shoestring budget.
, some how doing the trip back north -Oh boy-. 
