>I was an anime fan before I was a cel collector
>and I still am. ^_~

I'll second this. . . I became a cel collector 
long after I started watching animated shows. On 
the other hand, I would love to see cels stay for 
a different reason than collecting - I think 
there are a *lot* of things that can only be 
animated by hand. Even just coloring the things 
on a computer can come out decent, but generally 
it's very low visual quality (and sometimes 
downright inexcusably lousy). I dislike animation 
done entirely on the computer. . . It's blocky, 
stiff and I can barely even bring myself to call 
it animation.

Lain has been mentioned a number of times as a 
place where computer animation worked, but while 
I think that style of animation fit Lain's story, 
I wouldn't want to see it very often. Too choppy, 
too disconnected with itself. (Hence why it works 
for Lain! ^_^) It was visually interesting, but 
then things which are visually interesting aren't 
always something attractive. If I hadn't liked 
Lain's story - if I'd been watching for animation 
alone - I would have tuned out by episode two.

Just my couple cents. ^_^

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac