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5 original hand-painted production backgrounds comprising:
1) "Coffee pot house", original production pan cel with a book (C132 Book) on an original hand-painted production pan background (PAN C132 + Book ROW)
2) "Sarada Residence", original production cel with a book (C74 Book) on an original hand-painted production background (C74 ROW)
3) "Soramame barber shop", original hand-painted production pan background (233)
4) "Norimaki Residence", original hand-painted production pan background (G3)
5) "Penguin Village Junior High School", original hand-painted production pan background (1)
10 x 141⁄8 in. (25.4 x 36 cm.) each approx.
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“Book” refers to a background artwork or foreground background element placed in front of the characters during anime production. Traditionally painted as a separate layer, it could be positioned between the camera and the character cels to create depth, framing, or other visual effects. In traditional cel animation, these elements were often created as painted cutouts or “kakiwari” (書き割り) and photographed together with the other layers of the scene.

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