I am uploading this partial BD release because I am a noob. I have never done a BD release before, or really any release. Therefore, I am releasing only episode 1 in the hopes that someone will let me know if I am doing something terribly wrong. If you think I made a poor decision in rendering the audio or video, or with the subtitles, feel free to say so. If you are interested in helping a noob out, please read the wall of text below. Video comes from \[philosophy-raws\]. The video was scaled down from the 1080p raw and is 10-bit 720p\*. The file size is relatively small\*\*. The audio is ~256kbps AAC\*\*\*. Subtitles come from WhyNot and Commie. I do not know what the etiquette is when using other groups' subs. Maybe it is frowned upon to use other groups' work at all; please tell me if this is the case. WhyNot typesetting was used for the main episode, and Commie typesetting was used for the OP/ED. The WhyNot script was used unless the Commie script a) made more sense in context or b) flowed better. I believe both groups used Funimation as a base. Neither group used honorifics; I added honorifics when they conveyed information that did not really have an appropriate English equivalent. For example: I kept the translation of "Koizumi-sensei" to "Mr. Koizumi." But Commie/WhyNot used the English line "This is an order from your elder" when "senpai" was used in the Japanese audio. I changed the translation to spell out "senpai" in English since "senpai" has certain connotations that would be otherwise be lost. \*The command used the do the downscaling in ffmpeg was "ffmpeg -i 1.mp4 -vf scale=1280:-1 -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 15 -tune animation -profile:v high10 -level 5.0 output.mp4" I think that I will raise the CRF to 17 or so. \*\*This series is not Monogatari, with its vector graphics and clean looking art. There is no film grain as far as I can tell. The source material does not do a good job of eliminating banding when it uses post-production effects with gradients. These considerations point towards lower file sizes being appropriate. People who want perfect video will probably download a 1080p release anyway. \*\*\*I hate the fact that you normally have to choose between 128kbps trash audio and >200MB FLAC files when choosing a release. There should be a middle ground. I will not be releasing each episode as I finish them; the next release will be a full release.