...Basically, I just liked that it looked like Sarutobi was about to chop him in half. ^^; ...I don't really have anything against the ball of fluff...but the prospect of his painful demise still has some charm.
Paffy looks extra cute, holding him like this. A moment of silliness from episode 9.
The good guys were such dicks in this episode. ^^;; I can't say that Katze didn't deserve it, but it's such...unheroic behaviour. On the other hand, they aren't a very typical group of heroes.
Katze's gaping mouth is on a separate layer -- underneath she has a closed mouth. It's also interesting to note that there's a mistake on the cel -- though hard to appreciate on this thumbnail, her forefinger was panted green, like her cloak. ^^;; (The mistake was not corrected, and appears as such in the episode.)
She's not really a bad person...she's just damned greedy. She comes around in the end, though. In this case, she didn't even do anything wrong, but...everyone just assumes she would.
Lots of angry pose-striking on the part of the boys.. ^^;; Too bad we can't see more of Sarutobi, hidden behind Katze and Hittel as he is.. (Episode 34.)
6 layers to this cel; four are End cels. The top two are just those fwishy reddish effects (which make Bakuretsumaru and even Hayatemaru rather hard to see. The pink-shackle effects are all painted and airbrushed on top of the Ryuu-containing layers.
Sarutobi's not about to sit around in hiding -- he's a man of action, he is. Or, rather, an underaged ninja of action. Whatever.
Missing the non-moving cel layers for Adeu and Gratches which should also appear in this scene.
This is such a cute episode, full of good character building moments.
Even injured and half-delirious, Adeu's ready to follow Sarutobi into battle. Aww..
Very neat shot -- I like the way the background was painted to give that "action emphasis" effect around Zephyr. There's also a surprising amount of detail for such a small shot.
Honestly, this looks like a cel that would be pretty easy to pick out.. In fact, I had several ideas as to where it might come in, but all of them turned out to be incorrect. ^^; As such, until I decide to sit down and watch the series all the way through again, I'm afraid I shall remain clueless as to where this seemingly obvious cel belongs.
Very keen action shot, anyway. ^_^ Love the pretty sunset colours in the background.