This section will feature all animation materials which will include cels, douga, genga, rough sketches, staff corrections and timing sheets. These may be copies (studio or otherwise, with file names containing 'Sketch') , or originals (file names will contain 'Drawing' or 'Cel'), and I will also include the pain by number on acetate sailor moons ones I have run across('PaintByNumber'). Most of what I have are copies of genga, douga and drafts, but I do have several actual originals.
Celluloid or cellulose acetate (aka cels) are what is used to make animated media. A cel is an acetate sheet that has an outline (and sometimes shading) on one side and paint on the other to make the colored image. These are then put in sequential order and filmed by a special camera. Cels can range in price, and what makes a cel expensive is not only dictated by what is in the cel, but also how rare the cels from that media are (some studios do not release their cels for sale, or only let out a few). A animation cel may or may not come with its matching douga (the drawn image that was used to make the cel). rarely, it will come with not just its douga but also various rough drafts, genga (rare concept sketch from a main animator) or even timing sheet (what sequence should e used where) and production folder.
Cels come in a Varity of sizes, though the most
common seems to be 10 5/8in x 9 5/8in (27cm x 24.5cm). There are
also larger sized cles, and those tend to be 12 3/8in x 10 1/2in (31.5cm
x 26.5cm), though even larger and odder shaped have been used. I
have run into the cel drawings (douga, and genga) in not only the more
common cel size, but also in A4 size, and have seen copies of larger
(around B4, A3 and ledger sizes). I will call the 10 5/8 x 9 5/8
'Normal cel size' and the 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 ones 'large cel size'.
I will scan both of those sizes in at B4 (the
large cels are 1.5mm bigger than B4, but nothing is lost on
the majority of those cels, as most cels to not take up the whole space)
to give them a standard size that is easy to make copies of (I do have
B4 paper, so I can make copies of my originals if people want). I
will list if I am willing to sell any of my cels or their drawings with
their galleries. Any that are not marked as for sale I may be
persuaded to part with them, though it will depend on the offer.
Please note that only those that say I have the originals do I have the
original cel and/or drawings for.
NOTE: I will try to list the series by their original name (when applicable), by its English localization and
Kanji/Kana/Hangul when possible (can find/know it). Some series don't need a translated name at all (already in English, or they use the English part of the series name). I will try to list them as clear as possible to make finding them easier, though some series will be tricky due weird localization choices (which I'll probably stick with the Japanese name). I easily could have missed some especially if I only know them by their localized name.
I am grouping all the marvel animation ones together when I do not know
which show they are from.
Please see the rules section if you wish to order or trade for a copy of any of the genga, douga, sketches or timing sheets listed. If an original is not on the for sale page, but you are interested in purchasing it, please make me an offer. Just because I am not actively selling it off, does not mean that I am unwilling to part with it.
I handle all originals (drawings and cels) with cotton glove on to keep from damaging them and keep them stored in archival safe bags or archival safe sheet protectors. I am not the first owner of these originals , and some are in poor shape. I have done my best to preserve them, but I cannot undo the damage done by others to them. I try to wipe off the scanner after scanning every few cels, but still somehow dust and debris gets on it. I may have to go through an rescan a few that seem to have attracted a lot of debris (cels can be staticy when removed from their protective bags), but that will have to wait until I have all of them scanned in and listed.