[2D4U] Neon Genesis Evangelion BD - Disc 3 (13-18)

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2015-10-03 13:14 UTC
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11.6 GiB
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7e8644b53fbf37c20587393379fec9425de48a17
There's only one that needs to be addressed here, and that is episode 16: First off, it could probably be \*much\* smaller, given that's only been encoded in 720p, but I threw on a pretty generous layer of grain on it to cover up some of the splotchiness of the video, so it increased the bitrate a good deal. With that out of the way, I'll explain the situation of episode 16 for those who don't know. Back in 2003, when the Renewal boxset came out, it was revealed in the DVD booklets that episode 16's negative was lost, and the only copy they had left was a 35mm blow up interpositive that existed for god know's what reason. They used this IP copy to make the 1080i scan seen in the Renewal discs, which of course, was ultimately downscaled to 480i. We know from Renewal's documentation that the series was scanned in at 1080i, so there's little reason to believe this episode doesn't exist in that form. Fast forward to 2015, and the BD Boxset announced that not only would episode 16 continue to derive from that same IP source, but that it would actually be an \*upscale\* of the Renewal's 480i version. In other words, rather than going back to the 1080i HDCAM scan (or even better, the 35mm IP), they performed a lousy upscale of the DVD version. It has \*huge\* halos on the edges, but otherwise looks about the same as the 2003 copy. What's sad is that Sephirotic, who is also doing an Eva release, discovered that the broadcast version available on the archive DVD box actually has better colors in a number of shots, with greater shadow detail that was crushed in the Renewal version. This version honestly isn't much better than the DVD rip, but I tried my best to get rid of the edge enhancement. Unfortunately, it looks even worse in comparison to the other episodes, now that they're in HD, whereas it _sorta_ blended in with the other episodes in the DVD release. It is what it is, and there's nothing we can really do about it.

File list

  • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD 13-18
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_13[1080p_DualAudio](41ACC671).mkv (1.8 GiB)
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_14[1080p_DualAudio](A9BAA1D9).mkv (2.1 GiB)
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_15[1080p_DualAudio](E01D4CAB).mkv (2.0 GiB)
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_16[720p_DualAudio](B4634CDA).mkv (1.3 GiB)
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_17[1080p_DualAudio](D09AB5E0).mkv (1.9 GiB)
    • [2D4U]Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_BD_18[1080p_DualAudio](0E0D5474).mkv (2.4 GiB)