This release is sourced from the official Russian DVDs for the most part, after descaling to the original resolution they look basically identical to the Japanese DVDs with the advantage of having less compression artifacts overall (the JP DVDs unfortunately have some added grain that didn't compress well), I spliced in the Japanese footage whenever there's a 30fps scene and I also spliced in either the Japanese or the Italian DVDs when there were scenes that didn't compress well in the Russian DVDs. For the scenes with heavy grain such as in episodes 1 and 3, I used an overlay of all the sources I have (R1 US, R2J, R3 RU, R2 IT) in order to combat the heavy compression artifacts that every DVD had. The Opening and Ending sequences were sourced from the Blu-Rays since those were re-rendered in HD for the remaster. [Here are some comparisons with VCB's and Okay-Sub's releases.](https://slow.pics/c/gdPh9ckr) The English subtitles are from Hitsuji/A.F.K’s. For the ‘Songs & Signs’ track I’m using their stylings, but I’m consulting with the English DVDs in order have consistency with the dub (For example, using “Computer Club” rather than “Computer Research Society”, and “Brigade Leader” rather than “Chief”). ``` Video Format: H264 10bit CRF=13.5 Video Attributes: 576p 23.976 (VFR in some Episodes) English Audio: AAC Stereo French Audio: AC3 Stereo Japanese Audio: AAC Stereo English Subtitles: Sub Station Alpha (Hitsuji/A.F.K) French Subtitles: Vobsub (Official subs from Kazé) ```