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Amazon Faces Backlash After Using AI For Anime English Dubs
Amazon is facing backlash from the anime community for its use of AI in the English dubS of anime such as Banana Fish, Vinland Saga and No Game No Life Zero. Fans have been quite vocal against it, calling out the AI-generated dubs as soulless and lacking depth that actual human voice actors could’ve brought to the shows. Amazon has yet to officially respond to the outcry.
The anime Banana Fish was released in 2018 and tackled heavy and sensitive subject matter that the anime community at the time really appreciated. It was later called one of the best shows of that year, though it lacked an English dub for several years until now. Amazon recently released an English dub for the series on its streaming service, Prime Video, but it used AI-generated voice acting instead of real performers.
On the other hand, both Vinland Saga and No Game No Life Zero already have official English dubs (performed by real voice actors), so it’s strange that Amazon decided to essentially re-dub both titles with AI-generated English voice acting on its streaming service.
The AI “voice acting” is awful, to say the least. It’s monotonous, dull and doesn’t successfully convey any emotion present in high-tension scenes throughout each show. Known voice actor and director Daman Mills expressed his frustration on a recent X post, stating:
“Amazon’s choice to use AI to dub Banana Fish is a massive insult to us as performers. AI continues to threaten livelihoods of performers in EVERY language (yes even Japanese performers who are also incredibly vocal on this topic). Voice Actors deserve the same level of respect as on camera performers. Anime already pays talent very little. Dub production costs shouldn’t make a dent in these companies’ pocket books.”
“Using AI for a dub of a show that released nearly 8 YEARS AGO AND HAD NO RUSHED SCHEDULE just spits in our faces, has infuriated the consumer, and completely destroys the art,” Mills added. “All they’ve done is make a [censored] product and pissed off a lot of people.”
The response from the anime community to Amazon’s terrible AI dub of Banana Fish (which used AI for both its English and Spanish versions) has been of unanimous anger and frustration. Many see this as Amazon’s attempt to “test the waters” for AI dubs of more popular shows in the future which I sincerely hope isn’t the case.
YouTuber Otaku Spirit presents a more detailed breakdown of the debacle which you can watch below:
Source: Daman Mills
Original article on GLITCHED
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I want to see some legal discussion of how we deal with AI voice overs and artwork trained on trawling the internet and taking content from people with consent.