I don't know anything specifically about Eva, but 
I've always wondered. . . With so much demand for 
the cels, the studio and the company that holds 
the rights for the Eva produces would probably 
make themselves very rich if they just made a 
deal with each other and sold some of the cels to 
the public. What I wonder is, why don't they do 
this? Where is the motivation or reasoning to 
keep the cels under lock and key? Obviously, I 
understand the legal responsibilities of the 
studio, but what I'm looking for is: What gain is 
there for the companies involved to decide *not* 
to release the cels? Thoretically, if the cels 
are truly still there (which I get the feeling 
they are), the company holding the rights to the 
produces could change it's mind at any time if it 
wanted - it's not like the decision was made and 
then was carved in stone and unchangable. So, why 
*not* release them?

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac