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and content to own the sketches only -- works of hand-drawn art by the animators, and BASICALLY exactly what hundreds ofthousands of people around the world have seen in this episode. Yet... not EXACTLY what you see on your screen. Those are the handpainted animation cels.

To be honest, I never ever thought I'd find Raichu. Most Pokemon cels are destroyed or kept private by the studio, and unless you'reafter characters who appear in every episode (Pikachu and Ash, Team Rocket, etc), you'll have an extremely difficult time finding aspecific character or Pokemon. In fact, since August of 2002, Pokemon has been all digital, ceasing hand painted cel productionentirely, and making sketches even more scarce.

Under these circumstances, to be able to own these gorgeous cels of a character, Lt. Surge, who only appeared in one episode, and aPokemon who appears rarely in the anime, is a dream come true. They are key cels, iconic images from the episode that made me lovePokemon, made me want to study Japanese, made me want to collect Raichu, and changed my entire life in more ways than I couldpossibly write on this website. To own these real pieces of it - the originals artwork from scenes that have been viewed by people allover the world, a c lassic episode - rather leaves me feeling speechless, to be honest.

Let's move on to the cels


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Look at how much of the picture is cut off! This frame in the anime pans a little bit, so actually more is included, but you still miss outon most of his paws and big tail.

moving on...How is a Pokemon episode made?

This package of cels came with much more than cels, but the proof of how much work goes into even a tenth of a second of the show(or did at this point!) Enjoy seeing this process come to life!

This is perhaps the scariest Raichu ever drawn by an actual animator of the show... this is the first sketch idea of this 3 second longsequence.
http://www.sunyshore.com/raichu_cel02.png


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This looks like something I drew when I first saw this episode at age 15!

After all that, they mashed out a storyboard. Keep in mind this shot only lasts for about 3-4 seconds, tops. I like how Surge's handwas originally going to be in his pocket in the storyboard! Also, the lightning bolts make Raichu look like a kitty =(^.0.^)= Dat's right.


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The final artwork has a lot of paint on it, as the cel was sitting on top of it for 13 years at this point. Also interesting - Surge's head isa different layer in both the sketch and cel. I lined them up for you so you didn't have to see just his body with a head-stump - but

you can see it here on the sketches even after I lined them up together!

Onto the second cel, no amusing scribbles, but the storyboard was still included!


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Where's the cel sketch for this one? Actually it didn't come with this cel package - BECAUSE I ALREADY OWNED IT! Haha!! But Iscanned it nicely so it's all friends together :D

here's the cel and bg split up, for fun!


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to end... ever wanted to see what a cel looked like from behind? if you could stick your head into your TV and see what was on theother side of the images, it'd look like...


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i hope you enjoyed! i have over 60 cel sketches from this episode as well, including 3 animation sequences, if you want to have a look.the whole section needs to be redone badly, with nicer scans, i'll take care of that in march! the animation sequences are cool though:
http://sunyshore.com/raichu_sketch.shtml


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thank you for looking~

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eclisis2010-02-04 03:23 am UTC (link)

wow, to be able to see how the pokemon anime (or any anime) is made like this... it's like going backstage *A*

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thanks so much for sharing this ^^

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shinshi2010-02-04 03:25 am UTC (link)

Omgosh that's so amazing. You're lucky to own these cells, this is one of my most favorite episodes from back in the day, I recorded itand watched it over and over. And this episode is the reason why Raichu is my favorite pokemon today. They're tough yet can be so cute


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Thank you so much for sharing. Such a lovely treasure you have, I'm rather impressed! It's great to see a bit of the behind the sceneaction.

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6_052010-02-04 03:39 am UTC (link)

Haha, this is pretty awesome. You must have a lot of money.

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denkimouse2010-02-04 03:40 am UTC (link)

i dont at all! XD i've been collecting for ten years, that's all. :D

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glaciachan2010-02-04 03:41 am UTC (link)

Wooow, this is an amazing find! Thanks for sharing these with us!

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hatenaki_yume2010-02-04 03:41 am UTC (link)

Woah! Awesome collection! Where on earth did you buy them from??



well, i managed to locate a private collector who was looking to sell some cels, and asked about raichu as she had another cel from ep14 (pikachu all beat up) for sale, and she did have two she's been keeping stored safe for over ten years. :3 and she sold them tome!! @_@ they weren't cheap but, it's a real dream come true. i feel i won't ever settle down.


darkyo2010-02-04 03:56 am UTC (link)

That's amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. :3

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digitalstarry2010-02-04 04:26 am UTC (link)

Oh thank you so much for sharing this(the Raichu episode is a favorite of mine!), shame that many of these have been destroyed *C

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tee_bird2010-02-04 04:41 am UTC (link)

I think I've said this three times now, but OMG YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND THOSE! I'm glad you're sharing them with us.

My dream is to own a cel with just Surge on it... but my looking has led me to nothing. I particularly want the close up of his fingerpointing, and his face behind it. I'm pretty sure he was ordering "anudda tundabolt" at the time. :D

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How wonderful....! I only have a few cels and sketches of Ash and Pikachu, but these are so lovely and valuable!

Thank you so much for sharing these! Make sure to take care of them for the sake of the whole fanbase, okay? I'm sure you will!

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shiny_pichu2010-02-04 05:14 am UTC (link)

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sonicelectronic2010-02-04 05:27 am UTC (link)

the sketches aren't cels, c els are the plastic sheets with the inks/painting. the sketches are called layouts :3 (layout sheets) Painting oncels is a nightmare, I have nothing but respect for cel artists lol XD

Very cool post ^^

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yes i know those arent cels XD i just always heard them called "cel sketches". if layout is the official term thats good to know though.

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sonicelectronic2010-02-04 05:33 am UTC (link)

oh ok XD I just thought I'd point that out, especially since many people reading wouldn't know hurhur *animaton geek* Yea, that'sthe official term, doing it you're called a Layout Artist and it's not that much of a fun job either XD Sorry! But yea, it's veeery coolyou got ahold of these o__O My BF has some layout sheets himself, but cels are harder to get :O Congrats!!!

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well, i'm redoing that entire section when i get back home in march, so i will fix everything up with official terms and really nicescans then! *u* thanks for the advice~


chamo_chan2010-02-04 06:01 am UTC (link)

This is amazing Gin.

;w; thanks for sharing.

(My sister was so happy seeing this)

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void_fm2010-02-04 06:28 am UTC (link)

thanks for posting!

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ironicending2010-02-04 06:29 am UTC (link)

It's amazing just seeing the cells on the computer.
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13/15

I can't believe you actually own them, I understand why you're speechless!

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aeronautry2010-02-04 07:38 am UTC (link)

This is very cool.. thanks a bunch for sharing! :) Wow.. so much hard work.. makes me appreciate the anime so much more haha

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vela2010-02-04 09:10 am UTC (link)

Thank you for posting this!!!

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musogato2010-02-04 09:12 am UTC (link)

Woooow, congrats on getting these, and thank you for sharing them with us! It's amazing to see the sketch-to-painted cel method they

used (and helps me feel better about my own rough sketch drawings, haha). The split bg is pretty too, and I love that second animation.^^

Thanks again for sharing these! =D

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skog2010-02-04 09:42 am UTC (link)

Oh my god. This was my favourite episode. That is amazing.

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lil_rebbitzen2010-02-04 10:06 am UTC (link)

HOT. DAMN.

I am so jealous...I want a TR or Sakaki-sama one...

I didn't even know these existed.

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rafira2010-02-04 11:14 am UTC (link)

Wow, those are amazing! Good job buying them!

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kimivalkyrie2010-02-04 11:52 am UTC (link)

You are amazing! I love the way you've written it out, it's just fantast ic to see how much work goes on behind the sc enes. Thank you forsharing!

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onigirigami2010-02-04 12:40 pm UTC (link)

those were the good ol' days


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foldinginwards2010-02-04 01:39 pm UTC (link)

Totally awesome! It's pretty neat that this episode changed your life and you're doing an incredible job of collecting stuff from it. :)

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eevee

2010-02-04 04:37 pm UTC (link)

this is the raddest thing ever.

Raichu is like criminally adorable

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merlynster2010-02-04 08:22 pm UTC (link)

animation graduate popping her head in the door to say this post is AWESOME. Those sequences are fantastic, thank you for sharing yourfinds!

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c_002010-02-04 09:25 pm UTC (link)

how amazing!

I always wanted to see how they looked from behind... so you made one of my dreams come true...

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hakumeixiii2010-02-05 07:16 pm UTC (link)

this is really awesome!

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tin_o_biscuits2010-02-05 08:20 pm UTC (link)

Holy cow. I own a cel/background thingy from Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards" (the wizard Avatar! :D) but I had no idea how much time is put intoa single cel. Gives me even more of an appreciation for hand-drawn animation.


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