Collection Update: New Cels

Cel collecting is still our main collecting interest but we no longer get to add as often as we'd like to. We still managed to snag a couple of nice pieces in the last few months though.

First up a Crazy faced Luna:

It's just not a cel gallery update without a Sailor Moon cel, and usually one of the delightful Moon cats. Today we have this great cel of a swirly eyed Luna, we haven't IDed the episode yet, but given the amount of time Luna spends exasperated it could be from almost any ep in any season.


Second is Jingoro from Kimagure Orange Road:

This AMV made use fall in love with Jingoro, the big fat cat from KOR. We've been looking for a cel of him since we first saw it many years ago. Unfortunately finding art of Jingoro has proved difficult and while we snagged a sketch of him previously we'd never seen a cel of him. So I was thrilled to find this cel and give it to Jen for Christmas.

Third is this model cel from the Mario Cartoon:

The Mario cartoon series isn't great, but I've always loved it regardless. So I was thrilled to get this model cel of Mario. I'm a little sad that only one Mario is painted, but given that I haven't seen any other model cels from the series I'm pretty excited to have snagged this one at all.

Finally this gorgeous shot of Shuro from Ayashi no Ceres:

Shuro was always one of the more interesting celestial descendants due to her gender swapping and singing career. Like all the descendants of Ceres she's also absolutely gorgeous (luckily for the boys on our prettiest anime boys list she identifies as female when given the opportunity or she'd might have had to dethrone one of them). Ceres cels are really hit or miss in terms of quality but this one is one of the best looking ones we've seen and we're happy to have in our collection.

That's it for now, not that many but still some really beautiful pieces we feel very lucky to own. We hope you enjoy looking at them as much as we do.

~Stephanie


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Collection Update: Cel Gallery update

It's been a while since we blogged about a cel gallery update so this update is going to include choice items from our last two gallery updates. Our full cell gallery with all our cels new and old is at: Acetate Addiction

First up is a gorgeous shot of Luna from the Sailor Moon S Movie:

This is a multi-layer cel with original background

She has the most adorable little blush on her face. We've long wanted a cel of Luna wearing the Yellow ribbon and this one is a really really beautiful one.

Continuing on the Sailor Moon theme we have a great shot of Michiru playing her violin:

This has the original hand painted background

Much like the S movie cel, we had long wanted a shot of Michiru playing her violin. This is a really great shot from episode 99. She looks so pretty and serene.

And Finally the most Sly looking Luna ever:

This came with the original timing sheet and was sealed in the original Toei bag.

We haven't figured out which episode this is from but Luna's sly face was too good to pass up. As soon as we saw it we knew we had to buy it.

We updated several more Sailor Moon cels you can view our Sailor Moon cel selection here.

One of my favorites from our recent updates is from Robot Carnival:

 The Presence segment was done by Yasuomi Umetsu

This is a really amazing cel of the Android from the Presence section. Presence is my favorite piece from Robot Carnival and I've been looking for a shot from the android for a long time. This one sat on a dealers site for quite sometime because of it's high price, but during a sale we picked it up and I couldn't be happier.

Ayashi no Ceres OP cel:

Before we got this cel I never notice Aya's coat has 3 rows of buttons

This is from the Opening of Ceres, and this shot is the only time Aya has her eyes closed in this part of the opening. A really pretty sweet looking cel. The slight movement of her hair and her closed eyes convey a sense of serenity.

The Last Unicorn cel of Amalthea transforming:

Signed by Author Peter S Beagle

I'd been looking for the perfect cel of Amalthea from the transformation sequence for the long time. It's one of the few sequences that pops up regularly so I thought I could wait to find one  after waiting for almost 10 years I was losing hope. Luckily a collector with a huge number of cels from the sequences was taking offers and this beauty was among them. I love the way her hair is flowing and the calmness of her face as an added bonus this shot is signed by the Author of  The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle.

We've actually been able to add several Last unicorn cels recently see them all here.

Finally a sketch from Yoshitaka Amano:

On the inner cover of the Tarot illustrations artbook

Several years ago we bought another Sketch by Yoshitaka Amano but had to sell it. So we were very very excited to be able to another one to our collection. This is a beautiful minimalist sketch in gold marker. It's got that messy simple elegance that characterizes all Amano's art.

We've added several more pieces of art recently so to see them all visit our full cel gallery.

~Stephanie


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