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A Rilezu is a newish sort of reproduction, they are not Production pieces persay, however, a true rilezu comes in an edition of 1 and based upon the final production douga of one of the more famous sequences.  Each rilezu will be hand painted and in some cases...

Kabuse cels (also known as correction layers) are layers added to fix mistakes in the original cel painting. These mistakes can be anything from using the wrong color to messing up the painted cel itself. Depending on the scene, budget, and animation procedure...

  Timing sheets contain instructions on how each part of a sequence/cut are to be animated for a scene.  Please see "How to Read a Timing Sheet" for even more detail.  Front of timing sheet from Episode 23 Cut 225 of anime Darker Than Black.   Back of tim...

Pan or oversized cels are larger-than-normal cels which are used for a panning effect. "Pan" is short for "panoramic" and refers to how the camera has to pan/travel across the frame to reveal more of the image.  Pan cels can be horizontally, vertically, and so...

Special Effects cels refers any cels made to create special effects. This includes airbrushing and other methods like backlighting/masking.

A backlit cel is a type of special effects cel.  The typical way to figure out if your cel is backlit, is, when you look at the back of your cel the paint on the back has been covered with another layer of black acrylic paint.  This was done so that when they ...

How much should I pay?  And why? This topic is very personal and there is no "right" answer.  The value of an animation piece is based on many factors. Below is a list of some of the things that can impact prices and should be kept in mind when hunting for yo...

Itoya Multi-Ring Binders Itoya Multi-Ring Binder 11x14 in Inside detail Set of 10 Refill Pages   Quick Stats: Each new binder comes with 10 removable pages. Binders tend to be "sturdier" than folios and can stand (like a book) on their own without falli...

Timing sheets can be difficult to read and might look like a different language at face value. In this guide, we'll look through two examples of increasing difficulty from the hit series Naruto. By the end of the guide, hopefully you can get a feel for how tim...

The Basics Shikishi boards are made by laminating Gasen rice paper to a hardboard backing. The edges are generally trimmed in gold, the most common size for collecting autographs and artwork measure: 9 5/8" by 10 3/4".  Shikishi are traditionally used for sum...

The Basics The Japanese have a custom of sending New Year's cards from around the end of December to the 1st of the year.  In most cases if you can get your card in the mail by 12/25 JPost guarantees delivery for the 1st of the Year.  They are meant as a type...

The Basics Original Manga Pages are basically impossible to come by, especially those produced by famous artists.  In fact CLAMP in general still has most of their original pages from the original run of Card Captor Sakura which they exhibited at the Mori Mus...

A bank cel refers to a cel that is used/filmed repeatedly rather than remade for every instance that it is needed. A good example is a cel used in a opening or ending sequence.  Other notable uses for bank cels are for the transformation or attack sequences in...

Storing your collection is a task, especially if you are storing it with an eye to conserving your pieces so they don't melt into a puddle of Vinegar in a few years.  There are some wrong ways to do storage but there are a lot of right ways to do storage.   T...