Source is full of heavy dynamic noise, which actually helps it a lot. This show is filled with heavy fx that would probably die if dithered as per usual (so a thin layer of static noise overlaid), so I'm glad they decided to add thick dynamic noise instead. Too bad some scenes are still noticeably starved, like the start of the chorus of OP1. Those particles are dead, Jim. They're dead. Every clip saw the exact same chain as part of an experiment I was playing around with. Filterchain includes adaptive denoising, with fairly strong denoising performed on brighter areas, and medium denoising performed on darker areas. This is followed by a weak dehalo to get rid of haloing. The lineart was also AA'd, and edgecleaner was used to get rid of dirty noise around the lineart. Finally, a fairly strong deband call helped deal with most of the banding denoising uncovered. A rather strong layer of static grain was added as the cherry on top. I'll also start including FLAC audio from now on. I usually hate doing it because a good AAC encode is typically good enough for your average viewer, but as I only release OP/EDs under this tag, and obviously they're entirely music-based, I decided to swap over. This should be beneficial for those that want to keep OPMan releases for long-term storage, as you can do with the audio as you please. Just don't come crying to me about filesize increases, it's only 18MB over like, 4 with qaac. :^))) Also wow, this season is so much better than S1 and S2. Too bad it still has a lot of ass moments that have detracted from the few hype times so far.