Restoring the hellhole that is the Evangelion Episode 16

[ognirats]

Thread's also on VideoHelp: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/405747-Restoring-the-hellhole-that-is-the-Evangelion-Episode-16#post2656647

Evangelion is an anime from 1996 and over the years it has received 2 or 3 telecines, with one of them being the one made for broadcasting back in 96 and the other one for the streaming services and bluray release in 2015. I believe there was also one done in 2003, anyway,

between 1996 and 2003 the original 16mm negative for the episode 16 had been lost, possibly stolen, so for the bluray restoration a 35mm print had been used, which looked terrible since the black levels were really messed up and stuff (that might have also been a fault of theirs). The best looking version rn in terms of shadow detail is from "Archives of Evangelion", and that one also looks like junk.

Now is there any way to fix some of many problems present in this video, such as the odd frame blending, uneven telecining and haloing?


https://forum.videohelp.com/attachments/64824-1652705941/Capture.PNG

https://forum.videohelp.com/attachments/64825-1652705949/halo2.PNG


Video: https://forum.videohelp.com/attachments/64823-1652705901/clip.MPG

[real.finder]

Thread's also on VideoHelp: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/405747-Restoring-the-hellhole-that-is-the-Evangelion-Episode-16#post2656647

also https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174145

[lansing]

Try AI upscale, they should be really good to give good sharp lines with halo

[Dogway]

Wanted to give AI a try, came up with this, not sure if it would make sense in movement, would need to be passed through an edge mask though:
https://i.imgur.com/mMN5GSc.png