Ummm... what's more important to you in the 
existance of anime? The show or the post-
production waste (cels)? I think anime is all 
about the show, not cels. It's great to get cels, 
but keep in mind that cels are not as useful as 
CG. Compare the art of Angel Sanctuary to that of 
X The Movie. Pretty much the same level, right? 
Sure, but do you really think they could keep up 
the quality throughout an entire TV series (X)? 
Nope, would be insane. Check out Rayearth, the 
art sucks. That's what would happen. One eye set 
higher than the other, shading being completely 
off or left out, movements being static...

When you say "ridiculous", what anime are you 
thinking of? Beyblade? Okay, that's a show for 
entertaining modest kids and to have them spend 
money. A baby pacifier doesn't need quality as 
long as the baby suckles it. Fruits Basket? Blame 
Takaya, ever read her manga? She started with the 
static art, why shouldn't the studio adapt her 
anime to her style? I admit that I associate 
Furuba with pastel colors and bezier curves...

Also, many cel-based shows suck. I mean, check 
Earthian, the animation is so pathetic and the 
colors so dark (or RG Veda) that I feel like 
denying I ever bought it. 
Your post reminds me of someone I knew ;) She 
watched TV with us, but she never cared about the 
film. The commercials were why she watched TV: 
Barbie could be in it. She in fact wanted to 
write a petition to the channel to cut out the 
crap (films) and only show commercials instead. I 
wacked her.
Are you interested in anime only because of the 
side-fun, cels? Don't worry, I won't wack you ;)

CG offers way more possibilities. I had to get 
used to it first, but now I think it's a good 
thing. It's more clean. I don't say cel-based 
shows are bad. There are good ones, sure. Miyu 
was nicely done. But don't you think that with 
CG, the annoying glowing effect of Inuyasha's 
gear could have been eliminated? Watch the 2nd 
movie, it IS eliminated.
I'm happy with the cels I can get, if I can't, I 
have fan cels made. 

As for "tradition"... if cels are the good ol' 
tradition of creating animation and people love 
them for this aspect, sorry. Because I don't 
think the creation matters. I think only the 
result counts and the result must be good. 

I once planned to make a fan tribute to Yuu 
Watase by animating one of her novels. I insisted 
on cels, but soon I realized I was crazy. 
Sketches over sketches. Then manually paint each 
damned cel. First buy the acetate and paint. And 
everything else. For CG you barely need that. I 
quit the tribute idea, but I do want to animate 
KAR. And CG. 'cuz I want the quality of AS or X 
Movie, but not the work of X the Movie.
And while professionals don't work alone like I 
probably will, the aspect of slogging away and 
MONEY still counts for them, too. And hey... a CG 
based show is finished faster than a cel-based 
one, I think. 

You cannot expect a production staff who found a 
fast, easy and cheap (and GOOD) way of producing 
anime to go back to the old means (slow, hard and 
expensive) simply because you're after the cels.

Bottom line, to me the anime is more important 
than the cels. Most of my purchases are DVDs, not 
cels. I'm buying 18-DVD storage boxes on a weekly 
base, cel books on a yearly base.  

Adfundum.
Anna