Ghost in the Shell (Grain re-construction)

It has been like 7 years since the last release and ~5 years since i started the grain re-construction work on this. this release has all the filtering from the previous v2 (sans the ones that aren’t necessary anymore) + some improvements:
– Use of a proper TV stream instead of a re-encode of the pre-encoded source
– Re-constructed grain
– Improved stabilisation especially the extreme cases on/around scene changes
– Rework of colour and range correction
– Properly removed logo
– Inclusion of the original stereo mixes as new default (there are some issues with mixing on the surround tracks, like missing sound effects)
– Japanese 5.1 track from a new TrueHD source, some fixed/added missing sound sound effects
– Inclusion of english commentary
– Some minor sub fixes

Though this isn’t the ‘holy grail’ of GitS releases. The new source is overall cleaner, i could properly IVTC it, it has a lot less severe problems, the high motion/action scenes are especially better, but it does lose some minor dark details in a few specific scenes. Re-constructing the grain did bring a a few problems itself, eg the grain can obfuscate some details since they appear less pronounced. Not everything could properly be re-constructed so i had to add some grain in specific scenes or on specific level ranges, to make everything blend properly and to have a somewhat consistent look. On the bright side, this is most likely a lot closer to the original intend than before.

Also thanks to all the contributors and supporters, sadly i lost my list with all the names.

anyway, there will most likely a v4 someday (maybe in a decade lol) with:
– new subtitles (i have a new completely reworked translation but it needs heavy editing, anyone interested?)
– re-create the look of the BD/DVD (eg colours/proper colour grading)

Comparison can be found here.

Specs of this release are:
Video: 1920×1038 (1.85:1) h264 10 bit
Audio: Japanese Stereo FLAC, English Stereo FLAC, Japanese 5.1 FLAC, English 5.1 FLAC, English Commentary Stereo AC-3
Subtitle: English ASS Subs (Dialogue, Signs/Songs)

Download:
Ghost in the Shell (1995) on BakaBT
Ghost in the Shell (1995) on nyaa