Dragon Ball

My current goal is to collect cels from early in the Dragon Ball series, especially from pre-Piccolo-daimaoh. However, every now and then I see a Dragon Ball Z cel that I can't pass up. Perhaps surprisingly, I don't own a single Super Saiyajin cel. Eventually I'll have to find a cute cel of Vegeta and of Kuririn as an adult, but those aren't too hard to find. But if anyone finds any Red Ribon Army cels for sale, I would love to know!


Mirai Trunks

This cel of Trunks was the first Dragon Ball cel I ever bought. I obtained this cel from Marisa Price, and it is one of the highlights of my collection! I LOVE TRUNKS!

Son Goku

I got this incredibly cute cel of Son Goku from Curtis Hoffman. It's from the original Dragon Ball series from the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai. I love the expression on Goku's face, and the cel itself is absolutely beautiful!

Son Gohan

Fast forward more than a decade. This is a cel of Son Gohan when he was 17. This is how he looked on his way to his first day of school. Pretty cute if you ask me! ^_^ I got this cel from Nichibei Anime Club.

Yamucha

This is a cel of Yamucha during the Android/Cell story arc. It came with the background. I got it from Anime Lane.

Bulma and Puar!

I was SO excited when I found this cel for sale at Asylum Comics and Anime. It's a cel of Bulma and Puar. And I now know exactly where it comes from. This cel is from the 3rd Dragon Ball movie, "Great Adventure of Wonder". It's from a scene where Bulma was stealing the Dragon Balls from Tsuru-sennin.

Bulma from DBZ Movie 13

This is a beautiful cel of Bulma from DBZ movie 13. The image itself is rather small, but IMHO that fault is more than offset by the quality of the image. Between the colors and the tone of the scene, I think it's one of my prettiest Dragon Ball cels. I got this cel from Anime Lane.

Trunks from DBZ movie 13

This is another beautiful cel from DBZ movie 13. It's a cel of Trunks holding Tapeon's flute. Once again the image is small and off center, but the incredible look on Trunks' face immediately attracted me to this cel. This cel was also from Anime Lane.

Zarbon

This may be the best cel of Zarbon ever produced. I got it from Marisa Price during AX98. It's an oversized pan cel. Unfortunately, it's been glued to a piece of turquiose plastic, as has the pencil on the reverse side. But just look at the way the combined effect of the hair and the earrings create the illusion of movement. You can almost see him changing direction. AH! It's things like this that really seperate so much of American and Japanese animation. Even a single cel can create this sense of movement. I love it!

Blue Shogun

This is a cel of Blue Shogun from the Dragon Ball 10th Anniversary movie. I got it from Nichibei Anime Club at AX98.

Trunks and Gohan

YAY!! Another cel of Mirai Trunks! ^_^ I also got this cel from Marisa Price at AX98. It's from the 1st Brolli movie (movie 8) and also features young Gohan in the background. It's VERY cute.

Bulma

Is that Bulma, or Marle from Chrono Trigger? ^_^ Blue hair, so it must be Bulma. This is obviously from early Dragon Ball, sometime after she got rid of the playboy bunny ears and before Goku went to train with Kamesennin. It's a very small image, but I thought it would be nice to have just so I could say I have one of her in that outfit. I got this cel from Kev's Cel Page.

Blue Shogun

I got an original Blue Shogun from Dragon Ball television series! ^_^ This is from when he was fighting Goku in the underwater pirates' lair. The things in his nose are tissues that he stuck in there to make his nose stop bleeding. He wasn't very happy about getting hit in the face. I got this cel from Anime-cel.com.

Dende

I bought this cel from Anime-cel.com because it was there for so many months that I felt sorry for it, and I thought that it could use a loving home. Is that normal? ^_^ It's a cute cel of Dende, I'm pretty sure from GT, and Piccolo's arm.

Goku

This is a Dragon Ball cel of Goku, possibly from the 3rd movie. It came with the Tao Pai Pai cel below (the greenish one). I got it from Nikaku Animart at A-kon 10.

Goku

This is a cel of Goku from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai. Gotta love those awkward teenage years! This is from a scene when he was fighting Chichi, not knowing who she was, and totally unaware of what it meant to be her fiancee, or that he even WAS her fiancee! I LOVE the totally clueless expression! I got this cel at A-kon 10.

Great Saiyaman!

I couldn't resist. I had to have it. I love the Great Saiyaman. But Gohan looks like such a total dope! I love it! Goes great with the cel of his father above, doesn't it? I got this cel from Anime-cel.com.

Great Saiyaman! Again!

Well, since I got one dweeby Great Saiyaman cel, I figured I should also get a cool Great Saiyaman cel. Gohan is so much fun! I wish Toriyama had spent more time on this kind of stuff instead of the whole Buu story arc. I got this cel from Anime-cel.com also.

Hachi-Gou aka Ha-chan

This is a cel from the 10th Anniversary Dragon Ball movie of Hachi-Gou (#8), aka Ha-chan. He was the jinzouningen built by the Red Ribon army who didn't want to fight, and who became Goku's friend at Muscle Tower. He only looks like a monster, but he's really a good person.

Kuririn

This is a cel of Kuririn from the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai, very early in the Dragon Ball series! It's so cool! It's stuck to the paper unfortunately, but still a wonderful cel. I think it's from the scene when he and Goku were being interviewed by the Announcer after the first round of matches had taken place. I got this cel from Kev's Cel Page.

Mai

Talk about hard to find characters! This is Mai, one of Pilaf's henchmen, and this scene is from episode 13 of the original Dragon Ball series. Pilaf, Shu, and Mai were asleep in bed when Goku transformed into an Oozaru under the light of the full moon. There's a crease in the cel, but WHO CARES! I got this cel from Nichibei at AX99.

Oolong

I'm so happy to have this cel! I got it at AX99. It's Oolong, with the panties that he got from Shenlong on his head, and Bulma's rear end. This is a great cel. It came with the original background.

Tenshinhan and Chaozu

This is a really nice cel of Tenshinhan and Chaozu. I think I got it from Anime Lane. I think it's from early in Dragon Ball Z.

Tao Pai Pai

This is a cel of Tao Pai Pai. It's also from the 3rd Dragon Ball movie. He looks a little crazy, don't you think? I got it from Anime-cel.com.

Tao Pai Pai

This is a pretty cool cel of Tao Pai Pai that came with the Goku cel above. It is also from the 3rd movie, from the very opening sequence when he is about to give Pilaf, Shu, and Mai their "rewards". I got it from Nikaku Animart at A-kon 10.

Mirai Trunks

This is a gorgeous cel of Future Trunks that I got from Nikaku Animart at A-kon 10. It came with the background. I think it's probably from movie 7 (the 3 Super Saiyajin) but I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that I love this cel. It's beautiful.

Upa

How cute! This is Upa, Goku's friend that he met while he was fighting the Red Ribon Army. I got this cel from Kev's Cel Page.

Violet

This is Violet, one of the only female members of the Red Ribon Army, who steals Goku's dragon ball and sucessfully delivers it to HQ. Leave it to a woman to do what a man can't. ^_^ Incidentally, in the anime, she was probably the smartest member of the Red Ribon Army. As soon as she realized that the Red Ribon Army was going to lose to Goku, she broke into the vault and made off with the gold and loot. She nearly ran into Yamucha and co. who were on their way to the Red Ribon Army HQ to help Goku, but as far as we know, she survived and probably lived out the rest of her life in style. ^_^

Yamucha

Yamucha in his desert hideout. This is from one of Yamucha's first appearances in the series. The copier lines have faded a little, but it came with a nice background. I got it from Katchan.

Yamucha and Puar

This is another early Yamucha cel, with Puar! Amazingly, the lines have barely faded on this one. It's from the scene on Frypan Mountain when they just watched Kamesennin put out the flames with his Kamehameha.

Yamucha

This is Yamucha at the 21st Tenkaichi Budoukai. He didn't get to participate for long, because he got knocked out by Jackie Chun in the first round. That's okay, we love him anyway. I got this cel from Kev's Cel Page.

Yajirobe

Yajirobe isn't my favorite chracter, but this cel is neat because it's from one of his earliest appearences. You can tell because he's got the string with the Dragon Ball around his neck. I got this cel from Anime-cel.com.

Panputo

Panputo was a kick boxer who competed in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai. He was hyped as an incredible fighter, showing off left and right, and in the anime all the girls were nuts over him. One elbow jab from Goku was enough to knock him out in the first round. I think that was the shortest fight ever in Dragon Ball. This is actually an oversized pan cel, but the image is only on about 1/3 of the cel. I got this from Kev's Cel Page.


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