I am fairly new to cel collecting and have just 
recently started looking at overseas cels.

Scanning through Yahoo! Japan Auctions (despite 
knowing absolutely no Japanese), I have come 
across some interesting cels that one of you may 
be interested in:

Fabulous Kodomo no Omocha cel with background:

"http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/29795
004"

Fairly affordable Inu Yasha cel:

"http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/29712
057"

You will probably need to deal through a Deputy 
(middle-man) service.  I heard that CelGa still 
accepts requests, so you should probably use him 
if possible.

The other alternative is ACJ, which I mentioned 
previously.  If you like, here is the original 
message below:

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I have never used a Deputy service before, so I 
have no base of reference to judge how good any 
service is.

However, I came close a few times and considered 
this service, Anime & Comic Japan,

"http://www.fromnippon.com/anime/index.html"

They do charge a 20% commission on the total cost 
of the transaction (cost of product, cost of 
shipping from seller to ACJ, cost of shipping 
from ACJ to you, bank transfer fees, etc.).  From 
what I have read of CelGa's pricing, this still 
might be cheaper than CelGa (although I never 
used CelGa before, either).

They also can place bids for you on Yahoo! Japan 
auctions.  Same rules apply.

WARNING, though.  Ideally, you should e-mail ACJ 
at least one week before the sale of your desired 
item ends.  And your e-mail must detail a 
definite commitment to purchase your desired item 
(include your name, address, maximum price, 
etc.).  Their response time can be slow.

Furthermore, you should send both an e-mail PLUS 
fill out and submit their electronic order form 
from their web site.  You will have to do this 
eventually, anyway, because they will require 
your credit card information.  Do this right away 
if your desired auction ends soon.

Do I recommend ACJ?  Since I never ordered 
through them, I cannot say and I make no 
guarantees.  But they are legitimate, as far I 
can tell.

Normally, I wouldn't bother mentioning ACJ, but 
it seems like some of you are in dire need of a 
middle-man.

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Hope this information will be useful to you.

- California Boy

(And whoever bought that fabulous Initial D cel 
from Jinx, please e-mail me if you ever consider 
reselling it!!!)