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July 23, 2010 » Samurai 7
Just wanted to let you all know that I finished work on my Samurai 7 release. I will not be posting any information on distribution here since it is a Funi series, but you are a resourceful bunch. You can find it if you want to.
Anyway, about the release. I’ve got both a 1080p copy and a 720p copy. Both include 640kbps 5.1 AC3 tracks for both Japanese and English audio, as well as English subtitles. I make no claims to final overall quality, especially of the video. I got fed up trying to fix all the problems with the source on disc, and so I’ve left a lot of issues in. There is significant banding in portions of the video, especially at fades. There are also some very strange coloration issues, most notably thick dark/light borders around lines. Not halos. Not even the cel-overlay artifacting you see in some older works like Akira. Just weird fucking coloring. I don’t even know. Anyway, I still strongly feel this is the best release available, so I would encourage you to grab a copy if you like the series.
June 25, 2010 » Gurren Lagann Parallel Works
Okay, quick little release for you guys. I decided to work on Gurren Lagann Parallel Works in the meantime while I’m plugging away at Samurai 7. It’s a series of what essentially amount to awesome music videos. 8 pieces, 32 minutes total. They feature music from or inspired by the original series, and each video is directed by one of the project’s staff members. They use the same character designs, but are essentially set in parallel universes, so what happens in the videos is not at all canon.
This release does not have any subs. There is no dialogue, but there is some text that remains untranslated. Why? I was lazy, had an R2 source, and didn’t feel like getting someone to translate them for me. If you really want to know what they little bits of text say, you can try and find someone’s translation elsewhere, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s really not necessary. Other than that, this release features stereo FLAC audio from the LPCM on the disc. It’s all music, so the FLAC is more than justified (and in my opinion it is always justified, so whatever). The video bitrate is pretty high as well, but hey, they’re high-action music videos. What would you expect?
Anyway, have fun grabbing it. Oh, and since I seem to have neglected to mention this, we do have a new bot, [NPC]Kino, provided by Faufnir. Not sure when GLPW will be on the bot though, so check in later or just grab it from the torrent.
January 23, 2010 » No More Bot
Unfortunately, our IRC bot is no more. OmegaPhil, who so graciously provided us with NP-Complete|Unsolved the past few months, got screwed over by his hosting and lost his server. It’s a pretty crappy deal all around. (This does mean we’re looking for another bot, so if you can provide one, I’d be interested.)