Attention: Watching on mpv is highly recommended for correct cropping and aspect ratio.

v1 -> v2 patch

If you don’t like combing or subtitle scenebleeds you might want to give [hydes] a try.

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Video:

I followed this guide on DVD remuxing. I used a SAR of 2560:2133. The cropping command used was:
mkvpropedit "champloo 01.mkv" --edit track:v1 --set display-unit=3 --set display-width=1280 --set display-height=711 --set pixel-crop-left=5 --set pixel-crop-right=4
with --set pixel-crop-top=2 added for episodes 9, 21-26.

Subtitles:

For the hydes subs, I retimed a bunch of signs, adjusted the position of a couple, and removed one in ep 20.
I also snapped dialogue to keyframes to the best of my abilities. Don’t expect any of the timing to be perfect.
Finally, I resampled the resolution from 1920x1080 to 720x480 with manual margins 13 left, 11 right (and 5 top for some) to properly match the video.
The “No Karaoke” track has no subtitles for english songs and only the english translation for japanese songs.

Playback:

This DVD is a “mixed scan” (partially progressive, partially telecined), and as a result, there is noticeable combing throughout the release.
In order to fix this we need to convert to CFR before IVTCing as normal, which can be done with this mpv keybind:
Alt+D vf toggle dejudder;vf toggle fps=30000/1001;vf toggle fieldmatch=cthresh=12;vf toggle bwdif=mode=0:deint=interlaced;vf toggle decimate
Alternatively, you can use deinterlace=auto, which will get rid of more combing but lead to worse image quality.
Due to the nature of this release, you will probably see some combing no matter what.

On mpv, blend-subtitles=yes or blend-subtitles=video is necessary for correct subtitle playback. Otherwise, they will appear stretched.

v2 changes:
properly resampled subtitle resolution

Please leave any feedback below. Enjoy!
This release is licensed under the Motbob GEP License.