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After reading Senshin's
[question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/15566/17758) about why _Sidonia
no Kishi_ has such low framerate, I wondered: is there not a way to improve an
anime's frame rate on our end, similar to the way HDTV's do?

What are some ways to improve the frame rate of a low FPS anime?


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How can I improve the frame rate of a low frame rate anime?


As mentioned, HDTV's achieve this effect as described by using [Motion
Interpolation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_interpolation) to generate
intermediate frames, reducing the choppiness of the movement. If you are
streaming the show to your TV, ensure you have such a feature (Motion Plus,
TrimensionDNM, Motionflow, etc.) on and you should notice an increase in frame
rate.

In case you're wondering if there is really a difference, here is a video
showing 24 FPS and 60 FPS anime side-by-side. Ensure that you set the YouTube
player to to 1080/60FPS to be able to notice the difference.

<https://youtu.be/kHPVDXwMxiA>

This video highlights Motion Interpolation generated by [Smooth Video
Project](https://www.svp-team.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page) on a Windows
computer. The free version of their software will allow us to increase the
frame rate of our shows from 8/12/24 to 60FPS.

It is important to note in general, anime production companies do a good job
at creating smooth action scenes without the need of more frames. The cases
that SVP is useful is generally limited to computer generated imagery. Anime
that consists of mainly CGI and 3D visuals benefit from this interpolation
especially well in cases where the background imagery is rendered in 2D, as it
will make the character movements appear much more fluid. While maybe
anecdotal, I personally tested it on _Sidonia no Kishi_ and feel like it did a
nice job to resolve the choppy animation in that show.

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For information on setting this up, refer to their [manual](https://www.svp-
team.com/w/index.php?title=SVP3:User_manual&redirect=no). SVP requires the
installation of additional software, ffdshow and LAVFilters in order to
process video. SVP is not a video player, [this page](https://www.svp-
team.com/wiki/SVP:Video_players) has a list of compatible video players.

Additional reading on FPS in anime: [What does it mean for animation to be
done “on ones” or “on twos”?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/15568/17758)


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