Amazon removes AIME-produced Anime Dubs after Uproar

Amazon has quietly removed its AI-generated dubs of anime after days of ferocious lobbying. Voice actors and anime fans alike hit the Banana fish, No game no life: zeroagain Vinland saga AI Dubs, calling them “disrespectful,” “Disrespectful,” and “disgusting.

AIMON’s anime anime settings started making the rounds on social media after it was added to Prime Video last month. Listed as “AI Beta” under Prime Video’s audio language options, the comical voices have received a lot of attention and a lot of humor for their strange, petulant delivery. Many voice actors have AI Dubs with amazon, and the national association of voice actors (nava) issued a statement calling them “ai slop.”

“I’ve shown my 10 year old AI clips for Banana fish KARA E Edwared Asker wrote: It could be this generation The room. He is very shy. “

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Although using AI to Dub any anime will not be well received, some find the decision to do it Banana fish very unpleasantly. Originally released in 2018, Banana fish is a widely praised work that is considered an influence on LGBTQ+ manga and anime. The 24-episode anime follows the relationship between the leader of the youth group ash lynx and a Japanese photography assistant in Ew New York, originally voiced by Japanese voice actors Yuma Uchida and Kenji no Jima respectively.

Fans have been hoping for a long time Banana fish finally you will get the official english dub. Sadly, this is not really what they had in mind.

“After years of fans hoping for an English Dub of Banana fish, Are you giving this to us as AI generated garbage? Disrespectful as hell,” voice actor Daman Mills posted on X. Mills previously worked on Amazon’s English dubs of Evangelist films. “Is the painful queer narrative transferred to the machine because paying real actors is too difficult? Fix this, or I personally will not work with you as your dub. ‘ This ends.”

“Banana fish It’s one of the most heartwarming and romantic stories ever told in Anime,” wrote voice actor Jacob Hopkins, sharing his icon canceling his membership. But they really don’t care about the meaning of art. Answer. Nuff said. “

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There Banana fish It was the highest profile victim of AI Dubs for AI, unfortunately it wasn’t the only anime that was fried. No game no life: zero and Vinland saga It’s also got English AI Dubs, each one as terrifying as the last.

Especially, unlike Banana fishboth titles already have an official English dub released. No game no life: zero has an English DUB made by Sendai Filmworks, while Vinland saga You actually have two: one through andai filmworks and one through Netflix.

“No game, no life Is the first anime anime dub ever thrown in and @Amazon makes a joke, please don’t support AI. “

“What’s the hope for any aspiring voice actor now?” Said Johnny Young Bosch, one of the best-known Anime voice actors in the US “Amazon has deep resources and should do better.”

Some commentators have also voiced concerns about how Amazon presented its AI drones.

“Hey, what pastures were used to train this AI?” Posted by Briana White, best known for voung aerith in Final Fantasy VII Remake and His birth. “I just want talented players who are being driven by AI without their knowledge or consent to be getting paid for their work? Anyway.

“Human disclosure takes skills, emotions, nuance, human understanding to create performance that connects with statements and respect,” writes Navana. “These ai dubs show how much and how much it really does to connect to the voice acting and how difficult it is to integrate the human experience.”

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Amazon removed its dummies ai amid the uproar, leaving English-speaking fans to read the subtitles or seek superior, human-made dubs elsewhere.

However, the issue is far from over. Amazon has also produced AI Dubs for this series in Spanish, which are still available at the time of writing. Voice actors and fans are demanding that these Spanish AI dubs be removed as well, criticizing the removal of half-hearted scenes.

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“It needs to be like this with AI Dub,” Mills wrote. “That’s not the only one currently under fire.”

This is not the first time that Amazon has grabbed ADUS TABLETS. The tech giant first announced its AI-generated document pilot program in March this year, starting with topics like El cid: this legend and Mi Mama Lora. The result was a similar pile.

Amazon has been very dependent on ani production this year. Last month it began testing AI-generated video for a series of original videos, complete with AI aileover narration. In May, Amazon launched AI-generated audio summaries of products sold on its online marketplace.