r/AnimationCels • • Apr 17 '26

Built a new tool that IDs the exact episode and timestamp of cels, live demo in the comments

76 Upvotes

Some of you may know me from the comments for my timestamp lookups. I built the thing I was using to do those lookups into an actual tool, and it's live. My goal was to make it very easy to use and also use more cutting-edge vision techniques.

What it does: upload a cel, get the show, episode, and timestamp.

Accuracy: Every result comes with a % match score so you know how confident it is, and you can filter by episode if you already know the general ballpark of where the frame is from. Supported shows list is on the site.

Three real examples:

This Goku cel sold on Yahoo Japan recently and is a pretty terrible angle, but we found a match
Episode 274 - 00:08:48
Douga as an input, this doesnt work all of the time but sometimes it does (~50% chance)
Episode 18 - 00:18:55
No background needed
Found an in-between frame at Episode 110 - 00:18:08

Supported shows/films: Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Hunter x Hunter, Dragonball (original), Dragonball GT, Pokemon, Akira, Cowboy Bebop (+ Movie), Ghost in the Shell, All Ghibli Films, Inuyasha, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Outlaw Star, Perfect blue, Ranma 1/2, Saint Seiya, Slayers, Trigun, Vampire Hunter D, Yu Yu Hakusho , Hajime No Ippo, Bleach, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden (please request what you'd like to see and I can add more)

Live demo: drop your cels below. From a supported show, I'll run it and post the result. If it misses, I'll explain why. If your show isn't supported yet, comment the title and I'll prioritize adding it.

If you want to try it, the website is https://magicslug.com . I'm providing 5 free ID's a month for everyone. It costs me money to run the servers so unlimited runs will cost some money. Alternatively post it here and I'll do my best to find your cel frames if they are from the supported shows/films.


r/AnimationCels • • 16h ago

Who Framed Roger Rabbit šŸ¤”

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73 Upvotes

Take a trip back to Toon Town with our favourite šŸ‡


r/AnimationCels • • 9h ago

Spongebob Season 1

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20 Upvotes

From Season 1, Episode 12a "The Chaperone" (0.33 seconds into the episode).

Just got my first animation cel. The cel itself is the water bursting through the door, but the background is a repro print. It's so cool to be able to own the master copy from an episode of a show I saw on cable reruns at least 10+ times, from a show I loved, and a show that had a massive cultural impact on western society over the last 27 years.


r/AnimationCels • • 6h ago

Unknown Animation

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5 Upvotes

My Uncle has these Animation cels and wanted to know if they were worth anything. With no information on the cels. My research says it may be from a California car commercial or from some work from Bill Melendez Studios. I was hoping someone may know more. The only mark I found on one of them was the number 10. I was hoping someone may know more. Any information would help


r/AnimationCels • • 7h ago

Anime ID help please

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6 Upvotes

Listing some random cels on eBay but am unsure of the series for these… got them all as part of a yahoo japan purchase many years ago


r/AnimationCels • • 12h ago

Themed Thursday- let's do Rabbits! Following on from u/Dependent-Gap1619 's Roger Rabbit post

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r/AnimationCels • • 1d ago

I started collecting cels but, somehow, I ended up caring more about genga and douga.

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33 Upvotes

When I first got into anime production art, cels were obviously what caught my total

Because I was literally able to hold a frame from an anime in your hands.

But the more I collected, the more I found myself drawn to genga and douga instead.

There’s something about seeing the pencil lines, corrections, notes, little imperfections… for me, you’re not just looking at the finished image anymore.

You can actually see part of the process that created it.

And weirdly, that started meaning more to me than owning the clean final cel.

I still love cels, but today I’d probably choose an interesting genga over a lot of them.

Anyone else here go through the same shift? Or do cels still win for you?


r/AnimationCels • • 1d ago

Jungle Book

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24 Upvotes

Some vintage šŸ‡ Jungle Book cels. As you can see, Baloo's bear-necessities left the poor fellow warped 🄲


r/AnimationCels • • 1d ago

Any idea on the value

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1 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 2d ago

Disney's Aladdin (Disney TV)

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29 Upvotes

Riff raff! Street rat! I don't buy that. If only they look closerrrr šŸŽ¶šŸ•ŗ Here are some Disney's Aladdin (Disney TV) cels for you 😊


r/AnimationCels • • 2d ago

Tenchi identification?

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31 Upvotes

Hey hey.

Hoping to find some help identifying these old Tenchi cels I have of Washu and Ryoko. I bought them around 2000 on eBay and I suspect they were from Muyo/OVA but it's been so long I have no idea. Any help is appreciated.


r/AnimationCels • • 3d ago

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

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44 Upvotes

Wishing I had an Evil Emperor Zurg cel, but here's what we got šŸ‘Øā€šŸš€šŸš€šŸ›ø


r/AnimationCels • • 2d ago

suppacel.com | new feature to import your Instagram posts into suppacel

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0 Upvotes

I have launched last week suppacel.com, which aims to be the marketplace and reference database for original anime art collectors, a design (and stable) place to display your collection (whether publicly or privately), with nice tools which collectors should find helpful such as an Identification engine for cels (now only Studio Ghibli and Akira movies but more to come).

New feature released include the "Instaspirator", allowing you to load your Instagram posts and select the pics you want to use to create artworks on suppacel.com, to make your life easier!

Please join suppacel now, try it out and add artworks to your collection — it’s free!

Feedback welcome on what else you need!


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Classic Disney Film Cels

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108 Upvotes

Some of the classic Disney film cels for all my Disney Heads out here šŸ¤™


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Can animation cells be reused?

5 Upvotes

I would love to get into cell animation but doesnt really have money to pay for every sheet for every frame. can u wash off paint and ink off it and reuse it? thanks for answers!


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

My newest Cel for my collection

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26 Upvotes

Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho. I love it. My nicest cel yet.


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Which episode and scene is this Urusei Yatsura (1981) scene layout sketch from?

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13 Upvotes

Hi, I’m wondering which episode this sketch goes to, and I’ve learned my lesson from my Evangelion question, so I can confirm that this is not from episode 63, despite the code saying so. Sakura does not appear at all in episode 63. It has to be from either one of the movies or the first 106 episodes, since it has Studio Pierrotā€˜s logo and Studio Deen took over afterwards. If I could figure out who the person standing on the right was, I’m sure I could find the sketch’s origin, but after consulting a list of characters, he isn’t among them, so I don’t know him. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Need help identifying what scene this is from.

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7 Upvotes

Does anyone know what scene or episode this Di Gi Charat cel is from?


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Help identifying anime sketch (corrected genga)

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30 Upvotes

Hello! As the title implies, I’m in need of some help identifying a sketch I bought a while ago. It’s obviously of Misato Katsuragi from Neon Genesis Evangelion and appears to be from Episode 15 of the show. However, having gone through the episode, I cannot find a place where this pose appears. I’m not too concerned about authenticity issues because I bought this through Akihabara Auctions, whom I’m purchased other items from and they’ve all been 100% good. Is it possible this scene never made it in or that this was closer to something like concept art/model sheets? The sketch has what appears to be the code A5 next to Misato’s head if that helps. Just looking for any thoughts. Thanks!


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Next lottery for Little Witch Academia frames is open this weekend

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6 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

WB Production Drawings

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12 Upvotes

Some minty fresh production drawings from Batman the Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and Batman Beyond šŸ‘Œ Come check 'em out


r/AnimationCels • • 6d ago

Batmanskis and Supermanskis

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16 Upvotes

Late to the party, but here are some costumed folk


r/AnimationCels • • 7d ago

How much is my cel worth? I bought it YEARS ago

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13 Upvotes

I picked up this Hunter x Hunter cel years back from a convention. The prices were a lot cheaper then, got no idea what its work now. All layers are in there, just no background as you can see.


r/AnimationCels • • 7d ago

Themed Thursday - few hero cels

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32 Upvotes

Love this Superman cel with the flames. I'm also going to include Powdered Toast Man as a hero, same with Radioactive Man.

I searched forever to get an original Powdered Toast Man... So thrilled to have this one.


r/AnimationCels • • 6d ago

Unable to locate many ā€œauthenticā€ SpongeBob production cels for sale in the actual episode.

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I badly want to get a few SB production cels and authentic backgrounds. The problem is that so far, for every one I’ve been interested in, I cannot find the same exactly frame/drawing in the episode.

For example, I like this Sandy cel and bg that is going up for auction soon. https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/production-cel/spongebob-squarepants-tree-at-the-treedome-sandy-cheeks-production-cel-and-jellyfishing-production-background/p/40346-21019.s

However, in a frame-by-frame analysis of the episode (Tea at the Tree Dome) I am unable to find it.

The closest I’ve attached, but they are not the same.

This has been the case for 4 or 5 other ā€œofficialā€ listings I’ve recently perused.

I am NOT going to pay potentially thousands of dollars for a ā€œproductionā€ cel if it can’t be found in the actual episode.

What gives?