Cels Forum

IS there way to know if a cel is fake or not ?
If the person that made it is good, no, not realy.
Experts could probably make the differance by analyzing
the type of paint used (but most studios use the same
brand and it's available on the market) and so one
but that's probably not a possibility for most people.. :)

Some people says that if the sequence number is
missing, that's a fake. I don't think so : that
would mean that after all the time and skill the
person need to create a fake, he simply "forgot"
to put a dummy sequence number ??? Rather silly from
him... :)
Sequence numbers may get erased quite easly (especialy
when cleaning the cel) or is sometime on a separate
piece of plastic that was taped to the main one.
(to get more painting area).

One thing is sure : if you know of several people
having the exact same cel, probably all of them
are fake or promotional cels. Two cels in the
same sequence may be very similar but they won't
be the same : studio won't waste time making
several identical cels.

If you look at a cel, you will notice that between
two colors, there is often a small line of a
in-between hue. This line isn't easy to do. That
can help to know if the cel is fake or not. But
naturaly, that just mean that the person need
to have enough skill to make that line and create
a good fake...

A good way to know that a cel is not a fake is
to know where it comes from : If you got it
directly from the studio, it probably won't
be a fake... :)

Cheers,
Yann Stettler