
(Note: only contains S1. I'll do the other NCs in the future and label it accordingly)
For the first time in a long time, I'm finally working on a show where custom masking isn't necessary but goes a long way, and I'm actually applying it willingly because I love the OP so much! Such things don't come frequently, but you can imagine I must love OP2 a whole lot if I'm willing to subject myself to that of my own volition.
The filter chain is fairly standard for OP1 and ED1. Descale, re-upscale, deband, grain. Simple as that. I opted to re-upscale this show because the lineart is nice and sharp, so despite it being native 720p, FSRCNNX can do a pretty good job with it.
OP2 was re-scaled, slightly denoised (scene filtered), and saw a bunch of different debanding strengths. As mentioned before as well, it was custom masked. In total, I created 45 custom masks to help apply debanding on areas that could really use stronger debanding, but where applying said debanding nilly-willy would destroy the background detail far too much. It was then grained, with slightly stronger graining applied to the cuts with the slasher.
ED2 was descaled, AA'd (with sraa), re-scaled, motion interpolation applied (through QTGMC), and then debanded and grained as per usual. Even those more drastic measures couldn't fix the awful shimmering though, so you're gonna have to live with it.
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