This is a really gorgeous close-up of Tadami... and there's just so much detail in her hair.

From early in the episode, right after her tearful reunion with Kouran - Kutani has just asked her where Himiko is, and she's trying to use Bokka-sama's power to find her.

One of two cels I've seen of Kutani so far. He's voiced by Seki Tomokazu, so I have to like him. ^^;

I appear to be destined to do his costume at an anime convention of these years, too.

I really love the blued-out lighting effect they make use of in this series, and here's a good example of it. Despite the washing-out of the other colors, the characters keep their details, and don't lose the color gradients.

The two are in the background, behind Himiko, as everyone amazes over Kutani controlling Bokka-sama's power.

I'm positive that this is Kira now, at least, since I've seen closeups of her in episode 10. But I haven't seen this exact shot, since her closeups are either slightly from the side, or with wrinkled eyebrows. It's possible that my baka DVD player (it's a Sony, mind you), doesn't do cel-length single frame jumps which would allow me to see it. I wonder if it's also possible they didn't use this cel in the final product?

This is from the sequence where Kutani is learning to control Bokka-sama's power. It looks like there should be a correction layer for it, though, since the animation lacks the big white space between her legs

From the sequence where Bokka-sama's power purifies her father.

This cel is of Tadami jumping out of the airplane that she and Kouran bought as their "ultimate weapon," right after Shikara knocks off one of its wings.

I *really* wish that she wasn't the easiest queen candidate to find cels of...

This is when Seika tells Enki that he can inform her about her father at a later time, right before the group heads out into battle.

When I saw this cel, I nearly had a fit. It's the first and only cel of Fujina I've ever seen, and she's my favorite character. One of my friends is incredibly jealous of me for owning this cel, because she really likes Fujina too.

Fujina is saluting Heihachiro to the afterlife, and telling him to wait for her with a bottle of sake.

Or "Miss Peacock" as I called her before I figured out her name. Unfortunately, she's lacking her plumage in this cel... but it's still rather nice.

This is when she and Kira are talking on the balcony, her reaction to the explosions. Most of this cel should covered by a profile shot of Kira that should be on top of it. 

Imari cels are very rare (outside of Yann's personal gallery, anyway), so I jumped on this one when I saw it. I knew exactly where it was from, so that was a big plus, too. ^^;

Imari is watching Kutani "free climb" up the wall of the palace as they escape. 

As you can see in the larger image, this cel was painted on the acetate upside down, so that the registration holes are at the bottom of the image. Does anyone by any chance know what the significance of that is?

This is from just a bit before the Seika cel above where she was turned to the other side, but is when she's turning to face him after he says he needs to tell her about her father, before they put Kiyomizu on screen for .5 seconds.

I will again lament the fact that Seika is the easiest of the queen candidates to find cels of. Why do I lament it? She's definitely not my favorite of the six.

Seika is trying to stop the power of Bokka-sama from purifying her father of his affliction. 

Nepotism at it's absolute worst... and the fact that I've heard him called "Tomo" (as in the Seiryuu seishi from Fushigi Yuugi) just makes my skin crawl.

This cel is from episode 10, right after Chosa's flashback to the battle in the valley where he saw Kutani.

Okay, I *swear* this is going to be the last cel of Seika I buy. But at 50% off the marked price, I could hardly pass up a cel this nice, even if I really don't like her as a character.

This is Seika's reaction shot to being reunited with her father in the hallways on the way to the Fountain of Darkness.

Admittedly, I got this cel more for Kyou than for Himiko, but it's such a cute image of the two of them.

This is when Himiko and Enki are using Bokka-sama's power to heal the not-charred Kutani.

I first saw this cel on Yahoo! Japan Auctions months before I signed up for a deputy... and was terribly surprised to see it again when I signed up for the Anime Chaos deputy service. So I bid, and won. The cel is 3 layers plus the background, and looks a lot nicer in person than it does scanned.

Shino is riding the cart into Tofuku Castle - this is right before she makes the guards blush incredibly. ^^;;