Hello, I'm a newbie here and in collecting cels. 
I started 2 months ago and am off to a fast 
start, I already have over 40 cels. I asked all 
around and received so many different answers to 
this question that none of them satisfies my 
question. 

I am aware that cels can be distributed in a 
variety of different ways. Let me beg the 
question again: How are cels released to the 
public? Do production studios go to some anime 
convention and sell them out right? Are they 
sold only to private parties with connections? 
Are all the cels of the entire animation sold? 
I've also heard that in general more of the cels 
from Japan anime are released than are the 
American shows. I've also heard that much of the 
Disney cels are kept by Disney and only a very 
very small percentage is ever released. 

I'm beginning to digress here a bit. Although it 
would be interesting to know if all cels of a 
particular show are sold out right or not, my 
main question is how does the source make itself 
available? Assuming that one has some major 
financial resources available - are the cels 
sold outright in bulk to a wholesale dealer 
assuming he has to buy them all and can not 
cherry pick'em. I've visited quite a few sites 
and some dealers claim to have an "in" or 
connection to a source. Just what the hell is 
this suppose to mean? Does this mean the studio 
sells directly to this dealer? 

OK the real question I'm begging is this: Say 
I'm an ordinary Joe with some bucks to buy say 
roughly 30,000 cels in a particular show 
(assuming 22 cels per second * 60 seconds * 25 
minutes) - can I call up Bandai Entertainment 
and say - hey I want to buy all the cels from a 
particular show? Logically thinking - I'm sure a 
production studios will not give cels away for 
free if they can sell them - obviously this 
forum alone show serve as testimony that there 
is a viable market to sell this stuff. (Granted 
there is probably alot of junk cels in a show of 
30,000+ cels)