Animation Cels Are The Best Collectables

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[@BoundaryBreak]

Its pretty crazy that i was able to include a full unedited clip from the show and not get copyright claimed

[@hellman5341]

first

[@goosebyte]

I'm suprised Fox let you do a Simpsons episode boundary break!

[@hyperstarter7625]

Very cool. Where did you buy your cel from?

[@BodhiTOuellette]

Copyright claimed Yet.

[@kevinordonez256]

Don't jinx it. lol

[@AStartShow]

Takes me back to when I used to paint cels in my own works about 20 years ago. Something amazing about it, is how tangible traditional animation is. I miss that.

[@JustJohn43]

This what I enrolled into university for, the hope to do traditional animation myself, but then everything changed. Everything we do is digital and what we're learning is online, I don't wanna do it anymore

[@braydonrushing]

Oh I didn't know that you do Cel animation coming from the same guy who created Son of a Glitch.

[@benrosenberg3489]

I kind of wish animation stuck to using cels. There's a certain charm about that style. Ik that simply wouldn't make sense to keep doing it that way in the 21st century of course with the amount of work and time it takes.

[@JustJohn43]

@@benrosenberg3489 you can't rush art

[@fireaza]

@@benrosenberg3489 I glad we moved on. There's a LOT of shows that would never have been made if we were still using cels, they'd be too expensive and the people holding the money wouldn't think they'd be worth funding.

[@MrMetal-xe8lg]

I love how this is technically a boundary break

[@AxxLAfriku]

HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear metal

[@apersonwithastockimage6289]

lol

[@ViviSectia]

@@SleepySophAnimations I didn't see that but he was whining about being bullied at school for because his youtube videos are bad a while ago. He has the most interesting spam.

[@ianthehedgehog9327]

@@AxxLAfriku Think like a skeleton. Get what a skeleton is made of checked.

[@juango500]

@@AxxLAfriku well, well, well. If it isn't AxxL. 7 years, huh? was that not enough?

[@thepopo592]

Sheesez really hit with the "I am not pregnant"

[@Mario583a]

He's seems glowing to me.

[@theirishninjasanimations]

"April first will be the next episode" [ *Skeptical Fry Futurama meme* ]

[@kellymountain]

hi

[@derick1618]

@@kellymountain hello

[@slopesgameroom]

So amazing to see the back of the animation cells. Wicked little video mate

[@braydonrushing]

Hello Slope's Game Room I am the first to reply to your comment.

[@BoundaryBreak]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@braydonrushing]

@@BoundaryBreak Cheers + Did you know about the last animation show to be done in Cel was a Anime, The anime is call Sazae-San and it is the Long Running anime airing in Japan in 1969 and still airing to this day, The show switch from Cel to Digital in 2015

[@KairuHakubi]

I love how there are scenes where you can actually kinda see the depth, a cel is casting a bit of a shadow on the background, because there are evidently THAT many cels layered on top of each other and they were hitting the maximum. And then in some scenes like the IRS while Kent Brockman is interviewing the last-minute tax-filers, you can not only see that, but the point where the background characters become one big solid cel with no movement. and it's like, yeah, so much nostalgia for that era, but that's not a problem we have in the digital era.. you can easily run a quick simple movement loop in the background to keep the eye from noticing, but most of the time these days they don't, and even front and center characters are just standing still.. because even though animation is about .01 percent of the labor it used to be, it's somehow treated like it's 10 times as expensive to pull off at any level of quality.

[@derick1618]

@@KairuHakubi Such is the nature of the beast.

[@Trist_Trash]

What makes animation cels even cooler is the fact that a lot of companies threw them away after their initial use. Making a lot of cels from specific shows even rarer! It's cool owning a one of a kind piece of art from your favorite TV show that has it's own behind the scenes history to it.

[@howiegruwitz3173]

Why would they do that

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@howiegruwitz3173 Lack of storage space and reason to keep them. Home video didn't really take off until the 80s and DVD wasn't for another ten years, so it wasn't standard practice to keep the original for remastering. There's a lot of shows from the 60s that don't even have the masters of the final product anymore because they didn't expect to rebroadcast them. For the first season of Dr. Who, several episodes only exist as secondary recordings (via filming a TV). On a related note, all those film reels that are sent to theaters aren't preserved either. You can buy a bag made of them.

[@theencolony5595]

"April first is going to be the next episode" Oh jeez

[@gljames24]

oh shesez

[@theencolony5595]

@@gljames24 dammit, I missed that!

[@Jdeadevil]

@@gljames24 Lmao I clicked "show 3 replies" hoping someone hadn't made this joke.

[@lucasandersons]

Press F to pay respects for lonely Shesez

[@BoundaryBreak]

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[@squabbbb]

@@BoundaryBreak F

[@MetaphoricTechnique]

@@BoundaryBreak oh my! You poor thing F

[@roboticenby]

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[@Wheagg]

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[@hellodean4]

I wonder how much it cost to buy the cell of Comic Book Guy saying "this is an arm, it is worth nothing"

[@whoyagonnacallme2571]

of his arm during that scene

[@TwisterTH]

It’s always nice to see your passion to other things, man. It’s just wholesome to me.

[@BoundaryBreak]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@FlamingoRadio_]

That's what I love about cels, you own a physical piece of your childhood. I own Ed, Edd, n Eddy and Spongebob cels that mean a lot to me because I watched them all the time when I was younger.

[@BabyCharmander]

Oh dude! What ep did you get an EEnE cel from?

[@nocsha4119]

"April 1st will be the next Episode" Nice try, Shesez

[@derick1618]

heh

[@TreyHarrison]

I also love animation cels because that sheet in your hand was photographed and has been seen by millions of people all over the world, and you own the only one. That image is included in countless DVD box sets and digital streams, but you are the sole keeper of the original. Keep it safe and enjoy it!

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

I am so proud of owning two framed SpongeBob cels. One from Karate Choppers and the other from Jellyfish Jam

[@tjcoolness1768]

I got one from Karate choppers where Mr Krabs is scolding Spongebob. And one where Mermaid Man is yelling "EVILLLL"

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

@@tjcoolness1768 Nice! The jellyfish jam cel I have is SpongeBob finally catching a jellyfish and the karate choppers cel is SpongeBob karate chopping through the phone

[@cooldude-jb3gx]

Does It Happen To Be The One Where Mr. Krabs Is Picking Up Spongebob By His Shirt And Dropping Him Outside The Door; And Does It Happen To Have Spongebob's Pineapple As A Background? If So, I Just Saw Your Post On r/animation cells A Few Moments Ago!

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

@otdreamer193 I’ve showcased them in videos before.

[@aisadal2521]

Animation cels truly are amazing! I used to have fun watching Walt Disney show how cels were used in his movies, especially Alice in Wonderland ☺️

[@mikeandmax750]

Glad to see it’s not like when Bart and Lisa got the Itchy and Scratchy cel.

[@verylargebigtoe407]

I just watched that episode a week or two ago

[@illustriouschin]

You should get the Simpsons cell of the Itchy and Scratchy cell.

[@noahshad09]

@@illustriouschin (cel*) why tho lol

[@beatnik6806]

@@illustriouschin would be cool to have a cel from that scene

[@Thorin-MattfromGO]

Wasn’t the cel of an arm or something?

[@dodger01theawesome81]

4:08 Guess they didn't bother rendering it since it would be culled out. Oops that's just boundary break talking breaking out.

[@lucasandersons]

This reminds me of that one Simpsons episode about the animation cell

[@benrosenberg3489]

That was my first thought. Bart bought that cel thinking he was gonna get something great and just got an arm I think

[@Mario583a]

"I'm not going to tell you these animation cells will increase in value, or even hold their current value. The truth is, you bought 'em because you like 'em. They have value to you. That's what matters.” -Doofus Rick to Shesez

[@hankhill7827]

Roger Myers Jr: “Troy, I’m proud to offer your viewers these hand drawn “Itchy & Scratchy” animation cells. Each one is absolutely, positively, 100% guaranteed to increase in value!” Disclaimer Announcer: “Not a guarantee.”

[@Huanchee]

I mean this is probably true for most collectibles. I know all my antique radios probably aren't gonna increase in value. Partly cuz I like some of models that are common and/or not desirable, such as 50s clock radios, partly cuz am radio in general is dead, and partly cuz the really rare ones are already owned by folks that you'd have to pry them from their cold dead hands to get.

[@JoltsD]

I seem to recall someone jokingly asking for a "real life Boundry Break" episode. Well, here you go. 😉

[@Calsetes]

Animation cels are pretty awesome. I have quite a few from a series I love and they just look incredible. Didn't get any backgrounds with them, but I found some of those "floating frames" where it's just a frame and two pieces of glass you put your thing between work really well for cels.

[@hackbear5668]

Sincerely, thank you so much for bringing more attention to the wonderfully beautiful artform that is cel animation. More people need to be aware that there are TONS of these things out there for reasonable prices and that you can genuinely own a part of art and media history. Stay awesome, Shesez. I don't comment on or like a ton of videos, but when I do, it's specifically niche stuff like this that I feel needs that extra bit of signal boost.

[@Kyezoar]

One of my goals in my bucket list is to own a cell of Dr. Robotnik from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Legit any animation frame of Robotnik is gold.

[@FoxMcCloudFF7]

Would be killer to get the PINGAS frame! LOL

[@pourgoi_6100]

this comment right here

[@Kyezoar]

@@FoxMcCloudFF7 I think someone already owns that legendary frame. And someone else owns one of the showering scenes.

[@FoxMcCloudFF7]

@@Kyezoar ok then how about the one where he was Super Robotnick and took a huge tack in his "unmentionables!" XD

[@MajorLink]

Loved this! Thanks for showing us

[@brycestrife5605]

I love the diversity of boundary break now

[@jsaysyay]

imo some of my favourite "boundary break" type things are things that show the human-ness behind something, connecting you to someone else, it's touching in a very particular way, honestly would be interested in getting an animation cell some day

[@jennasloan396]

Shesez: "I don't even have a girlfriend" Me: So does that mean you're available? 👀

[@Dargonhuman]

*every female Shesez fan* Get in line, sister!

[@anoobis117]

Haha I don't have a gf either (wink wink)

[@euchale]

@@anoobis117 and it´s going to stay that way with that attitude.

[@walter_the_danger]

@@euchale calm down white knight, you're simping way too hard

[@BobArctor]

Walter White vs. The White Knight

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Average youtube viewer: THIS ISN'T BOUNDARY BREAK! Standard Sheesez fan: THIS is boundary break

[@ESquadProductions]

Hey Shesez! I've got a signed Power Puff Girls cel and a Flintstones one! My dad was the Media/Web designer at Cartoon Network. Really love the breakdown dude. Awesome job!

[@tjcoolness1768]

who's it signed by?!

[@MooseKINGstudios]

“They’re very cheap”. Me eyeing a $1000 JoJo cel for the Past few months.

[@Null_Experis]

hahaha, yeah, $1000 is expensive. (glances at Asuka animation cel from Evangelion)

[@Wheagg]

I don't have much connection with any cartoons but _I have an unquenchable thirst for a cel._ I will never be able to buy one I like, I'll never be able to emotionally recover if it's lost, but I really want one.

[@Manofvideos292]

I'm a huge animation fan and I have many animating cells. Thanks for sharing.

[@BoundaryBreak]

Thanks for watching!

[@AaronZOOM]

I am an animator. I have known all my life how animation cels are created. But this is the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE that anyone has shown me the painted backside of a cel, and I was super interested to see it. Thanks!

[@jumpmadmadness1222]

I actually own an animation cel of the Super Mario bros cartoon show. Got it years ago cheap, when no one care about it. Now they’re actually going up in price

[@Efcaz]

Soon as I saw this was about cels I knew where it was going Very "outside of the box" way to do a boundary break

[@benrosenberg3489]

I'm actually rewatching the early season of Simpsons right now. 1-6 are my favorite. I just saw this episode. It's in season 3

[@benrosenberg3489]

The episode is "I Married Marge" in case anyone wants to know.

[@tjcoolness1768]

Id stretch it to season 8. Miss those days.

[@cowboyluigi5275]

Seeing the cel in HD that isn’t hindered by a blurry 90s camera just makes me wish for the older seasons to be completely restored in better quality.

[@willrands1532]

He sounded genuinely sad when he said “I don’t even have a girlfriend

[@BoundaryBreak]

🥺

[@CaesarTF]

Well, honestly it's quite a reason to be sad. At least at some degree.

[@Rippertear]

@@CaesarTF Eh, somewhat. In my experience, as someone who's spent plenty of time both with and without a significant other, most of what you're actually missing out on by not having a SO you can find by just having a good friend. Companionship, advice, someone to do things with- all the really important stuff, can come from anyone.

[@beatnik6806]

@@Rippertear yup, it really depends of the person if its sad or not. For me right now it is not. I have had enough for a little while

[@feIon]

his future girlfriend is sadly just out of bounds currently

[@masterspongebat2387]

I always wanted to buy an animation cell from spongebob. The first season is the only one that has animation cells and their very rare.

[@Grunch420]

I have a set of three animation cels of the bus driver from the rock bottom episode getting hit by the glove balloon and they're my favorite things I own lol

[@benrosenberg3489]

Same. I love the sponge ones since they look like paintings. Also because it was a huge part of my childhood

[@masterspongebat2387]

@Sliatin Theire’yre

[@giin97]

@@masterspongebat2387 they're just offering their assistance there, ya know.

[@tjcoolness1768]

I got a few off eBay for cheap. One of Mermaid Man yelling "Evil" and one of Mr Krabs when he's scolding Spongebob in the Karate Choppers episode. It's 2 of the 4 cel's I currently have. Would love a Cartoon Network cel.

[@DouglasQuaid999]

That's nothing, I have an original cell of Scratchy's arm for only $300

[@cookubanana]

Had anyone every thought about the fact that there is an actual animation cel of that actual arm from that episode? I wonder who has it.

[@CorruptCartridgeGamer]

“I just think they’re neat.”

[@tipnsunny2107]

The cels used in the first 4 seasons of Spongebob are probably gonna be pretty sought after by meme lords.

[@cycy1021]

only season 1 was on cels. After that it was done digitally

[@Zarvanis]

"They're cheap" Oh, so like 20 or 30 bucks? "Usually it can go from 600 to 800 bucks" Oh dear.

[@arturogonzalez-barrios8206]

Bro, you're gonna make them increase in price

[@mahbubsaite3079]

It shouldn't and He shouldn't've?

[@Smileyreal]

@@mahbubsaite3079 Many people see the video, many people buy cels, cels are in higher demand, cel price goes up.

[@mahbubsaite3079]

@@Smileyreal if you're interested in buying one, i understand you'd might concerned the price going up, but should you hung up to the idea that the art work has to stay cheap and undervalued?

[@TheRealestSwag]

"April fools will be the next boundary break episode" What are you going to do to us

[@pacifico4999]

He'll boundary break real life

[@ldalipis]

That episode man and that scene was so great. Thanks for reminding us and informing us about those Cels!

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

Tbh if you ever get more cels I'd be happy to watch more videos like this!! I loved hearing you analyze the episode it came from

[@AwkwaBen]

I really love that you shared something so personal and cool with us today!

[@Glockenspheal]

I got one of my favorite anime myself, it's not an animation cell per se, but a draft of one of the scenes, I got it super cheap and it means a ton to me, probably my most valued possesion right now for just how cool and simple it is.

[@ricardokogadantas9723]

Thats so nice! Also the passionate way that you described why you like it so much made me understand :')

[@brunoalves5339]

This is truly awesome, i would love to see more videos about it, and it is even cooler that The Simpsons actually have an episode where animation cell colecting is part of the plot.

[@lavalord96]

He made a boundary break episode while trying not to, the mad lad.

[@BioCraftHero]

It’s not a cel, but I have these old postcards of Disney’s Fantasia, which was one of my favorite movies when I was younger. It even has the name of the animator on the back and the materials used, and being able to hold a piece of my childhood in my hands brings me so much joy.

[@willcamick]

It is art with a very littoral message and I love it. I have a Cell of Kokiri's broom (Kiki's mother), From Kiki's delivery serves. From the frame as Kokiri hand the broom to Kiki telling her that her broom is more reliable. Knowing I have that broom from the movie is awesome.

[@Oretal]

Animation cells are dope as hell

[@HondoMcChando]

That scene is stellar, Homer was committing to something much bigger than him. I think there should be more of these videos. This segment reminds me of the little mini documentaries that AVGN has, in between his main content. I think this was incredibly insightful and cool, it’s a way to get into other things without having to look around.

[@qinkster]

i completely agree, collecting cels is awesome. Ive built up a collection from over the years

[@liviniarose5]

I have a Pink Panther animation cell I got at an auction, they had some Smurfs ones too but I wasn't able to get those. It was only the Panther, no background, for $15 bucks - a steal in my opinion.

[@toganium4175]

Now I can see why Bart was so upset when the cel that he bought was a scam.

[@Perfectix]

please dont think we're only interested in boundary break videos. I love stuff like this.

[@imgrooving9640]

for someone with no girlfriend, you look like a happily married husband who works a lot but still loves his wife, even if he cant see her all the time

[@imgrooving9640]

twitter famous lfg lmao

[@MikeAruba69]

I was surprised that he's single. He's a very handsome guy. He even has one of the coolest hobbies ever! I do hope he'll find a significant other someday.

[@alessio5083]

Couldn't have said it better

[@bluelblock]

My parents collected animation cels and sketch artwork from various studios. Now I carry the torch with... cels from the Super Mario Bros Super Show. Every morning I wake up to Mario from "Gopher Bash" looking like a benevolent bloated savior and it's the best way to start the day. I got to surprise my friend with some I framed from "Mama Luigi." A shadowboxed frame is definitely gonna make yours look great! I love how you still broke the boundaries showing us the other side of the cel!

[@ZeranZeran]

1:49 that's an awesome frame to get man. Heartwarming, and will be worth a fortune someday.

[@bapkid2276]

Okay this seriously cool! A really unique piece of history and a good view into how much effort actually goes into this type of animation. I might have to get into collecting these

[@cody1254]

I like when you do videos other than boundary break, branching out is good so you dont go crazy nuts from doing boundary break all the time

[@LootandScoot]

About a year ago when I worked at a comic shop after school this older woman dropped these boxes off with nothing very expensive in them when I get to work my manager ask me if I like cels I'm confused so she hands this folder with a cowboy bebop Alita and Spider-Man cel and says enjoy these and educate yourself and since then I have been addicted

[@lilhoepeep731]

Season 3 was also my favourite season just because it’s the only DVD box set we had of the show and it’s just stuck with me since I was a kid, like a cel from the Flaming Moes episode would be a dream for me because that was my favourite episode.

[@aidomiya3401]

thank you for this video, its such a cool hobby and more people should know about it. your cel looks freakin awesome!

[@Zenlore6499]

That’s so cool! I love how blotchy they are on the flip side!

[@pacifico4999]

The other side of the cell is kinda like when you hide the outline layer in digital art

[@EvtheNev]

That's amazing. I love stuff like this. Especially something as iconic as the Simpsons from an episode that literally millions of people have seen. I myself have an animation cell from the Akira anime movie.

[@FoxerTails]

Technically, this is a Boundary Break episode. And I appreciate it greatly.

[@xkennyPLx]

Taking about animation cells is still deconstructing the process of creating media so this video still feels like your usual M.O..

[@VGmaster153]

Loving the variety I've been seeing as of late. Love to see more videos where you just talk about what you love.

[@jasondomican1991]

Dude I absolutely loved this video, completely random but helps us understand you more as a person!

[@MrAlcides283]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Always a pleasure to watch.

[@clearandsweet]

100% on board! I own two animation cells, one from Sailor Moon and the other from Tenchi Muyo and they are legitimately the best collectible of all time! I have them both framed and displayed with the episode that they are from. Also what you said about the emotional connection and the themes of the episode is 100% true

[@jNetDowling]

This is super cool, and I love that episode too! I hope you show us when you get a frame with some depth made for it!

[@loganbergquist9955]

Damn this was a really good video I’d love to see more stuff along the lines of this or other subjects later on.

[@nue8288]

man, I'm so happy for you, this is amazing

[@MonsterTaming420]

i sleep well at night knowing that people are taking good care of a lot of these.

[@nichasatummyache2510]

Heheh, now I wanna get an Initial D cell. That show broke me out of my "I don't care about cars" phase of life and made me open my eyes. there's a couple for $600, because its from the 90s, but I'm 100% adding this to at least my wishlist.

[@psimiami4253]

I know its a dead meme but I really want the big chungus animation cel just for its legacy

[@stiky5972]

I bet that on April 1st he'll say "April fools, no episode for you!"

[@sackfu7952]

Thinking about how many traditional animation cels must currently be out there gives me an existential crisis. If ever animated character on an animation cel came to life, they could easily overthrow and annihilate the entire human race at least 3 times over

[@rllysilli]

awesome video! half of why your channel is great is your passion, videos like this and the arcade cabinet ones are always welcome additions :) also we never turn down simpsons content here edit: loved your explanation of it and showing which scene each piece comes from. never knew that!

[@BabyCharmander]

Oh dude, this made me decide to look up what animation cels I could find for one of my favorite shows as a kid. Some are expensive ($100+), but I found some cel sketches that are only $6??? And I... wound up buying one of the $6 ones. It's an adorable sketch of one of my favorite characters, and something that was part of something that was part of my childhood. Though it's an impossible situation, I think of how psyched kid!me would be if I could go back in time and say "hey, I have this!! this is part of the show!!" Thanks for this video--I don't think I would have looked this up otherwise.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

This is incredibly interesting! Thanks

[@Alex_dlc]

Loved this video. Owning something that you literally saw on your TV long ago is just awesome.

[@PhilipJFryII]

As a Simpsons fan seeing this from the back is a huge treat, thank you Shees

[@DolphinB0i]

Ahah when you turned the cell around it reminded me of all those pancake art videos!

[@chrisnobles8114]

So cool! I have to look into these!

[@francobug]

Thank you for sharing. Very cool!

[@Eviscerator18]

This is awesome! I never knew you could buy these, thank you. I learned about your channel from the Arlocast.

[@aniquinstark4347]

Having a piece of the original show is really awesome. It's a physical representation of the passion and talent of the artists.

[@naithungoal609]

Seeing you excited and genuine is always great. Was great seeing you at MAGfest 2020 as well!

[@Bartholamue]

I'd love to get a cell from the end of 'Homer They Fall' That's my favorite episode.

[@lolnahnvm208]

Thank you for defying the algorithm and making cool content.

[@iRosss.]

I wonder how much the “do it for her” scene would cost

[@IceHeartAlpha]

surprise shesez boundary break ! you never fail to impress to me man happy youre happy doing this video