[xatnys]

Interesting! The effect looks quite similar to warpsharp (http://avisynth.nl/index.php/WarpSharp), a sharpening filter that seemed to have some vanity among anime encoders back when video sources were not as crisp as they are today. There's quite a lot of detail loss in Resig's ukiyo-e example, but I imagine for most people the most striking part of it will be how much smoother the result appears.