Lord of Lords Ryu Knight

Adeu: Here's one teaching from the Ethos of Chivalry...!!

Guraches. Well, isn't THIS cel a troublemaker?? I saw this on Yahoo Japan and was completely drawn in by both it's colors and it's composition. I don't collect from shows I haven't seen, so I only watched the auction, but I was interested enough to ask on the Animanga Forum if anyone knew from what show this cel had come. I got several detailed answers and started to investigate the show. In the meantime, the auction ended with no bidders and the cel wasn't relisted. I had assumed it would be relisted (per the seller's usual habit), and was a lot more disappointed than I expected. I had won other things from the seller, and asked if they would sell me this cel also, even though I hadn't bid on it. They agreed! I have since seen a good bit of Ryu Knight TV. Although campy and cliche in places, I like the show... As you can see from the REST of the cels I've also picked up since the purchase of this one. All said, this one is still my favorite of all my Ryu Knight cels, and even my favorite over what I've seen in other people's galleries.

Adeu and Haggu. How fast can I click the "order this" button? When I saw this at a price so low I could get the funds by simply digging change out of my sofa... Well, I admit, the cel *isn't* in good shape, but the expressions make it priceless!		Adeu. I watched this for a while before ordering. I kept coming back to it, and coming back to it... Quickly, I recognized my usual pattern, and realized I better just buy it before it sells to someone else... leaving me wishing I'd ordered!

Adeu. As long as I was ordering the one of Adeu on the horsie-thing, I figured I might as well also pick up this cute OP cel that I was repeatedly coming back to watch. As with the one above, the lines haven't held up well, but they're still there. I blame the Curse of the Orange Paint. But a few faded lines still can't kill the smile I get from seeing an image that displays such unrestrained happiness. ^_^

Guraches. This is a sequence-mate to a cel I saw in another's gallery when I was first learning about Ryu Knight. I just thought it was SO beautiful, and it's owner seemed to feel lucky to have one from the sequnce. When this became available, I ordered it. I don't know the scene yet, but I'm a diehard scene shopper. I adore Guraches, and if the scene truly is incredible, I'm sure I'll be glad to have this. In the meantime, it's still incredibly beautiful!		Guraches. The colors... Guraches still draws me in with his colors. This was a pittance on Yahoo Japan and I couldn't leave it there, despite that getting it to me cost almost four times the price of the cel itself. More than others, this cel is completely about the hair! The wispy look is fantastic. This is the only cel I have for which I feel the cel is more artistically delicate than it's sketch. The lines on the sketch are a lot heavier than I expected.

Haggu, Paffy, and Adeu. Glow in the dark Haggu. Somehow Paffy almost looks like the human eqivalent of a mother cat cleaning a kitten... and Adeu has the expression of a kitten being cleaned. I was expecting the show to do more with Haggu's glowing than they did. I guess this was just one more way for Haggu and Adeu to get at each other.		Guraches and Gesshin. I was watching this in a lot on Yahoo Japan and a reseller snapped it up to pawn off on Ebay. When the Ebay auction ended with no bids, I wrote the seller with a lowball offer that was accepted. I despise buying from resellers, but in this case, I don't feel badly about it. They still lost money because none of the other cels from the lot sold.

Adeu. I'm still waiting to see where this is from in the series. At the point I'm at now, Adeu's armor and such look nothing like this. I'm pretty sure the cel isn't OVA, but I'm not perfect at telling the two apart yet. If anyone can identify it, I would be appreciative. (Handpainted background, unsure if matching.)		Gulden. This isn't exactly what I was hoping for, and the cel itself isn't in great shape, but I really like this outfit. Most cels I've seen of Gulden are all headshots. Also, few show his eyes. So I'm pleased to have come across this one. Still, I would definitely like another, better (and better quality) cel of him.

Sarutobi's Ryu. Hmm... Usually I crop my scans to the edges of the paint, but this one has forced me to do otherwise. Only the center part of this image is painted, and what looks like only the trace lines really *is* only trace lines. On the sketch, a box is drawn to indicate what will be visible on the screen, and the painters painted only what was within the box. I've always thought it's amazing how little of a cel is seen on the screen, but this one truly takes the cake.

Adeu (left) and Katze (right). These were two more of the cels that came in the same lot with the cel of Gulden. Something about the Adeu cel just made me want to keep this one, despite that my others are much better poses. Not to mention, of all the cels I've browsed, I can't say I've seen a cel of him with stronger lines! At least, not ones that weren't redrawn. In that same feeling, I simply couldn't resell what might be the only cel I have of Katze. Chances are slim I'll find a cel of her I actually want to buy, since she generally annoys the heck out of me. You would think that would make me *want* to sell away cels of her, but she's also made me laugh enough that I have to give her some credit in my collection. Like with the Adeu cel, the lines in the Katze cel are rock solid, even though her hair colors usually seem to encourage line fading.

Group of Ryus. I'm not a big fan of the Ryus. I've never been a fan of any mecha in the first place, but the chubby little Ryus just seem so... Well, if you're going to have a mecha, shouldn't it be something grander than these? (*laugh*) All the same, I wanted something of them, and I like this cute compact image of all of them together. I love how it's so obvious the design team had a field day coming up with so many interesting differences between them. And the concept of having a whole little room inside them themed to the person piloting them is fantastic! The Ryus also win out with me over your average mecha since these are sort of sentient mecha, not to mention the convenient card that eliminates all parking problems. If only my car had that feature...

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