As someone who collects primarily Inu Yasha ( and 
someone who did long before it ever came to CN ) 
I completely agree with your post.  There's the 
good and bad to it- before CN started airing Inu 
Yasha, there weren't that many dealers carrying 
cels, and the cels that were available weren't 
that great.  So the influx in quality cels is 
staggering and very very nice for us seasoned 
collectors.  However, Inu Yasha cels prices go 
BOOM.  It's funny because wonderful Inu Yasha 
cels I was STUPID enough to pass up on Y!JP up to 
a few months ago that closed without any bidders, 
are all of a sudden being relisted and the prices 
they are selling for are crazy ( Arrghhh...WHY 
did I pass some of them up back then??? ).  So 
now the frustrating part is having to duke it out 
with all the rich Orange County 14 year olds and 
their brothers ( no offense.  I lived there for 
awhile myself ^_^x ) for the cels.  I saw what 
Transformed Inu Yasha just recently sold for on Y!
JP and as gorgeous and rare as it was, a year or 
so ago it wouldn't have sold for that much.

Ummm..I'm hoping the "trend" will die down soon.  
I'm glad that Inu Yasha is being received so 
positively, and that CN is doing it's part to 
bring in more appreciative audiences, but darnit, 
I want back in on the Inu Yasha cel action 
without having to fight wallet to wallet with 
hundreds of fans ^_^x.  Oh well, the true fans 
will stay on years later admiring their 
collection, while the trend-followers will throw 
them up on ebay later when the trend is over and 
then I can buy them.  Mwa haa ^_^x