konichiwa,

theyre that expensive because someone is willing 
to pay that much :).  seriously, though, the 
starting bid of 30,000 yen isnt bad since the 
auction is for two cels which are both very nice 
face shots, as well as key cels with matching 
backgrounds and sketches.  and theres always 
the 'some shows are more popular in japan than 
here,' but i guess you can throw that idea out 
since the high bidder is animechaos.com ;).

haruna