Kenichi Sonoda Original Sketch Auctions at Anime Expo

[JetJockey]

I didn't know if I should put this in the Riding Bean or Gunsmith Cats topic. So I just made one. I figured some here might be interested in winning one of these originals being auctioned at Anime-Link during Anime Expo. You can bid even if you aren't attending.

https://www.anime-link.com/shikishiauctions/

 

 

By any chance is anyone here going to Anime Expo? If so, pictures or videos of the Anime-Link booth or other cel dealers would be appreciated. I'm curious what key cels they might have for display. Thanks.

Edited July 5, 2018 by JetJockey

[JetJockey]

Online bidding today. Anime Expo afterwards. No one is attending the show?

Edited July 6, 2018 by JetJockey

[Vortech]

I used to go to AX every year, but now its mainly just teens cosplaying.  AX just isn't the same, there are way too many kids there now. 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Woo hoo, I actually won the Riding Bean sketch!  I didn't think I'd win because I never win at events like this.

[JetJockey]

3 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Woo hoo, I actually won the Riding Bean sketch!  I didn't think I'd win because I never win at events like this.

That's a good win.

 

Did you win it online or attend the convention? If you went did you take any pictures of the Anime-Link booth? What were the best / most expensive cels they had on display?

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

I couldn't stay long enough in the area for the convention, so I had to go with an online bid.  I really wanted to stick around especially for Go Nagai and Eisuke Ogura, but it wasn't in the cards this year.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Aww yiss, some K. Sonoda in da house.

[dizman]

It looks great, congrats!

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Thanks, diz. The local Hobby Lobby did a bang up job framing the sketch.  The frame guy seemed all too happy to work with something that wasn't a shot of still life or a family photo.  

[JetJockey]

You should put the car from the Kickstarter below the artwork.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

On 9/6/2018 at 6:01 PM, JetJockey said:

You should put the car from the Kickstarter below the artwork.

Yes, as soon as I can build it. That kit has a lot of clean up to be done to make it look nice. Maybe by the time I get to it, Bean will get his own Figma. A guy can dream, right?

[JetJockey]

5 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Yes, as soon as I can build it. That kit has a lot of clean up to be done to make it look nice. Maybe by the time I get to it, Bean will get his own Figma. A guy can dream, right?

I didn't know you had to build it. I saw images a while back and I thought they were getting it ready to go to a factory. With the time they took for a Bubblegum Crisis figma I wouldn't hold my breath for a Riding Bean one. Unless the new anime is really good.

[tekering]

14 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

That kit has a lot of clean up to be done to make it look nice. Maybe by the time I get to it, Bean will get his own Figma. A guy can dream, right?

A Figma wouldn't scale with that little model anyway.  That looks about 1:32 to me.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

1 hour ago, tekering said:

A Figma wouldn't scale with that little model anyway.  That looks about 1:32 to me.

I didn't mean I'd want for them to be in scale with each other, I'll be down for any decent action figure of Bean at this point.

[JetJockey]

You could put the items that aren't to scale on separate stands coming off the wall near the frame. I saw someone do that before with comic items in a gallery. They had action figures and small vehicles near either a poster or original comic art, I can't remember which.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

That would be neat, like a little shrine.  And then my wife would wonder why I haven't even put up any pics of our children...

[UN Spacy]

Congrats Mike!

 

That is a treasure.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

1 hour ago, UN Spacy said:

Congrats Mike!

 

That is a treasure.

Thanks! It ain't no Aramaki-signed Ride Armor, but it'll do .