Now I want to say here and now that I am NOT 
arguing with you...because everyone has their own 
view of this, and everyone feels differently 
about repro cels. You have a very healthy 
attitude towards them, and I am in no way 
defaming that...now I'm just offering up my 
opinion as kind of "other other side of the same 
coin"...

For me, I love repro cels, they're very pretty, 
fancels as well, they can be nice...but I just 
don't get the same feeling. There's just 
something altogether more special to me to know 
that as I watch an anime that's my cel passing 
across the screen...that I own the original image 
that thousands of otaku may have seen. That's 
just a kick-booty feeling. 

There's also something cool in knowing this was 
involved in the creation process of your favorite 
anime...that somewhere in Japan, thousands of 
miles away, someone sat there and planned this 
cel to a T so that it would look nice on screen. 
To create that image from scratch is sometimes 
harder than creating a fancel from that image. As 
often as someone may create a fancel of that 
scene, there's just something different about 
knowing it's from the person that orignally 
created that cel...that someone had to pull an 
image from their minds and create that, as 
opposed to the fancel practice of replicating 
scenes. I know original fancels are also created, 
and a good bluk of the cels you create are 
original, which I very much admire, it's a tough 
thing to do. It's just a thought to keep in mind.

Anyway, yes, in the end, cels come down to their 
aesthetic value. But sometimes, the feeling of 
owning the original is just intensely cool. 

But to all an fancel creators: More power to you. 
That's a hard thing to do, and a hobby you have 
to be dedicated to, to create beautiful images in 
such a way. Keep creating, as creation is the 
core of life...