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Anonymous 2025.03.13 | 15:24

After I got the upscaled episodes I took on the task of making a dual-audio version of X-Bomber. 
I got to episode 9 before my PC decided to die. As part of that project, I managed to reedit episode 8, mixing the upscaled episode with the relevant missing bits (mostly scenes of Monmon's being shot, probably considered too graphic for the time and target audience), as well as reediting a sequence at the backend of the episode where a couple of shots were switched to accommodate the edits. 
All this while also editing the Japanese audio into the episode and replacing the OP and ED sequences with the ones from X-Bomber. It took a bit of doing (added to the fact that my PC decided to die and all the edits I had done were lost, requiring a redo) Though the missing bits were not upscaled, a bit of fiddling with some filters managed to make them good enough to clear the bar. 
That someone went to the trouble of making a dual audio version is going to make the rest of the process much easier. 
All I'll have to do is replace the OP and ED sequences and restore the original Jikai, since the ones in the upscale use clips from the episodes while the originals had some unused bits and sightly different edits from the Star Fleet previews. 
And of course, I'll have to tackle the censored scene in episode 12, but that's basically adding about 10 seconds of Cap. Kuster/Carter just standing there after being shot, a much easier task than episode 8. 
Only other edit I had to do, was add a small clips of Gelma fighters flying over Pluto Base as it explodes, right at the end of the attack sequence. 
For some reason it cuts to black in the French DVD and ended up in the upscaled episode.