*** . This upload is a proof of concept idea for Kai's video and nothing more. . *** . Sources: Video (4:3) - USA BD Video (16 9) - German BD Audio (JPN) - USA BD Subs (ENG) - USA BD (OCRed + modified) . *** . Alright this requires some backstory to explain what this actually is. Dragon Ball Kai is a 2009 remaster of "Dragon Ball Z" and has two AR releases. 16 9 (cropped) and 4:3 (uncropped). These can actually be overlayed to create a larger frame pretty flawlessly if you have the patience and boredom required to do it. What I did in this episode is I took the 16:9 German BD and reframed it underneath the 4:3 US BD to extend the frame on the left and right hand side of the screen. The overall increase in viewable footage is actually only around 5.6% but it's pretty cool imo with the increase in AR from 4:3 to 4.28:3. . 4:3 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640200745194618905/707274541306609754/unknown.png 4:3 + 16:9 reframed https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640200745194618905/707274604577816656/unknown.png . *** . The reason I chose to fast forward all the way to ep 35 is because eps 35-38 are based on 35mm film scans and look sharp as fuck compared to Q-Tecs 16mm film scans (not that 16mm film is blurry, look at Level Sets to see how ungodly sharp it can look) but I prefer to show this concept in the best light possible. Meanwhile doing this I discovered something pretty cool, the re-drawn shots for Kai were actually animated for the entire raw film scan and not just the visible portion of the screen. . https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481891099711897602/707635486981619803/unknown.png . *** . This most likely won't ever end up as an actual release done by anyone or any group due to the amount of effort it takes. The shots where the 16:9 pan-and-scan shots are infuriatingly annoying to reframe due to it requiring frame-by-frame work. I'll be more up to doing this for more individual episodes if I can figure out how to do content-aware fill on the corners quickly and automatically instead of manually like in this example below. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640200745194618905/707274687532630026/unknown.png. . What the concept above would look like in practice would look like this: 4:3 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640200745194618905/707281362167791646/unknown.png 4.28:3 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/640200745194618905/707281396535787560/unknown.png . This would have a 7% increase in viewable footage meanwhile also making the pitch-black corners less noticeable. This method isn't perfect but it's a decent fix imo. . *** . I'm looking for R2J Shippuden DVDs. If you have them please feel free to send me a DM on discord and hopefully we can work something out. Discord ID: Scoped#9782 Discord server: discord.gg/QVyuJw4 . ***