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postedon2016050801:45UTC8byEricStimson

Fullyautomatedinkingdirectlyfrompencilsketches
Inkingroughsketchesisoneofthenecessarystepsinconvertinga
simpledrawingintoapolishedshowpiecework.Althoughthereis
commercialsoftwaretoinklineartautomatically,aresearchteam
fromTokyo'sWasedaUniversityledbyEdgarSimoSerraand
SatoshiIizukahasdevelopednewtechnologythatarguably
producesacleaner,morepolishedfinalproduct.

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Review:GaroTheAnimation
BD+DVD
May10,21:52 anime

GarotheAnimationisanarchetypalbut
thrillingandoftenbeautifuladventure.
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FunimationDVDsHaveMulti
AngleCredits?
May10,01:00 anime

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extrafromyearsandyearsago,one
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modernman.Justinexplainsthemystery.
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ShelfLifeC3
May9,22:15 anime

ThefanserviceysupernaturaldramaofC3
bafflesandintriguesGabriellaEkens,but
isitenoughforarecommendation?
PLUS:allofthisweek'snewanime
releases!
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EarlandFairySub.DVD
May9,22:08 anime

Discotek'sreleaseofthis2008shoujo
serieshasanappealingblendofhistorical
romanceandBritishfolklore,plusit
coversdifferentmaterialfromtheoriginal
lightnovelsthanthepreviouslyreleased
manga.Itlooksalittledated,butthestory
definitelyholdsup.
Thetechnologyusesafullyconvolutionalneuralnetwork.Images

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areshrunk("downconvoluted"),processed("flatconvoluted")and
thenenlargedtotheoriginalresolution("upconvoluted").Ituses
rasterimageslikepencilsketchesasinput,andisabletoprocess
imagesofanyaspectratioanddimension.

FairyTailGN53
May9,00:02 manga

Theteamclaimsthat97%ofusersprefertheirmethodoverpre
existingones.Theimagebelowcomparestheirresultswiththose
ofPotraceandAdobeIllustrator'sLiveTracefunctiontheformeris
consideredtohavetoomanyextraneouslines,whilethelatteris

TheAlvarezArcofficiallybeginsasFairy
Taillearnsthesecretsofitspast.There
maybemoresetupthanaction,butthis
isstillacompulsivelyreadablevolumeas
Mashimaplayswithsomeoldfolkloric
ideas.
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judgedtooversimplifythedrawing.

TheList7TwistedWishes
GoneWrong
May7,23:00 anime

Ifyou'reinterested,youcanreadSimoSerraandIizukaetal's
paper,"LearningtoSimplify:FullyConvolutionalNetworksfor
RoughSketchCleanup"here.Theteamisalsoexploringa
techniqueforcolorizingcenturyoldblackandwhitephotosusinga
similarfullyconvolutionalneuralnetwork.

Themonkey'spawrulesaresimple:you
getonewish,anythingyourheartdesires,
buttherewillbehorribleconsequencesas
aresult.It'shappenedatleastseven
timesinanime!
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GirlsinaDungeon?Novel5
May7,21:30 novels

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