Daicon III and IV:

>>122817720
Someone went through the work of remastering it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0ORNXEg7Q

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>>122817720
>LaserDisc

Seen a transcript of the ebay sale of one of the discs. The starting bid was $600 and ended like $1200+

It's a serious grail item for anime collectors

>>122818249
I saw this on nico a few days ago, and I genuinely believe this is the peak of gachimuchi. It will never top this.

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>>122818249
>Dancon

Those were some scary flying... swords.

>>122818314
The sad part is that it was not even that noticed on Niconico.

People only pay attention to the yearly collabs and Cookie☆ these days.

>>122818262

Heard something like only 1000 was made. Obviously a bunch of those are long since lost or destroyed making them even more rare.

>>122818249

Why in the hell did I watch all of that?

>>122818407
No way. I completely lost it at the Itano Circus

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>>122817720
Thanks anon, the version that was available on bakabt is pretty shit.

>>122818407
That makes me genuinely upset, because gachi has taken a real fucking nosedive in quality.

Fucking shit taste Japs.

>>122817720
>>122817720

Thanks anon.
Isn't she's the inspiration for the spots in Densha Otoko drama, Otaku no Video, and such?

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>>122818249
based

>>122818249
>GAYNAX

>PRESENTS

Fucking lol.

>>122817720
>http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=606679
Wait, is this new? I have had a shitty version for a few years now. I watch it every few months because I love it so much.

Based thread. I knew going on /a/ today was a good idea.

>>122817720
Everyone needs to quit discussing DBZ and come here instead. We got Daicon and Dancon

>>122818249
Oh shit, this definitely deserves more views than it has.

>>122817720
How does this rip compare to the 2009 remaster?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkc4eBCy3Sk

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Wow, this is fantastic. I've been waiting years for a good version to finally get ripped.
Still low quality compared to modern media, but a hell of a lot better than what we had previously.

I remember the first time I saw the gigantic mob of characters at the end of Daicon 4 I couldn't make anything out due to the low quality.
The one one bakabt now is passable, but still not that great.

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More comparison shots with the bakabt rip.

Actually, I deinterlaced and tried to clean up the LaserDisc rip in ffmpeg last week, and I got some decent results. Here is what I got, but the audio is a tad offsync:

https://mega.co.nz/#!hFQhibgK!mLILfeCwUdObZThiyqJ3ZUbPmi34a0g6v9l3v4ES2TA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mhhuaeww_o

>>122820754
Also, it is in 60fps because I converted each field to a frame, instead of blending the fields into frames.

>>122820754
>>122820974
that's all crazy kinds of blurry man, I'd consider >>122820129
to be more watchable

I mean, the color is much nicer but there's a huge loss of detail

>>122818568
On the other hand, the 2014 New Year's Collab was probably the best yet, and Cookie☆ have taken a real upswing in quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CqMOCFysks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHkYUnALB5k

Its just changing tastes. Gachimuchi as a concept is nearly 10 years old, and even the Japanese will get tired of seeing the same joke over and over again.

Although MAD and 音MAD creators will make brilliant things for the sake of it, they will stop making them if few people care or find it funny. It happened with Ronald McDonald, with Chargeman Ken!, with Shuzo Matsuoka, and now with Pants Wrestling Series/Gachimuchi.

>>122821073
Are you trying to view it at anything bigger than 480p?

Its only 1080p60 for more bitrate and a dedicated frame for each field. There is some loss in detail, but I did not find it to be egregious.