Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo (Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon)

Updates: Episode 3, S01E03, had issues which caused video chunks/scenes to be randomly ordered. Apologies for this issue and also thanks to everyone who reported it to us. This release is compatible with the Mk.I release save for the file renamed with “v2” to indicate being fixed. Simply place the Mk.I files (excluding the S01E03 "v2") in the same location as this release and "recheck" to only update the affected file.

For a higher quality release in 1080p, click here. For the highest quality release in 1080p, click here. For the smallest release in 720p, click here.

Series

Sav1or&Lumen	Episodes	MyAnimeList	TVDB	Source
Season 1	25 (S01E01-S01E25)	Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo	Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon	AOmundson, Lumen, Pleb-Fansub, Owari Subs, Rhythm & Drakou

Release

A Dual Audio release encoded in AV1 and OPUS for optimum size and quality. Files are named to support media servers like Plex using TVDB metadata.

Special thanks to Lumen for their work on converting hardcoded French subtitles from Pleb-Fansub into the Advanced SubStation Alpha format.

Encoding Details:

This is the first release to be filtered from the source via VapourSynth Descale/Rescale and Deband. Many thanks to all those involved in the AV1 Anime Discord with helping us on this matter, particularly LastBreeze. We also employed our Normal-Boost encoding setup. For the most demanding scenes, a minimum of preset 2 and CRF 18 was used. Conversely, for the simplest scenes a preset of 4 and CRF 40 was used. However, most normal scenes are weighted towards CRF 28. This allows for smaller file sizes and improved quality in select scenes. For more details, experimental data, and other wild conjectures, we invite you to join us in the Discord server.

SVT-AV1 1.7.0 with Av1an (--photon-noise 2)

--preset 4 --crf 24 --keyint 0 --lp 2 --film-grain 0 --film-grain-denoise 0 --color-primaries 2 --transfer-characteristics 2 --matrix-coefficients 2 --color-range 0 --irefresh-type 1 --aq-mode 0 --enable-overlays 1 --scd 0 --lookahead 120 --tune 0 --enable-tf 0 --chroma-u-dc-qindex-offset -1 --chroma-u-ac-qindex-offset -1 --chroma-v-dc-qindex-offset -1 --chroma-v-ac-qindex-offset -1 --enable-qm 1 --qm-min 0 --qm-max 15

This project is a production with the goal of the smallest video size with considerable subjective compromises to image quality. This is not the hallmark of AV1. This release should only contain changes to the video stream and audio tracks. The subtitle and attachment tracks are usually copied from the noted sources. Timings are not adjusted except in cases of extreme delay as a result of mixing sources. - Sav1or

Comparisons

All comparisons (with additional HEVC and AV1 releases) are linked in the above header. Most comparisons were chosen specifically, or perhaps unfairly, to showcase the most challenging scenes for AV1 and a couple others for highlighting the improvements to geometry and anti-aliasing that filtering has afforded us. It is no secret that AV1 shines best at lower bitrates but pales in comparison at the highest fidelity in regards to texture. As such, we have chosen scenes with reduced or blurred textures such as the clouds in image 1, the ocean in image 2, the asphalt in image 6, and the rain in images 8/9 to expose this fault. Besides these cherry-picked worst-case-scenario scenes, AV1 provides a functionally identical image at least for our intended audience.

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Thanks to the helpful people on the AV1 Anime Discord. Come and join us there!

Source

Thanks to the following sources:

• AOmundson - Video, Audio, Subtitle, Chapter
• Lumen - Subtitle (FR)
• Pleb-Fansub - Subtitle (FR)
• Owari Subs - Subtitle (IT)
• Rhythm & Drakou - Subtitle (AR)

Media Info