📺 AniSD Release RealPLKSR Models

Updated Quickstart Guide

I recommend 2x_AniSD_G6i1_SPAN_215K and 2x_AniSD_AC_G6i2b_SPAN_190K as your general-purpose models to try first. If you need something, heavier, try the new 2x_AniSD_AC_RealPLKSR_127500.

• Download new RealPLKSR models only (PTH and ONNX).
• Download all models (including RealPLKSR models).
• Download all models as PTH (including RealPLKSR models).
• Download all models as ONNX (including RealPLKSR models).
• Download individual RealPLKSR models (see below).
• Download individual prior released AniSD models.

Overview

AniSD is a suite of 12 15 specialized SISR models trained to restore and upscale standard definition digital anime from ~2000s and onwards, including both both WEB and DVD releases. Refer to the attached infographic for a quick breakdown of the available models, and refer to the wiki page for an in-depth description of the models available.

RealPLKSR Models (New!)

On May 9, 2024, neosr added RealPLKSR, a modified version of the PLKSR architecture. Following extensive community testing, it was found that RealPLKSR is a very capable architecture-- in most cases, more capable than SwiniR Small, while also being roughly the same speed and with far less VRAM consumption. In some scenarios, it could challenge DAT2, which is an ultra-heavy transformer arch ~10x slower.

RealPLKSR is TRT-capable and also boasts respectable DML inference speeds for the non-NVIDIA users.

Given the overall superb performance of the architecture, I trained AniSD, AniSD AC and AniSD DC on RealPLKSR.

Helpful Infographic!

Trainer's picks of the suggested models to try have a red glow.