Note: Hardsubbed source

Episode: Takeshi’s Castle 93
Air Date: 3rd June 1988
Source: MXC DVD Vol. 1
Encoder: 2ndfire
Codecs: AV1/Opus
CRF: 29
Resolution: 720x540
Framerate: 59.94 (QTGMC bobbed deinterlace)
Audio Bitrate: 64k
Subtitles: OCR’d Vobsub

Commands:

(Vapoursynth)

video = core.std.Crop(video,20,4,8,0)
video = core.fmtc.bitdepth (video, bits=16)
video = core.std.Levels(video, min_in=0, max_in=58541, min_out=0, max_out=65536, planes=0)
video = adjust.Tweak(video,hue=0.0,sat=1.35,bright=0.0,cont=1.0, coring=True)
video = haf.QTGMC(video, Preset='Slower', SourceMatch=1, Sharpness=0.2, TR2=3,MatchPreset='Slower',TFF=True,GrainRestore=0,NoiseRestore=0,NoiseTR=2)
video = core.fmtc.bitdepth (video, bits=32)
video = core.fmtc.resample (video, css="444")
video = core.fmtc.matrix(video,mat="601",col_fam=vs.RGB)
video = core.w2xnvk.Waifu2x(video, noise=2, scale=2, model=1, tile_size=180, precision=16)
video = core.fmtc.matrix(video,mat="601",col_fam=vs.YUV)
video = core.fmtc.resample (video, css="420")
video = core.resize.Spline36(video,width=720,height=540)
video = core.fmtc.bitdepth (video, bits=8)

ffmpeg -i infile -vcodec libaom-av1 -lag-in-frames 25 -g 900 -crf 29 -cpu-used 2 -row-mt 0 -b:v 0 -auto-alt-ref 1 -an -strict -2 -pass 1 -f null /dev/null

ffmpeg -i infile -vcodec libaom-av1 -lag-in-frames 25 -g 900 -crf 29 -cpu-used 2 -row-mt 0 -b:v 0 -auto-alt-ref 1 -acodec libopus -b:a 64k -strict -2 -pass 2 outfile.mkv