Thank you for downloading our encode! This anime is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike anime featured in previous [Kekkan] releases. It features a dashing and captivating protagonist, and the character dynamics are very different. But this should be a rather fun and lighthearted story. As usual, we spent a lot of effort into filtering, and we also carefully restyled the subtitles. Hope you'll enjoy it! --- *Utsukushii Kunon-sama.*  ### Filtering and Encoding This is a high effort filtering and encoding for *Majutsushi Kunon wa Mieteiru*. The artstyle of this anime is easier to encode. Despite the filesize, the quality should have been good. **slow.pics compare:** [https://slow.pics/c/vXk3NUZh](https://slow.pics/c/vXk3NUZh) This anime has quite heavy halo, but other than that, it's quite nice. As a start, we merge the OPs of all episodes using `vsdenoise.frequency_merge`. And then we use `vsdenoise.mc_degrain` and `vsdenoise.wnnm` to denoise, and then we use `vsdenoise.DFTTest` guided `dctf.DCTFilter` to reduce the checkerboard dithering in the source. We build a custom aa mask, and use `vsaa.based_aa` for a light aa. And then we perform the main dehalo. We use `vsdehalo.dehalo_alpha` to dehalo, protected by a mask built with two layers of `vsdehalo.fine_dehalo.mask` and a character mask built with the `character-segmentation` model of `vsmlrt`, and then we apply the `vsrgtools.bilateral` based protection from sgt. After that, we apply a light `vsdeband.placebo_deband` using `vsdeband.pfdeband`, and that concludes all of the filtering. In encoding, we use the latest version of 5fish/SVT-AV1-PSY. These are the full encoding parameters: `--preset 2 --crf 28.00 --tune 0 --scm 0 --noise-level-thr 23000 --chroma-qmc-bias 2 --balancing-q-bias 1 --balancing-luminance-q-bias 20.0 --enable-variance-boost 0 --qm-min 8 --chroma-qm-min 12 --noise-norm-strength 0 --ac-bias 1.0 --variance-md-bias 1 --complex-hvs -1 --dlf-bias 1 --dlf-sharpness 7`. Specifically lineartwise, we use typical `--ac-bias 1.0 --variance-md-bias 1`, and also `--noise-norm-strength 0 --dlf-sharpness 7` which are parameters suitable for clean source. `--balancing-luminance-q-bias 20.0` sounds quite aggressive, but thanks to discovery from Itachi Uchiha, we now think it is indeed good at retaining the dark and weak linearts in character's hair. Thanks to all the people creating the tools, plugins and vsfunc's that make this possible, and thanks to everyone in the community for teaching me, pointing out issues, and giving me advice. If you're interested in AV1 encoding for anime, you are welcome to join AV1 weeb edition at [https://discord.gg/83dRFDFDp7](https://discord.gg/83dRFDFDp7). You are welcome to do anything with this encode, including remuxing and republishing it. However, we would ask you to leave a credit to Kekkan if you can. ### MediaInfo | Track | Language | Source | Codec | Remark | | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | | **Video** | Japanese | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | AV1 | Filtered and Reencoded | | **Audio** | Japanese | Erai-raws CR | AAC | Untouched | | **Subtitle** | English | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | ASS | Restyled | | **Subtitle** | Portuguese (Brazil) | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Spanish (Latin America) | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Spanish | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Arabic | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | French | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | German | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Italian | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Russian | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Indonesian | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Malay | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Vietnamese | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Thai | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Chinese (Simplified) | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Chinese (Traditional) | Kekkan / Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | We recommend using MPV to playback our releases. Thank you for seeding after download.