Hey, I have had a few questions about Hanken 
cel’s for a while so I though I would finally ask.

One of the reasons for Hanken cel’s being so 
expensive (excluding the quality of the artwork) 
it that I have heard that some of them come with 
the copyrights to the image.  I was wondering how 
common it is for the cel to include the copyright 
of the image, like is that the case for most of 
them, some of them, or just a few of them?  A 
basic estimate at percentages would be very 
helpful.

Also, how do you know if a Hanken cel does 
contain the copyright to that image?  I know that 
some come with a certificate, is that just a 
certificate of authenticity or does it tell you 
other things about the cel?

Finally, a sort of legal question; if you own a 
Hanken cel that comes with the rights to the 
image does that mean that you can use that image 
to say promote your own business?  I can just see 
some company going; “well we need a new 
advertisement campaign but I don’t want to higher 
some advertising consultant, so why don’t we just 
buy that there pretty picture slap our company 
name on it and send it off to the printers”.  Not 
that anyone would actually do that, I just have a 
very active imagination.


Thanks for your time and help.