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An opening cel of Teppei trying to stay astride the original X.
Teppei looks intense. Nothing new here!
Father Fou-Fou, looking frilly as usual.
Metalface, before he got his, um, metal face.
Ugly guard from the Machine Empire.
Dramatic Ron displays his weapon of choice.
Karen and Metalface clash in a show of, um... arms.
Here's Metalface with his Metal Face!
Karen works at her computer, in front of an enormous map.
Holy double vision, Batman, it's the guard again!
A fearsome big mech unit, seen from beneath.
Gorgeous Quattro!

Metalface, before he got his, um, metal face.
Sequence: A6 end
Layers: 1
Sketch: 1 Matching
Background: None

Bt X (12)
Now that I think about it more carefully, perhaps the appealing thing about B't X is that it does deal with stereotypes so well. This guy, known as "Metalface," is another stereotype -- the big tough fighter-dude type. And he'll surprise you at the end, too. This is a flashback shot of him from before he had the Machine Empire enhance his face. The cel had no mouth layer, but the impression of those lines was quite clear on the matching sketch so I snagged a piece of acetate and drew one for myself, placing it very carefully where the sketch showed it should be. The absolute best thing about this cel was that it was totally unexpected; I had no idea there was a second cel included in the auction!

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