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Size: Standard Cel (Approx. 10.5" x 9.0" or 26.8 cm x 22.8 cm)
Included: Layer 1 - Door cel
Layer 2 - My cel
Layer 3 - Characters cel
Layer 4 - Characters cel
Hand-painted matching background
Film/Show: Moomin
Source/Appeared in: Episode 3 "Hello, Too Ticky"
Original Broadcast Year: 1972
Studio/Publication: Mushi Production
Created by: Tove Jansson
Condition Notes: Layers 3 and 4 stuck together
Description: Rare key master setup of the recurring characters of the classic show that is based on the work of a Finnish author!
$750.00 $1,000.00
Size: Oversized Hanken Cel (Approx. 20.5" x 14.25")
Included: Layer 1 - Moomin cel
Original Hand-painted matching background
Film/Show: Moomin
Source/Appeared in: -
Original Broadcast Year: 1969
Studio/Publication: TV Tokyo
Created by: Tove Jansson
Condition Notes: Please refer to the pictures, cel stuck to background
Description: Incredibly rare hanken cel from Moomin, an iconic children's show based on the work of a Finnish author, featuring Moomin, a ghost, and many of the recurring characters such as Moominpapa, Moominmama, Mimura, and Snork!
$600.00
Size: Standard Cel (Approx. 12.5" x 10.5" or 31.5 cm x 26.5cm)
Included: Layer 1 - Hyakkimaru cel
Layer 2 - Dororo cel
Original Matching Hand-painted Background
Film/Show: Dororo to Hyakkimaru
どろろと百鬼丸
Source/Appeared in: Episode 24 "Shike Nyudo"
Original Broadcast Year: 1969
Studio/Publication: Mushi Production
Created by: Tezuka Osamu
Condition Notes: All layers stuck
Description: An incredible key master setup of Dororo getting stuck in Shike Nyudo's fish trap, a yōkai formed by four types of animals: rats, moles, otters, and toads, and Hyakkimaru about to go out to find someone for help!
$500.00
Size: Standard Cel (Approx. 12.5" x 10.5" or 31.5 cm x 26.5cm)
Included: Layer 1 - Hyakkimaru cel
Hand-painted Background
Film/Show: Dororo to Hyakkimaru
どろろと百鬼丸
Source/Appeared in: Episode 17 "Yokai Donburi Bara"
Original Broadcast Year: 1969
Studio/Publication: Mushi Production
Created by: Tezuka Osamu
Condition Notes: -
Description: A very rare key master setup of Hyakkimaru from the original 1969 TV series!
$400.00 $500.00
Size: Pan-size Cel (Approx. 14.5" x 9.0")
Included: Layer 1 - Soldiers cel
Original Matching Hand-painted Background
Film/Show: Ashita no Joe
Source/Appeared in: Episode 23 "The burning beast... and the ice"
Original Broadcast Year: 1981
Studio/Publication: Mushi Production/Shonen Magazine
Created by: Kajiwara Ikki/Chiba Tetsuya
Condition Notes: Excellent condition - the cel and background could have been rolled up during storage by the previous owner, but are in excellent condition with no creases or visible blemish
Description: A very nice cel setup of the shocking scene when Kim Yong-bi, a Korean war orphan turned boxer, unknowingly murdered his father who tried to bring back the rations he saved and smuggled back from his deployment.
Undoubtedly one of the most intense moments in the entire series both in and outside the ring, as Yabuki just risked his life to pass the weigh-in while Tange risked his own to prevent him. As anti-Korean discrimination and racism were far more severe in 1960's Japan than it is now, an inspiring Korean character such as Kim (that wasn't painted in negative light) was unheard of; it very well could have been an attempt by Kajiwara to provide somewhat of a role model to the young Korean generation residing in Japan, while teaching the post-war Japanese generation the devastation of war and while life was not easy in Japan back then either, life can always be much tougher.
Chiba Tetsuya has said that he was reminded of the horrifying sights he witness as a child escaping Manchuria at the end of WWII, as he drew the scenes of dead bodies, starving refugees, and dirty swamps.
As Joe is overpowered by the cold and calculating Kim in the ring, as well as his intensely tragic upbringing, the thoughts of rival Rikiishi crosses Joe's mind, and he finds the power to defeat Kim as he realizes the strength it took for Rikiishi to dedicate his own life and die for a cause that he chose on his own choice and will, as opposed to surviving through a horrifying abuse brought on by external factors, and most importantly, what he is truly fighting against.