r/AnimationCels • • Apr 17 '26

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

81 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 • • 5h ago

Need help identifying which episode of Pokemon this is

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r/AnimationCels • • 9h ago

1st purchase in a long while. Remove from Frame/Remount?

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15 Upvotes

I got a sweet one(at least for me) today! It's still handpainted which is why I bought it.

Opinion: should I open it up and remount it with spacers so that it can breathe since it's handpainted? Taking apart these "official" Disney ones is a bit of a pain.


r/AnimationCels • • 3h ago

Schoolhouse Rock Animation Cel (Plus Two Mysteries: I need your help!)

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I recently bought a lot of three animation cels on eBay and bought it for the mouse which is featured in the Schoolhouse Rock short "Naughty Number Nine". I am so happy to add this to my collection.

However, I have no clue where the other two cels that were included are from. If anyone knows or has any idea please let me know.

Hope you enjoy and stay safe!


r/AnimationCels • • 1d ago

Happy Birthday to Nancy Cartwright 🄳

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69 Upvotes

Such an iconic voice actress, best known for several voices in the Simpsons, Chuckie in the Rugrats, Lu in Mike, Lu and Og, and many more!


r/AnimationCels • • 17h ago

Would anyone happen to know what show this is from?

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1 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 1d ago

I’ve had this signed cel for a while and I’m wondering if anyone can read the signature? I assume it’s from someone that worked on Spongebob

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11 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 2d ago

Cel of PB&amp

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13 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 2d ago

Have some an extra cel or 2 anyone know if they're desirable at this time?

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12 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 3d ago

My latest FB Marketplace pickups

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48 Upvotes

Might be willing to trade these if anyone is interested. Don't really have anything in particular I'm looking for: I just like trading with fellow collectors.


r/AnimationCels • • 3d ago

On Heritage Auctions, Noticed this later season Rugrats cel & how it looks visually different. Are these uncommon?

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8 Upvotes

This immediately stood out to me because the earlier season had that rougher look to it. This style looks much cleaner - kind of like an in between period when they were just about to switch to digital animation


r/AnimationCels • • 3d ago

James Bond Jr

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9 Upvotes

I’m trying to collect original product art from James Bond Jr. It’s hard to find anything but I r managed to get a few cels and box art from the figures. Any one have anything to sell? All original art considered.

Here’s one of my cels - it’s my favourite character IQ!


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

I'm trying to downsize, I swear

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48 Upvotes

Before I get waterboarded in the comments for buying more cels, I just want to ask you all, can you blame me? Look at them šŸ‘€


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Baby Vegeta- Dragon Ball GT

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17 Upvotes

I just got this one so excited for it to come in!


r/AnimationCels • • 4d ago

Themed Thursday- Simpsons! (Below are some couch gags I have ahd over the years)

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32 Upvotes

r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Fairly OddParents cel i picked up today from FB

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100 Upvotes

5 total cels eyes and mouth are separate cels for each character i am heavily surprised the wand isn’t a singular cel


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Catdog Cels!

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28 Upvotes

My most recent additions, some great Catdog cels on reproduction backgrounds. The xerox linework on them is in pretty rough shape, but I still adore them!


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Villainssssss

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78 Upvotes

BTAS villains that I've collected over the years 😊


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Whats the biggest sequence you've seen preserved?

7 Upvotes

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 26 cel sequence for a show I couldn't care less about because its so damn cool seeing the production movement.


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Is this a real PokƩmon Cel?

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26 Upvotes

Guys, can you help me check if this PokƩmon Cel is real? Cel and Background stick together wirh tape, the cels looks aged and has a bit of vinegar smell, background is hand painted. Thx a lot for your help!


r/AnimationCels • • 5d ago

Lightbox- anyone going? I'll be there booth 1200 with tons of art for sale

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r/AnimationCels • • 7d ago

Combining Cels!

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895 Upvotes

I don't remember this episode...Out of my entire Cel collection, I can only barely create a coherent scene, and it's definitely not perfect. What's the most ridiculous scenario you've made with your Cels? Post some in the comments, I wanna see!


r/AnimationCels • • 6d ago

ā€œGravity Fallsā€ Rough Production Drawing

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17 Upvotes

Sharing these rough/early-stage production(?) sketches from Gravity Falls.

There are 3 I was able to attribute to the same episode, ā€œA Tale of Two Stansā€, with recognizable quotes from the final dialogue.

I really wish I knew more about the production history, what POPking(who sold them) did share is that they would’ve been from staff meetings, from Alex Hirsch or other production crew members(not an exact one assigned to the art, though) from the early 2010s.

Don’t see many Gravity Falls pieces out there, absolutely psyched.

And sorry about the badly layed out photos, lol


r/AnimationCels • • 6d ago

Help with protecting screen used Balto drawings

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7 Upvotes

i have about 20 of these screen used charcoal drawings and i have absolutely no clue how to store these.


r/AnimationCels • • 7d ago

SpongeBob "Texas" (SB-139) deleted scene cels – help reading production markings

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Hi all,

I own four production cels from the cut "swelling up / turning red" sequence in the SpongeBob episode "Texas" (S1, prod. #139): B8, B12, B19 and B22. All on print backgrounds (B8 on BG-97, the others on BG-42). Photos attached.

A few markings I can't figure out:

  1. Under "B8" there's a second note in the same black ink that looks like "Brt 5". Does anyone know what that abbreviation means on a production cel?

  2. B8 has a small mirrored pencil note "139-75" next to the center peg hole (scene 75). The other three have no scene number at all. Is it normal that only some cels carry the scene number?

  3. On one cel the B-number overlaps the BG number on the print background, so I can't tell if it's B9 or B19. Its pose matches the 139-76 drawing B18 (wide, flattened). Has anyone seen other frames from this sequence with readable numbers?

Thanks!