#anime-cel Wacky Cel Terms


$$ -- denotes that a cel is expensive. More dollar signs means more money. Usage: That cel is $$$.

ack threshold -- the price (range) at which a collector goes "ack!" when they have to think about going above it. This is different for every collector and has a tendency to only go up as tolerance increases.

bipolar collecting -- a term for collectors who go through incredible mood shifts/philosophy shifts on time scales of like a day because of current cel happenings.

cel triage -- quickly going through cel images with prices at an update to figure out which is going in the order and which will not.

fraudcel -- a cel made by a fan but not using original art, an unliscensed reproduction.

NickBoard -- Anime Chaos' anime cel ezboard

Open-source reseller -- Someone who buys cels from an open source to the US internet cel collecting community (like a well-known easy to buy from internet cel shop) just to immediately mark up and sell it for a higher price, sometimes on eBay, sometimes not.

revolving door collector -- someone who is constantly selling/reselling from their collection to afford new cels, meaning old cels may not stay for even a month. This person displays a tendency not to try to make a huge profit or do it conciously unlike some resellers who might try to appear as revolving door collectors.

RinkyaBoard -- Cels forum on the Rinkya site.

RivenBoard -- Riven's anime cel ezboard.

slash n' burn -- like revolving door, but with a passion. Often results in worse market effects than revolving door too. Often much faster than revolving door.

taroboard -- the very dense cardboard that Anime Taro uses to pack their cels.

that person in japan -- you know, the one with the collection of all the cels you really really want but no intention of ever letting them go?

viboard -- the wood Anime Shop Vi uses to pack cels.

Yann- -- prefix denoting stuff related to Yann Stettler.

YannBoard -- Animanga Cels Forum. Often just 'YB'

YannBox -- the cardboard boxes Yann Stettler/Animanga uses to ship cels in.

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