It took many hours of processing, but my buddy & I upscaled the classic 80s anime Fist of the North Star to 2160p with the right settings. What has resulted is no doubt the best quality version that exists on Earth.Audio: Japanese, EnglishSubs: EnglishSize: 448.38gbWill bump this thread with comparison pictures.Enjoy!magnet:?xt=urn:btih:490a4426fd051f6e25f92192bf650d9c1a6f9bcc&dn=Fist%20of%20the%20North%20Star%20I%20%26%20II%20%5B152%20Episodes%5D%5BJAP%2BENGSub%2BENGDub%5D%5B2160p%5D
Had to reduce resolution to meet 4mb 4chan limit.
>>1314211Forgot to mention this contains all of both FOTS (109 episodes) and FOTS2 (43 episodes).
>>1314211448 gb for a single anime series that's been ruined by AI upscaling? Not on your life. Try again in ten years when the technology improves.
>>1314211You know that there is ALREADY an Anime thread here that this could have fit perfectly in, right?
Thank you, OP. And thank you for making this its own thread. Fuck that retarded VPN thread which is now in the garbchive where it belongs. Based af
>>1314218>RuinedNah. Improved. The settings used totally respects the original vision.
>>1314211From which source did you upscale it from? Also, please use https://slow.pics/ for image comparisons
>>1314211kill yourself>>1314407kill yourself>>1314213kill yourself>>1314214kill yourself>>1314217kill yourself
>>1314213>>1314214>>1314217all i see there is an argument against the upscaled version
Thanks, it's always fun to laugh at upscale fags
>>1314443>>1314454>>1314546So much seethe. Love it.
>>1314211OP you should post this on nyaa.si if you haven't already
do you plan to do it with a different show?
>>1314600true, stupid people always make me seethe
>>1314211>448.38gb
Original looks better in every conceivable way. God I hate AI upscale zoomer trannies (and I am a zoomer myself)Also there's already two anime threads on this board right now.This fucking board has gone to shit because of normalfags and reddit refugees over the past couple years.
>>1314815Preach, brother.> Single topic threads that would fit perfectly in another thread> AI upscales> Not even encoded properly> Not understanding at all the speed of the boardSad. Many such cases.
>>1314815What are you talking about? This upscale is BEAUTIFUL. Look at all the smooth lines and lack of grain. Not even an actual remaster could achieve that level of fidelity. We get all of these massive improvements and not even a third of the image looks distorted. Keep in mind this is just using the technology we currently have, meaning in the future (2 weeks) it will look even better.Now if only it were also interpolated to 60fps...
>>1314840I know you're trolling anon but goddamn reading that shit makes me want to put my fist through my monitor.
Looks like shit sorry. Should have consulted with people before you wasted all this time. Looks like someone went over and washed out all the grit and detail of the actual art itself
>>1314211Who would want this? It looks awful. And you didn't even use a high quality source. It looks like you used a fucking 240p source or some bullshit.
>>1314943Original looks nothing like 240p. It looks like standard def 480p or 480i but a very old DVD transfer. Probably that's the best home video release that exists with some very obscure anime.
>>1315016>very obscure
>>1315021I've never watched this one so idk.
>>1314211This is offensive.
>>1314211Looks like shit. Kys.
>>1314211your mother should have swallowed
>>1314211Thanks anon, this was one of my favorite anime back in the day, don't listen to the Naruto unwashed casuals in this thread
>>1315203>people are insulting the concept of ai upscaling>fag thinks they are insulting the anime itselfkek
>>1315286upscaling might be good for some early digital shows that dont look great but for older cel stuff like this its a travesty
>>1314211>448.38gb>0 (zero) seeders
>>1317615and that's a good thing
>>1314211why? just literally why?>>1315027>I haven't seen it, therefore no one else has heard of it>been around for 40 years>Japanese still pretending to punch, yell, scream and piss the same as Raoh>Opening still getting edits on youtube and other places>Literal well known and repeated meme older than this foolthere are always new people to forgive, but i forget there are always idiots too.
>>1315192but that....ah whatever, i laughed
>>1315203>Naruto unwashed casualsthe projection here...
>>1317657not OP, but it's the best show ever to come out of japan.well worth it, but the nigger OP has 0 (zero) seeders so how the fuck am I going to torrent this shit
>>1317743just get one of the original releases, from here for example https://nyaa.si/view/1273112this show was made using cel animation so AI or digital upscaling doesn't do it any favors, higher pixel count doesn't automatically make something better
>>1317749Thanks, I'm going to watch this show again for the nth time.I do it every summer.
>>1314211So what is the tech involved in upscaling? Which AI? Is it a paid service or do you run it locally? I do not give a fk about the series but I am interested in the tech. Thanks
>>1317764This looks like non tweaked topazAI, probably ran on OPs (faggot) PC
>>1317782thx anon
What about sound? Didn't discotek completely fuck up the sound on these or something
>>1317807discotek just used what's already been fucked by toeijust check any youtube video about the dragon ball audio. different show, but same exact problems
>>1314213That looks god-awful anon.
>>1314211You're right up there with Raze (a retard who uploads 60 and 144 fps versions of anime to Nyaa).>>1314213>>1314214You looked at this and said "yes this looks better"?
this might be the most autistic things I've ever seen on 4chan(nel). the gain from this upscaling was minimal, but I appreciate the effort if you wanted to learn how to dit.>>1317749this original release is of sufficiently high quality
>>1319445the gain might have been minimal (i.e. 0), but the loss was cataclysmic
>>1314214dude this is fucking awful.
who has a link to the originals, as God intended it to be watched?
>>1314211You made a perfectly watchable anime look like ass, great.https://nyaa.si/view/1273112
guys, please. you keep insulting the guy and i don't like all this negative energy we are having. let's try and say something nice to him. i'll startanon, you are really brave for creating and sharing this piece of garbage and don't let anyone say otherwise (about the second part)
>>1319827>https://nyaa.si/view/1273112Thank you!
