Kanzenshuu

After watching some kai, I think the big take away for me is the not FUNi's DNR but the fact they don't habe ''decent'' masters. Even namek suffers from crush in the namek ark. Earth colors (green and browns seem to have deep contrast to them). After watching Akira, Kai does look a lot like that re...

After watching some kai, I think the big take away for me is the not FUNi's DNR but the fact they don't habe ''decent'' masters. Even namek suffers from crush in the namek ark. Earth colors (green and browns seem to have deep contrast to them). After watching Akira, Kai does look a lot like that re...

I am aware of the step by step process, and I understand what you are saying here. Did you see the FUNimation blog post last year regarding the 30th? They showed their 16mm film scans for episode 1, and specifically damage in the lower right hand corner. It actually showed them cropping it tighter ...

I just want to make sure I am reading this correctly. You are saying that the Level Set restoration was completely done and is saved on FUNi’s hard drive? And so your theory is that FUNi took the Level Set files and ran them through the DVNR, sharpening, etc. to change the “look.” Because they thou...

Despite how they try to talk up the Season Sets in their video, FUNi knows the Level Sets are the superior restoration. DNR is a cheap and easy way to do the lion’s share of cleanup. No, you are wrong about this. DNR means "digital noise reduction". It reduces noise, not tape marks/scratc...

The entire series was color corrected by Steve Franko, which was the basis for the Level Sets, the Season Sets, and the 30th. The restoration for the Level Sets is considerably more work, which is why they were so much more expensive. They were $25 for about 15 episodes? Something like that. I reme...

This is the kind of thing I’m talking about. This screen grab is a peculiar example out of the entire 9 seasons of where the picture is unusually less focused. It is probably not due to the DNR that is used throughout, but who knows. Here are shots without any focus issues: https://www.funimation.c...

The lines looked smeared even without zooming in: https://animeblurayuk.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/dragon_ball_z_30th_season4_screenshot1.jpg The smeary lines coupled with the unnaturally sharp edges everywhere just makes for an unpleasant look. Whether or not it looks like the original broadcast ...

So if the best positive you can squeeze out of this is that a 1080p looks better at a lower resolution...that's not really much a positive at all. It SHOULD look better downscaled. They're not making these sets for the few people who still have standard def. If it looks like ass in the format it wa...

I know what you were trying to say, and again - no, they don't. Like I said, I had a CRTV until 2016. Unless whatever CRTV you watched it on had the sharpness turned all the way up, the Dragon Box never ONCE looked like the 30th set on my old TV. That's just straight up incorrect. A CRTV with prope...

I'm all for making things positive, but what you said made absolutely no sense. The whole premise is that DVNR w/ sharpener is how it looked like on CRT TV and um...HOW did you come to this conclusion? CRTVs aren't that freaking ancient. My poor ass was still using standard definition TVs until 201...

Dude, that's some of the most advanced mental gymnastics I've seen yet in regards to FUNi's remasters. Good job! :thumbup: It’s just seeing things in a positive light. The other extreme perspective is that the 30th is unwatchable garbage, which has been thoroughly expounded already. It’s good to lo...

Lightningexpose: What is your opinion of what an ideal HD home video presentation of DBZ should be? How do you think it should be scanned, restored, and processed... to go from looking like a jacked up grindhouse film to a pristine HD anime? Sorry to put you on the spot, but I would like to hear yo...

Using more DNR takes these away but also the natural film grain, making it look less like a film restoration... and less like the level sets. The DNR w/sharpener makes it look more like it was seen originally, on a standard definition CRT TV, bright colors and bold lines. Which is the controversy. ...

>Comparing a compressed to shit film shot on low lighting conditions which is the worst case scenario for film to a bright studio zoomed shot Are you even trying at this point? And yeah i know how films and scanning resolutions work. Uhh...well since your eyes appear to not be capable of telling yo...

Yeah there are some very dodgy parts around the cell saga with focus being really weird. Not sure if thats a transfer issue or their automated dnr pic related: https://animeblurayuk.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/dragon_ball_z_30th_season4_screenshot1.jpg Hmmm... is this a worst case example? It still...

I haven't seen the intro but I'd bet anything it's the same intro they used for the Level Sets, which was sourced from Movie 1 (and then later had Movie 2 parts spliced in). As far as the footage goes, people mentioned that the 30th sets had weird out of focus parts at the exact same points they we...

I did see the part about “smearing tool to remove the grain” and “sharpening tool.” Do you have an official, or reliable l source for this information? I’m not saying it’s not true, it just doesn’t make any sense to me, and I am wondering if it just hearsay. I have also heard that a “fake grain” la...

Thanks, I'll read your essay tomorrow but just from seeing you actually thought Kai was based on manga colours I'm tempted to assume everything else you think is waaaaaaaay off the mark too and so I just shouldn't read lol. I dunno, I'll see. I said I thought Kai used the manga colors because that'...

The reason for pan and scan VHS and DVDs is because people were watching on SD sets that were on average a lot smaller than the modern HD set. You try and watch a movie that has a 2.35:1 aspect ratio on a 13” SD 4:3 TV and you will see why. FUNimation thought they were doing good on the BD Season se...