Production Cel Types
A further breakdown of the types of cels you will run into and what people are generally talking about when they are talking about them.
Opening (OP) Cel, Ending Cel (ED)
These are the cels that make up the opening of the show. Most shows have 1 opening that is animat...
END cels / "A1 END" cels / Tome (止) Cels
An END cel (marked with either END/ E/ or the kanji 止) is the last cel in an animation sequence. ...
Key Cel
Bank Cel
A bank cel refers to a cel that is used/filmed repeatedly rather than remade for every instance t...
Eyecatch Cel
In many anime series', there is a commercial break about halfway through the episode (depending o...
Book Cel
Book cels usually refer to a full setup of multiple layers including backgrounds. The setup will...
Backlit Cel
A backlit cel is a type of special effects cel. The typical way to figure out if your cel is bac...
Kabuse Cel (Correction Layer)
Kabuse cels (also known as correction layers) are layers added to fix mistakes in the original ce...
SFX Cel (Special Effects Cel)
Special Effects cels refers any cels made to create special effects. This includes airbrushing an...
Pan / Oversized Cel (大判 セル画)
Pan or oversized cels are larger-than-normal cels which are used for a panning effect. "Pan" is s...
Harmony
Harmonies are traditionally highly sought after cels, as they area made differently from the trad...
Hanken Cel (版権セル) / Hanken sketch (版権原動画)
Hanken cels are super rare one of kind cels made for use in for in promotional items like magazin...
Color Test/Model Cels
Like settei/character models, model cels are references that help a film/series remain consistent...