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Just a notice that all Blu-Rays of the 95 GITS are completely and hopelessly mangled (cropped, blurred and black crushed). The only "good" version is an old HDT

Just a notice that all Blu-Rays of the 95 GITS are completely and hopelessly mangled (cropped, blurred and black crushed). The only "good" version is an old HDTV rip that was hand-remastered by Judgment; but with heavy smoothing in the process, a film grain shader to mask this is recommended. BD: http://comp.judging.it/content/Koukaku%20Kidoutai/1080p-3/BD/02210-bd.png http://comp.judging.it/content/Koukaku%20Kidoutai/1080p-3/BD... HDTV: http://comp.judging.it/content/Koukaku%20Kidoutai/1080p-3/Judgment%20v2/%5bJudgment%5d%20Ghost%20in%20the%20Shell%20%5b1CE4C716%5d%2002210.png http://comp.judging.it/content/Koukaku%20Kidoutai/1080p-3/Ju...

SuperNinKenDo 2y ago
That's beyond heartbreaking. Everything is somehow getting worse but I'd held out hope that something universally considered a masterpiece might get better treatment. Do you know if a better release exists in Japan?
- BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
  My wooden peg leg and the parrot on my experienced and still active privateer shoulder tell me no.
  - cjk2 2y ago
    That is the way. Arrr.
    - ethbr1 2y ago
      Anime piracy and subtitles, even with globalization, is on a different level. Especially with the detail and effort that goes into some fansubs.
      - cjk2 2y ago
        Yeah exactly that. I had a crunchy roll subscription but shitcanned it in the end because the quality of the releases is an order of magnitude better from the pirates.
- Apocryphon 2y ago
  Eh, we lost the original moon tapes and George Lucas suppressed the theatrical Star Wars cut. Very common even in the modern era for this sort of thing to happen.
  - nicolas_t 2y ago
    At least for the theatrical Star Wars cut there's an excellent fan restoration 4k77 based on a 35mm IB technicolor film scan. The amount of work fans do to restore work they care about more than the corporate owners is always both amazing and heartwarming.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
  If you want another known bad case: https://sephirotic.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/neon-genesis-evangelion-an-article-about-color-correction-the-hideous-renewals-episode-19/ https://sephirotic.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/neon-genesis-eva...
philip-b 2y ago
Where do I get this HDTV rip?
- ykonstant 2y ago
  nyaa, most easily
hapticmonkey 2y ago
The 4K Bluray copy I have seems to be an improvement over both? Note: This is the HDR screenshot so colours look wrong unless tonemapped to a SDR display. https://i.imgur.com/PFVzuYi.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/PFVzuYi.jpeg
- BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
  Still some cropping and way too much DNR, but not as bad as the 1080p BDs indeed. Some people recommend it over the HDTV source (which was a bitstarved WMV3 encode) for its better handling of action sequences (i.e. without horrible macroblocking).
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SuperNinKenDo 2y ago

That's beyond heartbreaking. Everything is somehow getting worse but I'd held out hope that something universally considered a masterpiece might get better treatment. Do you know if a better release exists in Japan?

BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
My wooden peg leg and the parrot on my experienced and still active privateer shoulder tell me no.
- cjk2 2y ago
  That is the way. Arrr.
  - ethbr1 2y ago
    Anime piracy and subtitles, even with globalization, is on a different level. Especially with the detail and effort that goes into some fansubs.
    - cjk2 2y ago
      Yeah exactly that. I had a crunchy roll subscription but shitcanned it in the end because the quality of the releases is an order of magnitude better from the pirates.
Apocryphon 2y ago
Eh, we lost the original moon tapes and George Lucas suppressed the theatrical Star Wars cut. Very common even in the modern era for this sort of thing to happen.
- nicolas_t 2y ago
  At least for the theatrical Star Wars cut there's an excellent fan restoration 4k77 based on a 35mm IB technicolor film scan. The amount of work fans do to restore work they care about more than the corporate owners is always both amazing and heartwarming.
BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
If you want another known bad case: https://sephirotic.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/neon-genesis-evangelion-an-article-about-color-correction-the-hideous-renewals-episode-19/ https://sephirotic.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/neon-genesis-eva...

philip-b 2y ago

Where do I get this HDTV rip?

ykonstant 2y ago
nyaa, most easily

hapticmonkey 2y ago

The 4K Bluray copy I have seems to be an improvement over both? Note: This is the HDR screenshot so colours look wrong unless tonemapped to a SDR display. https://i.imgur.com/PFVzuYi.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/PFVzuYi.jpeg

BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
Still some cropping and way too much DNR, but not as bad as the 1080p BDs indeed. Some people recommend it over the HDTV source (which was a bitstarved WMV3 encode) for its better handling of action sequences (i.e. without horrible macroblocking).

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