Yes, this seems to be the unfortunate future. Several of my favorite anime were produced without cels, and the
douga or genga for these series tend to start at $50
and go up from there. Toei animation does not use
cels at all anymore. Mahou Tsukai Tai! TV, Mamotte
Syugogetten!, and Digimon adv, all fairly recent shows,
were produced via computer coloring. Sooner or later,
all of the Japanese (and probably American, too) will
switch to computer cels due to cost, waste management,
or ease of production (I assume it’s much easier to
color a cel on a computer and correct mistakes).
So, yes, the number of studios that will be churning out
painted plastic waste is dwindling, and in the
foreseeable fortune will be zero. When this happens, I
won’t be a cel collector anymore, as genga, douga and
reproduction cels (which are waaaay to expensive, in my
opinion, for a repro cel. I mean, half the fun is
knowing that the cel was actually used in production)
hold little interest for me.
Try not to let it get you down too much… even after no
more cels are produced, there’ll still be plenty of
Minky Momo cels lying around for collectors to snatch up…
TA
Sakura
PS - why wont it let me respond to a message the normal
way? When I try to do that there's no "Post Message"
button o.O
