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Digital Pokémon-Small

2xCompactby pokepress

This model is designed to upscale the standard definition digital era of the Pokémon anime, which runs from late season 5 (Master Quest) to early season 12 (Galactic Battles). During this time, the show was animated digitally in a 4:3 ratio. This process was also used for Mewtwo Returns, most of Pokémon Chronicles, and the Mystery Dungeon specials.

Advice/Known Limitations:

  • I recommend using QTGMC on a preset of "Slow" or slower for deinterlacing. While the show is primarily animated at 12/24 fps, some elements like backgrounds are animated at a full 60i, particularly for the Diamond & Pearl era, which increased the base animation frame rate to 15 fps.
  • The model is not great at handling fonts, particularly the italicized text in the episode credits. This is despite including font images in the training data.

Version History:

  • 1.1.0 (9/16/2025): Added images from SD portion of season 12, augmented training to better handle slightly resized images.
  • 1.0.0: Initial Release
Training details (6)
Date
2025-01-05
Dataset
Screenshots from seasons 6-12 of the English Pokémon dub, plus some manually created images for fonts.
Dataset size
80
Training iterations
280000
Training HR size
64
Training OTF
No

Model

Architecture
Compact
Scale
2x
Color Mode

Rights

MIT
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Distribution
Modifications
Credit required
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