updated to handle the falling scene at the beginning of 1; it's still tough to compress if you know less about x264 than me (ie, you are a fansubber), but ehhh

DirectShowSource("d:\hr1_big.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

function HeavyGradient(clip clip)
{
last=clip
Repair(AA(), clip, mode=3)
grainoptimizer(last, gradfun2db().fluxsmoothst())
prescale = last
LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15)

return last
}

function OrdinaryHR(clip clip)
{
last=clip
Overlay(clip, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")

Repair(AA(), last, mode=3)

FluxSmoothST(spatial_threshold=0, temporal_threshold=7)

prescale = last
LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3, strength=110, undershoot=1)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15, strength=48, threshold=4)
return last
}

function PreviewFile()
{
DirectShowSource("d:\hr_previews.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)
Trim(0, 448)
#AA(edge=true)
AAA()
#Overlay(last, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")
Crop(0, 4, 0, -4)
Spline36Resize(856, 472)
return last
}

Trim(0,2370).HeavyGradient() ++ Trim(2371, last.framecount).OrdinaryHR() ++ PreviewFile()

When's Geneon going out of business so I can recreate the whole DVD set?