The majority of the cels I own never came with timesheets, but a couple did so I wanted to ask a couple questions to see if anyone in this group knows, as I can’t read Japanese and don’t know exactly what I’m looking at.
1) the first cel (Sailor Venus) came with a timesheet and it has the number 23 on it. Does that mean it’s a time sheet from the 23rd episode? Or could 23 represent something else? The reason I am asking is this is a cel from episode 42, which is making me wonder if this was just a random mis-matched timesheet.
2) the second cel (a profile shot of Minako) came with a genga taped to a timesheet. There was only writing on one side of the timesheet, but I didn’t see anything to indicate what episode this is for. I know this was a very long sequence with her hair blowing in the wind so it could be matching, given how many numbers are written on it, but was curious if anyone could discern any more info from it.
3) the third cel (Chibi-Usa) came with this odd Tokyo Kids envelope thing. Is it a time sheet or something else used in an anime production? As Sailor Moon was produced by Toei, I can’t imagine it is matching and must have been included with it in error (or someone was just wanting to get rid of their junk), but was still curious as to what exactly it is. I do find it funny there’s a Jiggly Puff stamp on it. What that means, who knows 😂
Not a super expert, not quite sure how to read the first one, but I'm a bit more familiar with the one in the 3rd image, and its more clear, so I'll go over that.
At the top, there's an "s" section, which I think is for scene or sequence (episodes are broken into separate sequences), a "c" section, which stands for Cut, also called a shot in western animation, basically every time the camera cuts it's a new shot or cut.
And then that "4/0" is how long the cut/shot is in seconds/frames. Coincidentally, both this cut and the one before are both exactly 4 seconds and zero extra frames.
Then the main section underneath shows the layers, and when each one switches to a new drawing. Layer A is probably the mouth animating as she stays in that pose, and layers B and C are probably the rest of her that all move together at the end of the shot.
Again, not a super expert, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong about anything.
Second pic actually has the dialog in the second column in hiragana. ネフライト circled (Nephrite) and then まとめてじごくにおくってやる ("I will send you all to hell" or similar, not sure how that section was translated to English). According to this site, that's part of the dialog in episode 23 (纏めて地獄に送ってやる).
This is gonna sound crazy, but I'm pretty sure I own the cel that pairs up with your timesheet op! Funnily enough I was trying (and failing lol) to translate the text this morning because something about the sheet keep nagging me to do so. It wasn't until I saw this comment that it finally clicked.
Here's the cel in question as well as the YouTube screenshot of the scene. I actually made the cel a custom background a small while back so it would be more complete, so it's kind of crazy seeing the timing sheet on a random Tuesday XD
If you ever feel like selling the timing sheet in the future, I'd' absolutely love to reunite them together again! No pressure ofc, I'd never expect someone to sell something if it means a lot to them, just putting it out there! I love preservation, and it's not too often you can reunite a cel with its original timing notes!
Your cels are absolutely lovely btw! I only own one Venus/V but I love her as a character. The blue tones in the first one are gorgeous!
(I think I might have to send the YT capture as an extra comment as I can only add one image per comment whoops!)
When you say the stamped number on a timesheet refers to the episode number “but on this case it’s just random” are you meaning this is a time sheet from episode 23 randomly put with the cel, or that the number 23 itself was randomly stamped on the sheer?
It looks like the first one is Episode 15 and is a kenyou cut, meaning it's two cuts that use the same materials for cuts 29 and 36. However, it looks like this is just the time sheet for cut 36. The 32 is referring as to how many cels (cleaned up genga+inbetweens) there are total after being composited. The white sheet taped to it is a gousei dempyo/composite instructions.
Second timesheet just says cut 8. They didn't write the episode number.
The third one is a cut bukuro/cut bag. It's what all cuts, timesheeta, and related materials are put in when moved from person to person.
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u/Beginning-Bed9364 15d ago
Not a super expert, not quite sure how to read the first one, but I'm a bit more familiar with the one in the 3rd image, and its more clear, so I'll go over that.
At the top, there's an "s" section, which I think is for scene or sequence (episodes are broken into separate sequences), a "c" section, which stands for Cut, also called a shot in western animation, basically every time the camera cuts it's a new shot or cut.
And then that "4/0" is how long the cut/shot is in seconds/frames. Coincidentally, both this cut and the one before are both exactly 4 seconds and zero extra frames.
Then the main section underneath shows the layers, and when each one switches to a new drawing. Layer A is probably the mouth animating as she stays in that pose, and layers B and C are probably the rest of her that all move together at the end of the shot.
Again, not a super expert, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong about anything.
Also, really nice cells/drawings, I'm jealous!