I'm now stepping into the bounds of the true collector and purchasing cels. Anyone know where I can get good quality AMG cels (or other anime cels, for that matter) for a fair price? Besides eBay, of course. ^_~

what are cels?:blink:

Cels are the sheets of transparent celluloid on which individual frames of character animation are printed. Usually each character is printed on a separate cel, and they can be layered. Backgrounds are also printed separately. The character cel is placed on top of the backgrounds and photographed, frame by frame, for the final animated result. Many new shows don't use cels, and are animated entirely digitally. It cuts down on cost, as there are fewer printed materials. The resulting animation isn't as smooth, however, so most often the cels are painted digitally but still printed and photographed.

Belldandy has a gallery of cels in her main gallery, if you want to see some examples.

Ohhh! That thing! Yeah. But i think its not that easy to find. I wonder where did belldandy got those.

I've found a few sellers at various anime shops, but the best prices so far are on eBay...

as soon as you know let me know, I would love some of Bell.
It looks to me like the new series is done in Flash and Freehand MX. If that is the case there wouldnt be any of the new series...which sucks, what do you think Ms. Melichan?

No way is it done in Flash! You can spot those in a second, because the work is so shoddy. (Don't mean to yell, but I really hate Flash :P). From the clips I've seen, it's probably done in the industry standards. I don't know what those are in Japan, but here it's Maya or 3dxMax for the 3d effects. I can't remember the name of the 2d program... it's something that's mostly initials. ^_^;; And Adobe after-effects to composite the two together. Of course, Disney and Pixar use their own programs, which are created in-house strictly for their own animators. The majority of the time, even though the final image on the cel is created completely within a computer, it's still printed on a cel for photographing, because the quality is far superior to purely digital animation. Unfortunately, I can't tell for sure if it would have cels based on the few clips I've seen of the show.

I've managed to find some high-quality cels for pretty good prices, but Belldandy cels normally start at $100 and go up if you're buying through a dealer. A good head-and-shoulders to face shot of Bell can go from $500 - $3,000, depending on whether the cel comes with a sketch or a background. So far, I'm making payments on a cel of Urd in her battle outfit, close-up and casting a spell, and Keiichi, close-up and in Celestin's garb. It totals about $200, which is great for what they are, but still a pretty penny. As for Bell cels, I'm keeping an eye out on eBay. ^_^;

Holy cow, melichan...$200 for a cell. I know those things are rare and all, but what in the world are you going to do with a $200 piece of plastic (or whatever celloblah is), frame it and look at it? Thats some hardcore fandom there.

Well, I guess if thats what you really like...personally if I had $200 and nothing to do with it, I'd put it towards buying a new anime. Gotta catch them all!

And if not that, I'd go and buy myself 10 wallscrolls, so that no matter where I look in my room, I can have a piece of Belldandy! :P

lol you make a good point, there. ^_^; To tell the truth, a lot of people buy cels to sell them later for twice the price. I like the actual cels, so that's why I'm sticking to the more reasonably priced ones. :heh:

im sorry I didnt mean flash in general, I meant some kind of digital program (but flash was the only thing that came to mind)

Do you use Aftereffects ever? All I need is illustrator, photoshop, and aftereffects and Im happy...although final cut pro and maya/form Z are always nice