Astro Boy Production Cel Number 7 With Matching Pencil Drawing, Atom Above The Earth From Space
Astro Boy Production Cel Number 7 With Matching Pencil Drawing, Atom Above The Earth From Space
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Condition report
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Speed, in one frame
For the collector who likes the cel and the hand that drew it kept together.
Best for: Animation art and Tezuka collections
Condition notes
Light marks and age wear as expected of production material. Cel not stuck to the drawing.
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A production cel of Astro Boy with its pencil drawing: Atom rises with one arm raised beside the great curve of the Earth seen from space.
The Piece
The figure is small in the frame, as it was on screen, which gives the sheet its sense of height and speed. The paint is intact and the cel is not stuck to its drawing. The pencil sheet that guided the painter is supplied with it, the pairing collectors prefer.
The background is a colour copy, not an original painting. Creases seen in the photographs belong to the protective sleeve and not to the cel unless stated.
Astro Boy on Screen
Osamu Tezuka drew Astro Boy for the page in 1952 and brought him to television in 1963, the series that set the pattern for Japanese animation. Until computers took over in the late 1990s every frame was painted by hand on clear acetate and photographed once over its background, then put aside. What survives of that labour is scattered and unrepeatable, and each sheet records a single twenty-fourth of a second of the film.
Details
- Series: Astro Boy
- Character: Atom
- Medium: Hand painted acetate cel
- Drawing: Pencil drawing included
- Background: Colour copy
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Light marks and age wear as expected of production material.
- Cel not stuck to the drawing.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as a hand painted production cel, as described. Studio material of this kind was never issued with a certificate, and the house makes no claim beyond what the sheet and its markings show. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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