1
Every scratch is evidence, not a defect.
We keep the phosphor bloom and film grain a projectionist would apologise for — because the room in 2011 looked exactly like that.
2
Warm grade, never corrected to daylight.
Reference chip locked to 3050 K sepia — cool casts, teal shadows, and cream whites are rejected at the LUT stage.
3
Nixie digits are the only light source we trust.
Divergence Meter samples run at 60 fps against a real IN-14 tube; any AI-simulated glow gets flagged in the diff report.
4
Akihabara is a location, not a mood board.
Street plates, PC-shop LEDs, and vending-machine hums are recorded on site in Chiyoda — no stock loops, no generic neon.