> dis-agree.  Quality has VERY MUCH to do with 
> Opening Cel value.  I have yet to see a show 
> that doesn't have more detailed and better 
> produced cels in the OP. 

Hmm, cels from those opening are not especialy
better than a good similar cel from the anime :

- Ah! My Goddess
- Battle Athletess
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Nadia
- Tenchi Muyo
- Fushigi Yugi
- Ranma
...

I could continue like that for a very long time.
In fact, I know very little anime where the
opening is of a real noticable higher quality.
For example, Neoranga.
(and remember that we are speaking of individual
cel and not the animation!)

> And I Definitely have  yet to see a show with
> worse cels in the OP.

Take for example Shamanic Princess.

> The key word there is borrowed.  They are normal 
> production cels.

Ah! And OP cels are anormal production cels ?

> If you've seen Fushigi Yugi, think about this.  
> The ending is simply moments from the episode
> show again.  If that's the case, and it is, 
> would that mean that 3 to 4 minutes of every FY
> episode is made of Ending cels?  NO!  No way!

As I said, it's totaly arbitrary that people give 
a higher value to a part of the anime.
So, yes, some will consider that those cels have 
higher value while other will consider they don't.

But by saying that the scene is repeated several 
time, we usualy mean a lot of time. At least more 
than once.
Think of transformation cels : they are considered
of higher value, similar to OP cels, but again 
that's only because they are repeated in many 
episodes.

> I almost think it's crazy to think normal 
> production cels shown in the show first
...
> Just so you know, I also think the reverse would 
> be true.  If a cel was used in an Ending credit 
> of a show, and then a very similar scene was 
> going to happen later in the show, so they just 
> used the same cels... they would be considered 
> OP cels.

That's totaly ridiculous! You are saying that the 
only think that make an OP cel is the "intent" of 
the people that created the anime! How can you 
know the intents of the producers ? How do you 
know that this cel from the anime was never planed 
to be used in the OP (and so even if it is, it's 
not an OP cel from your point of view) and that 
this one was always always mean to be part of it 
(and so should realy be considered an OP cel)  ?!?

Cheers,
Yann Stettler