Hi all!  I just received (and updated!) a couple 
new Rantarou cels.  However, I notice something 
weird with one of them, and I thought I'd ask 
here.  First, here's a scan of the cel in 
question: it's Hemuhemu (the dog).  It's not a 
high-quality shot or anything, and it was 
extremely cheap (he came with three other cels 
and I only paid 100 yen for the whole set).  Oh, 
and the other three cels are completely standard 
cels of a different character.



Now the strange parts.  First off, there are no 
registration holes.  That in-and-of-itself isn't 
too unusual - there's cellophane tape across the 
bottom of the cel, and I assume that a strip with 
holes was probably attached to the bottom of the 
cel.  I have other cels like that (with taped-on 
registration holes) from other series - Hunter x 
Hunter, LoGH, etc.  However, there's also no 
sequence number on this cel.  The cel itself is 
slightly non-standard - the edges are cut oddly. 
Two of the edges (bottom and right) are straight 
and look machine-cut.  The left edge isn't 
straight and looks like it was cut by hand, maybe 
with a pair of scissors.  And the top edge is 
really strange - it's all serrated.  It looks 
almost like it was torn off a roll like Saran 
Wrap.  Here's a partial scan of the top and left 
edges.





Now, I have no reason to believe it's anything 
other than a production cel (there's no reason 
anyone would bother to make a fake cel like 
this).  I guess I just want to know if this is 
common - has anyone ever seen a cel like this 
before?  I know some of my over-size cels 
sometimes have edges that look like they were cut 
by hand, but I've never seen the weird serrated 
edge before.  

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Jennifer