ANIMATION ART
Animation Art
Enter the world of beautifully crafted, hand-drawn animation cels from the original 1985 ThunderCats and 1986 SilverHawks. One of the things that set Rankin/Bass productions apart from their 1980s peers was the quality of the Japanese-animated cels. Discover original artwork from collectors around the world, production material, and find out how to start your own collection.
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Community Showcase ThunderCats and SilverHawks cels, painted backgrounds, pencils and concept art from collectors around the world. -
Production Materials Animator's guide sheets, storyboards, the pilot script and other rare production-side material. -
About Collecting Cel, pencil, layout, background, a primer on the terminology, the market, and how to spot fakes.
Community Showcase 90
A community gallery of original ThunderCats and SilverHawks artwork from collectors around the world, plus auction-archive pieces from Heritage Auctions with sale prices. Cels, painted backgrounds, pencils, and concept pieces. Every piece is credited and links back to its source. If you are a rights holder and want a piece removed, contact us.
- Ancient Mumm-Ra Closeup
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Bengali, Lynx-O & Pumyra -
Cats vs. Mutants -
Cheetara -
Cheetara -
Cheetara & Young Lion-O -
Cheetara Error Coverup -
Cheetara Thelepathy Beam -
Cosmocats / ThunderCats Production Cel Setup (2DGalleries) -
Cosmocats / ThunderCats Production Cel Setup (2DGalleries) -
Cosmocats / ThunderCats Production Cel Setup (2DGalleries) -
Cosmocats / ThunderCats Production Cel Setup (2DGalleries) -
Cosmocats / ThunderCats Production Cel Setup (2DGalleries) -
Group Laughing -
Group Shot Episode End -
Hachiman -
Inside Thundertank -
Jaga -
Jaga and Malcar -
Jaga Ghost Warrior -
Lion-O -
Lion-O and Sword -
Lion-O and the Thunderkittens -
Lion-O and Willa -
Lion-O Error -
Lion-O fights Vultureman - Lion-O in Cheetara's Closet
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Malcar -
Melodia -
Mo-Lec-U-Lar -
Mumm-Ra in Kittens Room -
Mumm-Ra Walking Fast -
Panthro Grinning -
Panthro Unloads -
Pumyra -
Pumyra -
Pumyra & Bengali -
Pumyra & Cruncher -
Shadowmaster & Mumm-Ra -
SilverHawks -
SilverHawks Animation Cel Setup: Full Team Opening Credits -
$180.00 SilverHawks Copper Kidd Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, 1986)
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$552.00 SilverHawks Promotional Poster Sketch (Rankin/Bass, 1986)
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Snarf -
Steelheart -
Steelheart -
Steelheart -
Steelwill -
Tank in front of the Lair -
ThunderCats -
ThunderCats Animation Cel Setup: Panthro and the ThunderKittens in Cat's Lair -
$480.00 ThunderCats Cheetara and Tygra Production Cel (Rankin/Bass)
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$360.00 ThunderCats Cheetara and WilyKit Production Cels Group of 2
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$600.00 ThunderCats Cheetara Production Cel (Rankin-Bass/Topcraft/Pacific
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$456.00 ThunderCats Cheetara Production Cel with Custom-Painted Background
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$720.00 ThunderCats Exodus First Episode Lion-O and Snarf Production Cel
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$1,320.00 Thundercats Exodus Young Lion-O and Snarf Production Cel
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$336.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$1,140.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$552.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$660.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin-Bass/Topcraft, c
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$1,920.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin-Bass/Topcraft, c
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$576.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel (Rankin/Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$1,000.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel A11, Matching Background
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$1,251.25 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel A25/A28, Printed Background
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$375.00 ThunderCats Lion-O Production Cel B4/A1, Printed Background
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$384.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$312.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$432.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$1,560.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel (Rankin-Bass, c. 1985-89)
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$288.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel (Rankin-Bass/Topcraft/Pacific)
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$575.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel A14, Printed Background
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$300.00 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel A16, Printed Background
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$387.50 ThunderCats Mumm-Ra Production Cel A4, Printed Background
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$10,200.00 ThunderCats Panthro, Tygra, Cheetara, WilyKit, and WilyKat Pan
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$840.00 ThunderCats Panthro, WilyKit, and WilyKat Production Cel with
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$408.00 ThunderCats The Garden of Delights Tygra Production Cel with Drawing
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$504.00 ThunderCats Tygra Production Cel and Production Background
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$552.00 ThunderCats WilyKit, WiliKat, and Cheetara with Tygra and Panthro on Thunder Tank
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Tygra -
Tygra -
Tygra and Cheetara Running -
Tygra Dreamy Headshot -
Tygra Forest Shot -
Tygra Opening Sequence -
Tygra Sunset Headshot -
Tygra Whipping -
Willa -
WilyKat & WilyKit -
Young Lion-O & Snarf
Images are reproduced for non-commercial archival and educational purposes with attribution. If you are the rights holder and want a piece removed, email hello@thundercats.org.
Production Materials 6
Material from the production side of the show, animator's guide sheets, concept art, storyboards and the original pilot script.
