Thoughts
A holding area — ideas and content pulled out of pages where they didn't quite belong, but worth keeping. Saved for later, kept searchable.
Upsampled images
- Two-pass labeling: first paint the original (thicker) sections, then copy labels onto the upsampled (thinner) sections and connect objects naturally.
- Cross-reference resolutions: working only from the upsampled image is misleading — always check against the original image data.
- Artifacts: ignore "hallucinations" (artificial structures in upsampled data); focus on anatomically sensible structures.
The Ultimate Frisbee Anime
Premise
Season one: an ultimate frisbee camp, following the team's rise from uncoordinated nubs to a cohesive unit. The girls' camp joins the story early ("Get ready. You face the girls in the morning." — "OH!"), building toward unisex teams. Season two: after a hard-earned victory over the local best, the team scores a chance at the national finals.
The opening
FPV of a frisbee flying through the cast striking cool poses, caught by the rival team, launched over a body of water, and drifting through city streets where season-two characters stand silhouetted in foreshadow. Upbeat song. Title card.
The cast
- The Protagonist — guarded, short on family, secretly deep into entomology; finds a home in the team. The team's eventual name and logo comes from a rare bug his dying grandparent watched for — he sees it for the first time in the rain after their death. ( ͒˃̩̩⌂˂̩̩ ͒)
- The Science Guy — German exchange student. Holds frisbee. "175 grams exact!" Precision calls, zero athleticism.
- The Delinquent — conjures Mifune, Kitano, and Takakura behind him to keep his cool; a broken home and a local cinema full of old Toei films made him. Learns de-escalation the hard way.
- The Large One — keeps accidentally breaking frisbees; a baker's strength tempered into the team's best long throw and defence. Secret weakness: anemia.
- The Magician — transferred from Magic Camp with impractical spins that become great abilities; first to spot that the champions' secret move is a distraction technique.
- The Tall Guy with Glasses — a sprinter bored of track, names his maneuvers like a super sentai fan.
- The Leading Champions (S2) — seven-year reign, a secret distracting move, fights dirty, does their homework.
- The Americans (S2) — feat. Kyle and Ben. Eliminated early, cry for joy in the stands, positive beyond reason.
Episode seeds
- The team can't work together — confident solo plays cancel each other out, comedically.
- "Losing the cool" — the unit unravels after being shook mid-match, and learns to hold focus.
- The name-and-logo episode — the team quietly builds it from the protagonist's past, and he realizes he has friends who care.
Merch plan: frisbees, sweat bands, jerseys, stickers, headbands, ready-made cosplay outfits.