The Importance of Animation Cel Collecting - Sonic, Mario, SpongeBob & More!

In the past, I’ve covered several types of collectibles. Figures, plushes, pretty general stuff. But there’s a lot more to collecting than just toys, and today I’ll be taking a look at one of the most niche but important collecting hobbies, animation cels!
In today's heart-pounding video, I go over everything you need to know about collecting animation cels, and cel animation in general. We're talking SpongeBob, Sonic The Hedgehog, Mario, Family Guy, Sailor Moon, and more. There's clearly a lot to animation cels, and I go over all of it in this video. Basically, animation cels are the drawings of each frame of animation from hand-animated productions. Once computer animation became the norm, this method was phased out, but the cels and sketches from this era have become a huge collecting scene. Want to find out why there's a Family Guy cel listed on eBay for $2500? Boy, do I have the video for you.
Sources:
1. www.rubberslug.com/ - Fantastic animation cel collecting site, and a great resource for those getting into the hobby.
2. www.allpremiumanimation.com/ - Site/storefront that sells SpongeBob cels and more.
3. All the eBay/Yahoo Japan/Other online site listings that had great images of great cels.
4. My friend @max6464646464, he's a very dedicated cel collector and you can thank him for a lot of the info used in this video.
5. www.mariowiki.com/Mama_Luigi - Big ups to the Mario wikia for detailing the Mama Luigi deleted scenes.
6. • Saturday Morning Sonic... - SatAM's original unused opening, thanks to Tails' Channel for the upload.
7. / 867994134388260865 - Zerochan's excellent video showcasing her Mega Man/Rockman 8 cels. Absolutely mouth-watering video right here. They also of course took all of the direct scans I show in the video as well.
8. • Toon Makers Sailor Moo... - The full Toon Makers Sailor Moon USA pitch video. Enjoy.
9. www.moonsisters.org/moonsister... - Amazing archival site for Toon Makers/Saban Sailor Moon. Everything you could possibly know about it is here.
10. inferno.rubberslug.com/gallery... - The Inferno gallery on Rubberslug.
Music:
-Quartz Quadrant Past [JP/EUR] - Sonic CD
-Jellyfish Fields - SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
-Super Mario Bros. 2 Theme - Super Mario Bros. Super Show
-Athletic - Super Mario World
-Underground - Super Mario World
-Robotnik's Theme (Recreation by Hoffy1138) - Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog
-Background Music - Cancelled Sonic SatAM SEGA Genesis Pitch (Sonic-16)
-Sonic: You Can Do Anything - Sonic CD
-Theme of South Island - Sonic OVA
-Electrical Communication (Instrumental) - Mega Man 8
-Moonlight Densetsu (Instrumental) - Sailor Moon
-Aquatic Base 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 (Sonic 06)
-Sonic Boom (Ending Mix) - Sonic CD

[@Soup3dBlast]

I'd sell my kidneys for that cel of tails smoking

[@soniuigi43]

I'd sell my soul for it.

[@bl4mmed]

I would say “I’d sell my soul for it” but I don’t have a soul so uhh

[@gaminglakitu]

I'd sell my flesh

[@RaposaCadela]

I'd buy you english classes

[@greenshyguygaming4502]

Soup3d I'd sell my bag of chips.

[@slamgrene8440]

lemme tell you, owning a robotnik cel is like owning a mini infinity gauntlet

[@DaGamingCore]

Yes

[@patrinizer346]

Let's make a new world record. Worlds most expensive pingas.

[@gadgetmcfly9640]

more like an infinity condom for the pingas

[@sethhorst6158]

Soup Soup, I'm sure the if the Cel from the Pingas meme is ever founded, it would worth as much as a new car.

[@JessesGameRoom]

After watching this video I somehow ended up with a Robotnik cel a Scratch cel and 3 Mama Robotnik cels

[@GriffinWulf]

As an animator i'm eternally thankful we've switched to digital animation because it's made our jobs easier, but as a consumer of animation there's something about hand drawn that makes cartoons look so charming..

[@sarinabina5487]

this!!!

[@MugiMikey]

As a cel collector, I loved this video. Great work, man! One correction though... The incorrectly colored lines on Naoto Ohshima's Sonic CD cels aren't actually from the paint mixing with the black outlines. It's due to light damage-- if cels are stored improperly and exposed to light for a decent period of time, the lines (which were originally Xeroxed from paper to celluloid plastic sheets) begin to fade. This is why it's only the black outlines that are affected and not the paint, which is applied manually after the Xerox process. All of the Dragon Ball Z cels I have all have this problem as well, haha. Silly Toei and their negligence! :D

[@eeeeeeee4525]

WOW YOUR HERE

[@2DImpersonator]

Poggers, it's Mugi!

[@spider13593]

actually hisashi eguchi animated them

[@game84cube]

You collect animation cels? Wow! Got any other cels from other series? Also which characters did you get in your DBZ cels?

[@jacobwiggle3681]

Wow.

[@strangepoyo1201]

Somewhere there is a big chungus cell

[@albinre3637]

XD

[@Soup3dBlast]

Yooooooo

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

Bomb Bro The Plush Some homeless guy around where I live recently found a framed cel from Bambi in the garbage. So I wouldn’t lose all hope that cels of it dont exist anymore.

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

@ChaotixChameleon don't give up Somewhere there's a cel in the Warner bros achirve

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

@ChaotixChameleon probably moved to another vault because it's legendary

[@broran_]

The day Stephen Hillenburg sadly passed, my friend bought a cel from SpongeBob, and seeing it in person is 100% indescribable, like, seriously it's insane

[@face-orange-biting-nails]

Tea at the Treedome

[@broran_]

@@face-orange-biting-nails ha, wow. It actually was a cel from Tea at the Treedome 😯 Patrick putting up his pinky

[@matthewisguy7336]

@@broran_ “You gotta hold your pinky up like this!”

[@kevsomeone]

It still blows my mind that animation used to be done traditionally. Having to sketch, draw, ink, and paint all of those cels to create an 10-20 minute animated cartoon. Especially for a movie. I really hope all those animation cel owners take good care of them. They’re very important pieces of history.

[@okaygdr]

Somewhere out there there’s a “THATS NO GOOD” cell

[@sn63vue41]

I will sell my arm my leg my kidney and my soul to get that

[@Matteo139YT]

The cels from famous episodes like this or the PINGAS one probably got destroyed right away…sadly

[@MissUmbra]

My dad owns a framed animation cel from AKIRA up in his office, and the frame has some figures from merchandise for the movie!

[@misterkrogan8837]

Yea right 👿

[@MissUmbra]

Mister Krogan i ain’t kidding. If KZbin allowed photos in replies, I’d show you

[@misterkrogan8837]

@@MissUmbra oh okay then 🙂

[@ZenithQuinn]

@@MissUmbra whats your twitteer, upload there

[@MissUmbra]

ZenithQuinn UmbraHogTwt

[@jklee2692]

I don’t own any animation cels, but I do own a story board sketch from a random simpsons episode, it’s of an eyeless superintendent with a gaping mouth, I like to imagine that it belongs to steamed hams lol.

[@HyLion]

Good thing it wasn't destroyed in an Aurora Borealis

[@fusetunes]

god i wish that were me

[@pixelga1962]

Mmmm no

[@aldmyboi]

That's even rarer bruh

[@inky.64]

That sounds mildly terrifying.

[@TanukidLeaf]

I heard that someone almost found the Sailor Moon pitch, but it turns out that they found "Team Angel", another attempt to localize Sailor Moon.

[@deltathedummy2303]

Proof?

[@Ekraelum]

@@deltathedummy2303 A writer of Kotaku made an article. It's like, the only good article in the whole website. Kinda.

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

As a massive Cuphead fan, and given that the graphics for the game were hand drawn and inked, I’d love to see the sketches and cels that they made IRL. Like, not just photos of them online (they’ve posted a lot of photos) I could only dream of owning one myself.

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

Me too Heck I want to buy one on eBay for a arm and leg

[@playlist1027]

All the paper sketches will most likely remain in StudioMDHR's vault for all eternity (for better or worse). No animation cels were actually made for Cuphead, as they were inked on paper then scanned and digitally colored.

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

I thought they traced over the sketches on cels, and then scanned and colored in photoshop? Or is that a piece I’m missing?

[@playlist1027]

@@TheRealLumpySpirit Nope, I don't remember the exact reason why but I think it was too expensive to afford real cels.

[@theretep6494]

play list cels aren’t that expensive, about 80 bucks for 100, depending on where you get them. I’m sure they just wanted to save time and do it digitally.

[@LeafTanuki]

Top ten things that keeps awake at night, no. 1: Sonic ova cels

[@DaGamingCore]

Right

[@ahmedalwadee3453]

@Torjuz1337 Right

[@RealSuperMario64]

Four words : *M i d d l e F i n g e r Sonic C e l*

[@ahuman2791]

@Leaf Raccoon You know, that's kinda accurate. I'm hoping that there's at least one of those things out there, but considering their age, I doubt it.

[@yamira.737]

@Torjuz1337 GRRRRRRRRR

[@holygrail6482]

While I was moving stuff out of my dads storage unit to another larger storage unit, I found this huge box that weighed at least 90 pounds filled with what seemed like paper. I opened the box, and discovered that it was filled with animation cels of the cancelled show “The Lionhearts”. Right now, as we speak, I’m sorting through thousands of original sketches and cels :0

[@NotBanned_]

Name checks out

[@skittlesilly]

woah! you should post this stuff to the internet!

[@holygrail6482]

I’m thinking about doing that. I’ve just got to find some time to film the video showing off the cels. I don’t want to show the sketches though, as the majority of them are pretty much ruined :/ I’ll do it someday though. That’s a promise.

[@mmdude15]

Let Lost Media Wiki know about this asap! And submit those cels to that site PatMac mentioned! It would be a crime not to... 😉

[@CommanderWiggins]

HolyGrail64 You have an insane discovery on your hands. This is not some niche thing only a few people would care about. This is BIG. So many people would be elated by seeing this. You have a major piece of animated history and some incredible lost media on your hands. Please, I beg of you, don't sit on this. Like someone else suggested, when you get the time please get in touch with the people on the Lost Media Wiki. They will be able to help you out and give you direction on documenting what you have, and they'll be able to share it far and wide so many people will be able to enjoy it.

[@BranFlaixx]

Well done, my guy. Mama Luigi would be proud.

[@jordanmyers7339]

WAIT...THAT SONIC OVA WAS FROM PERRIOT!? First Black Clover and now this! I wish they would put as much effort seen in this OVA as in some of the regular animation in that anime because I love both! Awesome information!

[@babyotavio80]

It's sad what they did to Black Clover

[@ayyitsdaphne3760]

Oh my God when Asta fights that one guy during the whole witch forest thing. The animation was so busted I laughed

[@WitheredFreddo]

Imagine finding The Animation cells for the orignal Pokemon anime.

[@clintssuperspecialsecondac7513]

surprised pikachu cel

[@CommanderWiggins]

There's actually quite a few on Rubberslug, they're so cool to look at.

[@verdantmischief7092]

Lame

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

the drying pan cel would be worth millions

[@vireo2543]

@@Boomrainbownuke9608 Or the jelly filled donuts cel.

[@YMPictures]

I wanna have the animation cell of the scene in The Simpsons where Bart gets an Itchy and Scratchy cell.

[@maisydaisy7004]

It's the American dream

[@meman_1091]

Celception

[@em0x516]

Literally thought about that episode the entire video

[@BoshMind]

I proudly have a production drawing of Skeletor himself, Hopefully I can get a painted cel one day of him.

[@ohmyglob7222]

Hopefully!

[@carlycarmine3858]

Skeletor is cool as far as villains are concerned

[@mr.nicktheboy1030]

In my opinion, it’s kind of a shame all these cels aren’t kept in one place. If they were all brought together instead of in personal collections, we could get beautiful remasters of our favorite Animations.

[@The_Ghost_Gaming]

I lay awake at night thinking that with some work, we could get a HD remastered version of the Sonic OVA

[@NICKtendoReviews]

This was such a fantastic look at such an interesting medium. I definitely need to get my hands on some cels someday, just after I pick up my 6th Banana Brian Griffin plush of course.

[@moana_skellington]

Maybe u can find a season 1 Johny test cell

[@rhondaking7884]

Agreed!

[@pixelatedtr8878]

NICKtendo yep

[@usermcskull4713]

Why is his voice so similar to yours?

[@Horseprincess259]

Oh Nintendo I didn’t know you responded to this I’m a huge fan of your channel😅

[@ShougHell]

I still punch myself every time I remember the time that I went to a goodwill, found cels from rugrats and angry beavers for like $10-$20 each and DIDN'T BUY THEM

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

One day you will find a cheap cel on ebay

[@alize0623]

Samurai Cat Studios I understand completely how you feel. My fiancé worked at Goodwill when we first started dating as a stock boy and pricer. He told me someone turned in an ENTIRE BOX of Disney VHS tapes FIRST EDITION in their proper boxes, undamaged. The price? $50 for the whole box of about 10 films. I procrastinated on getting it and when I went they were gone...

[@kris_0520]

It's aight, I know someone who owns some from those exact shows.

[@kris_0520]

oh fuck i just asked him, and he said 2 years ago, he burned them as part of a dare

[@cosmicdoodles2992]

@@kris_0520 well he fucked up

[@Monotail_Razuin]

One of my cousin owns a cel from Tom and Jerry where Tom was making his Cigar in his Cowboy attire

[@upcomingmocha]

Seeing the Sailor moon cel that was burnt at 32:15 hurts my heart since it is one of my favorite scenes in the show

[@aleczettel6480]

I just bought two cells from the Pokemon anime... for TWENTY TWO... Dollars. Either the guy didn't know what he had and didn't care or the guy had thousands of them and wanted to get rid of 'em.

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

Maybe it's just a cel he wanted to get rid of for cheap

[@BanditLeader]

Or they are counterfeits

[@MortexBerri]

If they aren’t fake, you got a gold mine my guy

[@Robowil]

Not sure if this was mentioned or not, but the final Western-animated show that used cels for its entire run was "Whatever Happened to...Robot Jones?", the final Western-animated production to use cels was the Ed, Edd n Eddy episode "Take This Ed and Shove It," (episodes produced after it used digital ink and paint) and an anime called "Sazae-san" used cels until 2015.

[@PScoopYT]

Darn, 2015?! They must have a lot of cels to use for it lol.

[@thedrewster0408]

@P.Scoop especially since it’s been airing since 1969 which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the longest airing animated program in the world.

[@PScoopYT]

@@thedrewster0408 It's​ the fact that, if I recall correctly, a major cel production company​ in Japan stop producing​ them in the early 2000s (Part of the reason why anime in ganeral went to digital animation very quickly) that make that fact about Sazae-San amazing. They must have had a lot of cels in storage to be used in production that long.

[@Idiotic_B_Purcell]

YEASSS FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS ROBOT JONES CELS, IT'S ONE OF MY ALLTIME FAVOURITE SHOWS-

[@fireaza]

From what I've heard, the only reason they stopped using cels in the production of "Sazae-san" was that no one was manufacturing the blank cels anymore!

[@lunad27]

I've never had an interest in collecting these, as they're so expensive, but this was such a fascinating video to watch. On a side note, hearing you talk about Sailor Moon is bizarre. I'm a huge fan of the series, and the Toon Makers video is something I'd love to see someday, no matter how awful.

[@gabrielvaliente4840]

That franchise is garbage

[@napoleoncontreras4184]

gabriel valiente I just like the style of it

[@tessfabled4115]

'Inferno' actually made me cry, oh my god I don't think I'd be able to go on if something like that happened to my collection... Also doubly hurt because that cel of Sailor Star Healer is one I've always wanted :(

[@MortexBerri]

Yeah it sucks… especially if its one you want Im glad they were scanned prior to them being burnt though. I hope you find a similar cell from the sailor star healer… scene? I know nothing about sailor moon

[@oomi9030]

When Patmac doesn’t show cells from the legend of Zelda cartoon. Link: *WELL EXCUUUUUUSE ME PATMAC!*

[@gabrielvaliente4840]

SATAM

[@bellakintgen6736]

@@gabrielvaliente4840 I Think You Mean: SATAN!" The Power Of Christ Compels You!

[@MarioMario64646464]

As a big cel collector like me, this was a really great video! I'm really glad someone else cares for this stuff besides me lol.

[@ArtisticCeleste]

As a character designer and a huge fan of animation, I've always been interested in animation cels. I actually got my first one recently at a nice price-it's a cel of Sakura from the anime Cardcaptor Sakura. I'd been wanting one for awhile and this video actually convinced me to buy it and I couldn't be happier with it. It's in gorgeous condition and it even included the sketch!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Meg that’s nice!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Mandarake also has lots of DBZ cels!

[@mr.hanzano1844]

This is the first time I’ve heard of this. You are like the history teacher I ACTUALLY want for school.

[@mr.hanzano1844]

Also January 21st is my brothers birthday.

[@ubdrift5904]

Happy birth day

[@ShiofukiTheDreamDragon]

tenko

[@mr.hanzano1844]

@@ShiofukiTheDreamDragon Nani?

[@PatMacYT]

Here's a video I'm sure no one saw coming, a video about collecting animation cels! As I generally talk about figures and plushes, this is a pretty far-out topic for me, but I hope you guys all enjoy it just the same. I put a good month or so into the production of this video, and I'm really pleased with how it came out. 35 minutes of me talking about drawings? You better believe it. I hope you all have been having a great 2019 so far and I'm very excited to see what I can do this year on KZbin! As always, if you'd like to show your support and help me continue making these long-form retrospective videos more often (as let me tell ya, they take a lot of time to produce lol), you can always like this video, share it with your friends, follow me on Twitter, all that good stuff. All the support these videos can get really, truly help me out and I am so thankful for each and every one of you. And if you enjoyed the video, I have many more like it planned for the future! Anyways, enjoy the video!

[@buffin_muffin3493]

hecc i didnt even know

[@johanagonzalez5475]

PatMac can you review the good stuff mario plush’s

[@uriyusphillips3756]

U should do dbz and dbs toy review

[@ms046]

I've been thinking about asking Aaron Webber on Twitter if he could perhaps at least confirm if the original pilot intro of Sonic SatAM at least exists.

[@JoDaEpicGuy]

I would like to see a part 2 to this! DBZ was on the thumbnail and I thought you were gonna go a bit more in depth about it after the Sailor Moon bit.

[@TanukidLeaf]

They went over how traditional cel-animated cartoons are made in the Kirby episode "Cartoon Buffoon". but the show is digitally animated whatthewhatthewhatthewhatthewhatthe

[@off-the-grounder568]

They also made an episode called "Tooned Out", which talked about CGI cartoons and even mocap, because King Dedede wanted the cartoon to be made faster.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Jonathan, the Kirby anime series is digitally animated like Sonic X!

[@flipposlippo1510]

If I could find a cel of that crying Luigi I would buy, it if I had the money to spare

[@StonyBroi]

I would do anything for a cel of my pfp

[@footslong]

one time I saw a cel from Dr. Rabbit's World Tour that had inklines heavily faded and was cut up into a 16:9 aspect ratio and hung up in a dental van ;n; Good to see the cels in this video preserved in the same status like what came out the studio though!

[@CommanderWiggins]

5dollarfootslong Just reading that hurts my soul.

[@SofiaFox]

16:9 cropped...4:3 original...I absolutely hate that. Poor cel.

[@bythewayisay]

Awesome video bro, now I'm imagining how awesome it would be to have one of those Sonic CD cels 😲

[@gabrielvaliente4840]

Isn't Sonic CD a game? How can a GAME have cels

[@ZoZo-fh6tq]

@@gabrielvaliente4840 sonic cd openning cells

[@nicholasgawler-collins5754]

YES! The animation in the intro is sooo good!

[@eeeeeeee4525]

It was remastered for the x360 ps3 ps4 android iphone ipad and more

[@the-voyager]

@@eeeeeeee4525 It wasnt remastered that is just the uncompressed version

[@buzzerboy1013]

Wow, what an amazing video. Let me just say I cannot get enough of your content. You have taken an approach to merchandise that I have strived to find over the years on this platform, and finally I and many others have that thanks to you. Your research and explanation is nothing but true clarity into each topic you express. Thank you and please keep this amazing content thriving!

[@ewoutverheij4745]

some 2 years ago I went to an museum that held an anime exhibition called COOL JAPAN in the Netherlands. My focus was to look at some rare art from Osama Tezuka's works. But in the process there also were alot of other neat anime things there among animation cells from various shows there were a couple I can't remember outright but the most famous one that I can recall was sailor moon! It was really cool to look at it from upclose. There's a trailer on youtube that has a quick snippet of some anime artwork among other things.

[@cosmicXtropics]

I want cells of old man owl.

[@cheemsrei]

I actually have Cels of the Original Powerpuff Girls Show, I bought it from a Yard Sale for $5 It was in a Collector Box that had 2 unedited VHS Tapes of the show and a Comic Book

[@rat9625]

Bran’s mEmEtAsTiC Factory can you upload the tapes?

[@Alex_Herron]

Bro people would go crazy if this is true post this online it would definitely gain traction

[@cheemsrei]

One of the Tapes is Bubblvicious and from what I remember when Mojo Jojo is beaten up and his head tube is cracked There was blood coming out, Also I just remembered it also came with some Plushies and has a Popup at the beginning saying to “Return the tape to The Number” when I possibly upload it you’ll see it

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Dude please upload this!!!

[@cheemsrei]

Guys I’m all sorry for leading you on but my mom has Just told me she threw it away, the cels unedited tapes, all gone probably rotting or burned at the Dump, a piece of history gone, though the tapes may still be out there, as a few months ago I saw the Same Box for sale on EBay I don’t know if it was sold but if you can find it tell me Also does anybody know how much powerpuff girl cels cost? From what I remember it they were cels from the Intro, thanks mom, for throwing away a piece of history, GUYS I FOUND THE TAPES ON EBAY 40 BUCKS, only the tapes no cels and I actually think they were from the movie, Also I’m pretty sure the comic was a normal one #11 from my memory thanks for responding Nicktendo and Hearting it PatMac, but remember the unedited tapes are still out the $40 on EBay only VHS

[@Cory_]

I have an animation cel of Launch from Dragon Ball, one of my favorite characters from one of my favorite shows. It was about $350, and it's currently stored safely in a high quality frame behind a sheet of light resistant museum glass. It's my most prized possession. It's from one of the early episodes of Dragon Ball Z before they stopped using the character, and it's a really nice close-up of her face.

[@therockinggoomba]

I really hope that the Sonic OVA cels weren't destroyed. I would drop a pretty penny for official art of Sonic flipping the bird.

[@daandanx]

The fact that some companies keep all of their cels safe in archives is in my opinion good. That means we could someday get new hd scans of all the animations.

[@meaganh637]

The last Korean animation studio (that used traditional cels until 2004) was Yeson Entertainment.

[@aceburnt]

I want to become the richest person in the universe just to buy TAILS from SONIC but he is SMOKING!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAT THE

[@mariopikaman1]

oh my i cant believe that tails is smoking omg I'm shaking right now

[@dantefloressq]

ah fuck i wanted to comment the same thing...WHAT THE WHAT THE

[@redinahedge3073]

That cel was used in a Sonic Says, where Scratch and Grounder give Tails a cigarette by peer pressure and Tails smokes it, coughing loudly afterwards. Then Sonic comes and basically gives the whole speech about how smoking is bad, which it is. The official KZbin channel should team up with Tyson Hesse to make an updated version of that about vaping.. Except, make Sonic intervene before he smokes or “vapes” it.

[@robbiewalker2831]

Superredman Gaming yet it wouldn’t stop Scratch or Grounder to do so. Sonic: Not all drugs are bad, as long as they’re prescribed to you, but when you use certain drugs that harm you, or if you don’t follow the instructions, you’ll be in deep trouble. Watch out for Tabacco and Second-Hand smoke. Don’t be a fool, misuse is uncool.

[@gabrielvaliente4840]

The one for$99999999999999

[@funso8488]

It's knuckles. Unlike sonic, I don't loose my muzzle.

[@julianelmo7006]

You’d rather flex your muscles

[@yamira.737]

IM HARD AS NAILS IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL I BREAK EM' WHETHER THEY SOLID OR FRAIL

[@TheEnderMineMC]

2:23 Woah, awesome to see a cel from that old Donkey Kong Cartoon! I never see anyone talk about or even remember it so that was pretty cool and unexpected.

[@littleoreo7717]

I've seen ppl on Twitter collect animation cels and I find them very interesting. When I watched your entire video, I can see why ppl collect animation cels. Thank you so much for bringing this video. If this weren't for this video, I wouldn't understand of how meaningful these animation cels were.

[@imlonely7565]

Big chungus Sonic in the thumbnail Me:Nani that's beautiful Edit: when the Sonic ova cels Go for Sale I'll buy the middle finger sonic

[@imlonely7565]

@Soup Soup I need it

[@gaminglakitu]

Not if I can get to it first

[@catemoje712]

It’s sold lol.

[@inkorporeal204]

Had to search it up, can't believe it's real

[@snaber69]

if that Animation Cel of lugi saying thats mama lugi to you mario that would selled for millions

[@MicklePickle]

Vsus Here he’s probably saying one of the cells of him saying it, of course he doesn’t mean all of them

[@PScoopYT]

As a big fan of animation. (Anime in particular)​ I find​ animation​ cels very interesting​ in its​ own right. I currently​ don't​ have any of those, but I'm​ sure if I have a chance I would​ get one some​day. One interesting​ tidbit about cel animation​ is that, while​ in Japan this kind of animation​ was aborted in the early 2000s. Some studios still make hand drawn frames on paper for reference after​ward. The more recent​ example​ is Kyoto Animation. They shown off behind-the-scene stuff at one of their recent expo of sort. And there's​ quite a few hand drawn frames on paper there.

[@thespunchbopwatchesyou8921]

If Band Geeks was cel animated, I would seriously pay a million dollars for the cel of Squidward jumping in the air at the end of the episode.

[@inky.64]

I think everything passed season 1 is digital.

[@ms046]

Since you mentioned that early version of the Sonic SatAM intro, it inspired me to attempt to find it. I've contacted the storyboarder for the intro, Lane Raichet, and the executive producer of SatAM, Andy Heyward. I've gotten a response from Lane, saying he hasn't found it in his archive, but will let me know if he finds it. This intro could be found, and you bringing it up was the inspiration for me to begin my search!

[@revine9243]

animation cels are like, in amiibo terms "First Print" edition

[@fusetunes]

fun fact: my animation instructor owns a cel of robotnik showering. absolutely iconic

[@cacodemum]

This is such a great video on a very amazing aspect of franchise histories, with a pretty amazing community to boot. I have owned cels for a number of years now after my first major acquisition being a *shiny* noctowl cel from Pokemon - Pokemon cels are actually quite hard to come by thanks to how locked down they are with assets not being released, but the few that have made it out are all pretty amazing and in quite good condition compared to cels from companies such a Toei. Line-fading in cels can happen without the introduction of UV to the celluloid but also by the minerals that make up the paint layer on the other side having a chemical reaction with the inking medium. Toei, at least for Sailor Moon, used xerography/xerox processes to transfer the cel sketches through to the celluloid directly from the sketches (a technique first used by Disney in films such as Aristocats, 101 Dalmations, etc which allowed for a more 'sketchy' but detailed and fluid animation to be captured,) reducing the production time/cost of needing to ink the pieces by hand before painting, but the downside to their xerox method is the fact that very rich pigments such as reds, or skin tones which use reds, fade the lines very easily over time. Not so bad when your painted and cured cel is scanned/photographed in for the sequence, but for archival preservation? Not the best. I've been archiving Queen Beryl cels from Sailor Moon and the insight to the animation process they've gleaned for me, such as airbrush overlay layers and more for special effects, have been pretty amazing. Production art of Atlantis the Lost Empire also has been a very big thing for me, as I love that underdog of a movie but also adore the art style, so preserving pieces of its production (digitally coloured, but pencilled by hand for the animation side) including storyboards or concept art has been an wonderful experience. I also have been sorting and organising over 1,000+ studio model sheets used by OLM's teams for Pokemon, which I'm slowly scanning through that showcase all the animator references that are still used even in the day and age of digital animation in these production houses. Some of them show animation timing on how things like flapping wings work on certain Pokemon, which I then animate myself to show exactly why those resources and references are really neat. If you ever decide to get your hands on some cels, or even production sheets/sketches/storyboards, and want to know good ways to safely store them and protect them for the longterm hit me up. viperfox.rubberslug.com/gallery/home.asp

[@StageCraftBeast]

Im a simple man. I see Big Sonic Chungus. I click.

[@mrbrianthehedgehog3222]

Is there a big chungus cel out there

[@ajshitshed]

yes

[@mmdude15]

Of course 😉

[@Soup3dBlast]

Duh

[@FRAPPEFIZZYY]

The King do you happen to need a monster to clobber that kirby

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

Yes Somewhere in Warner bros vault

[@thatcookiecat]

this probably won't be seen but at 0:38 there's a cel of Lum invader from Urusei Yatsura in the background

[@thatcookiecat]

@meanybean indeed she is

[@shroomy__rxcks]

I wanna get literally the worst animation cel ever. Just so i can gaze upon the horror whenever i think my animation is bad.

[@whatdidyoujustcallme6242]

that thicc sonic in the thumbnail tho.

[@SpongeHog]

Rest in piece to all of the animation cell who were burned in 2008

[@mavintosh]

I love how he uses chao to represent people It’s great

[@Hoffy1138]

OH MY GOSH DUDE! Thanks for using the Robotnik theme I made at 10:56!!

[@SharkEatFish]

Man before this video, I didn't even know what "cells" were! I now really want one.

[@lizardhats8637]

my favorite thing about these videos is how his voice is exactly the same when he's being serious and informational vs spouting memes like big chungus

[@cooraa]

dude I love going through your entire channel's content video by video... this is such a fascinating look at different art media, toys and lost media and despite not being a real fan of most of the series you talk about, the way you present these things and explain everything is so great and easy to follow, even when I haven't watched the specific shows etc. A-w-e-s-o-m-e channel I have to say!!!

[@PatMacYT]

I really appreciate that even if someone isn't already invested in the series/topics talked about, these videos can be a sort of helpful intro into them and the mediums. Thank you!

[@cinelli07]

@PatMacYT I have a whole box full about 500-1000 cel's of rugrats, Aaah real monsters and a handful of 1991 Simpsons. If you're interested.

[@cookieblobber]

Man that Inferno story is really depressing and devastating, especially seeing one of the burnt cels being a character from Sailor Moon crying If I ever had the tools and lots of patience, and possibly a team, I would love to recreate cels and possibly give them to the person. Yeah they would probably be missing signatures and dates and whatnot from the original cels, but I think stuff like that can be improvised in some way. Like maybe finding what’s the frame in one cel in a scene and trying to see what number it is by looking at other existing numbered cels

[@lokijoker1878]

When you were showing the burned cels, the one that really hit me was the one of surprised Inuyasha, Inuyasha is what got me into anime and manga, and to see a cel of my doggo boi burned like that is really disheartening.

[@maeganmonster]

I've got a box full of Fruits Basket character design sheets and sketches used as the outlines for cels. I tried to sign up for Rubberslug but their reCaptcha is broken.

[@thetoongrump9801]

This video made me look up some cels on eBay. Just got myself an X-Men cel for pretty cheap. Was super glad to see stuff from that cartoon pop up!

[@DorkPitakatheArmouredMawdad]

This is a really interesting video, I love the stories behind how these are found (like the Sailor Moon guy being arrested) because it's always so crazy or unexpected. Here's hoping those Sonic OVA cels are found eventually, "Sunglasses Knuckles" would make a very nice centerpiece for my desk!

[@norahwakefield9410]

Poor guy he had so many cels and it burned down it’s so sad I fell bad for that guy :(

[@jongle215yearsago7]

I want a cel if sonic yelling “SHUT UP TAILS!” From the ova Edit: if it still exists

[@satanistgeek]

Dude your channel is completely up my alley, i love your content. awesome stuff man!!!

[@BicheTordue]

what a amazing video, we can clearly see your passion, you put so much detail i love it :D the sonic cd animation was the first animation to realy blow my mind as a kid, i'd love to get one of those cels, story board or sketch

[@zekromfan1]

An update, I think I found one of the boxes that have my old plushes in them. It'll probably be a day or so before I’m able to get to it, but when I do I’ll be sure to let you know if it has the Starman plush in it. Oh and another thing at 16:43 those two reference sheets for Sonic from Toei are different meaning that there were likely multiple different sheets having varying designs for Sonic, like how the one on the left has more quills than the one from Generations. I can’t help but wonder how many different design variations may have existed for the different animators who worked on the CD opening.

[@ginogatash4030]

"fire is definetly, one of, if not my biggest fear" i'm pretty sure every living creature shares that sentiment.

[@kimetheus]

You could talk about anything and I'll still be entertained. You're so good at making videos. Keep it up!

[@huddlessss]

i'm going to be getting a couple of aosth cels kinda soon!! this is a great video, good work informing people of this niche but very, very important part of collecting

[@GamingChiliHedgehog]

I always love learning from you, Patmac! Such a shame some of these get lost forever :'( I hope to get my hands on one of these someday, preferably one from AOSTH or Sonic SATAM.

[@ToastZap]

Your opening line to this video had me laughing out loud. I no longer collect cels due to my worries of "vinegar syndrome" and how that can make them deteriorate faster over time, however, I still collect douga and genga pieces! I would KILL for a sketch from the Sonic OVA. It's easily my favourite piece of Sonic media. I've been searching for those since I opened up my own rubberslug account in 2013. (Shameless plug, my gallery is ichigos.rubberslug) I had no idea that the Toonmaker Sailor Moon pieces were from a guys storage locker. I wonder if the sketch I have from it was chillin' in there at one point. Omfg and Infernos gallery makes me so sad every time I visit it.

[@Huntie_G]

I honestly love your videos dude, so informational

[@SpongyMemeSauce]

What a well put together video Good job

[@adanbanuelos8974]

Thanks for telling us about the cels

[@DevilREIchan]

Hey! Heidi here. FYI: I still have some Rockman 8 cels up for grabs, and I made sure to scan all of them before selling. I'll be making a proper gallery at some point, because I want to make sure that, even if the cels get into collectors' hands, people still have access to the images. imgur.com/a/yTuMc Hit me up @zerochan or here if you're interested in buying. I tried to make my own video about the cels, but I'm terrible at recording/editing, so it's sitting on my HDD. There's some really interesting stuff in the mix: One Duo cel I have (that I'm holding onto for myself) actually has the celluloid part spliced together from a few different cels. The top part is a discarded cel from a *completely different show* made at the same studio. I really should get a picture of it. My only regret is that it wasn't X4. I love that game.

[@reddead102]

to win the box for 300$ and sell some single cels for over 500$ is a lil ballsy

[@videotimebaby90]

Omg this channel has grown so much since a little plush review channel. Good luck on continued success 🥳

[@nessfan8137]

this is an amazing video keep up the amazing work my good man

[@FORCED_REASSEMBLY]

I just need the pingus cels

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

I think they destroyed them

[@ubdrift5904]

R.I.P PINGUS CEL

[@yerickalmanzarblx6966]

WHAT!?

[@mechajay3358]

_As someone who wants to learn more about the animation industry, this is the perfect video to watch._ #ToeiSonicIsBestSonic

[@georgedorn9394]

thank you, nice introduction to this collecting area

[@todayivegotnotroublesinsight]

I Think This was the first video i watched by you and your my favorite sonic youtuber your the highest priority when i want to watch a good video

[@SheepsWithFangs]

I almost cried wen i saw that duo sell with the sold over it and i bet that one of the sonic ova sells will go online but it in bad condition or something like that

[@FrancoKing419]

I imagine someone making a ten hour video of Luigi walking with Yoshi and at the end he checks his pockets and the dinosaurs come Sadly that will never happen

[@RetroRynn]

Very well done! I've got a cel from the Adventures of Sonic cartoon of Robotnik in a really neat pose so it's good to see that plenty of other people think these things are neat too! Great work on the video, and here's hoping you find those Sonic OVA cels!

[@Wetzelmation]

I own several animation cels and I love collecting them. In the past I've looked on youtube for videos about animation cels and while there are a few, this is easily the best one that I've seen.

[@SakuraStardust]

I adore animation cels. I have 4. One from Yuyu Hakushou, one from the 1993 Jojo OVA, one from Sailor Moon, and one from City Hunter, which is a high quality cel made for laserdisc cover art and I'm super proud of it 👍🏻

[@yolandagodoy3127]

If Phineas and Ferb was created with animation cels, It would be my destiny to buy one of Phineas looking at the viewer.

[@MrRom92DAW]

Thanks for doing this awesome video! I recently discovered the joy of animation cel collecting. I always knew it was something you could get, but it never occurred to me to actually get one until I was presented with the opportunity to buy some at NYCC - there was a vendor who had a friggin ton of cels used in the first season of Spongebob. I picked one up. He even had a few with master backgrounds as well, that would have been incredible to own but too rich for my blood! Anyway... This sent me down a total rabbit hole online, learning more and seeing what’s available on eBay... Now I want to find stuff from Disney movies, old merry melodies shorts, Pokemon, all the stuff I grew up with as a kid. These are the original artworks that were directly used in their production and gave joy to millions of people around the world. In a way, you really can’t put a price on that!

[@holaburger6075]

This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen on KZbin.