Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s insulting because there are a lot of LGBTQ+ voice actors who want to do this but the powers that be won’t greenlight it.
Look at Amazon’s relationship with Trump, Trump’s positions on LGBTQ+ people, and ask why Amazon is doing this. They aren’t contractually obligated to do so. They are doing various animation projects and paying real voice actors. Though Hazbin Hotel is pretty gay, and so is Helluva Boss (same people/same universe). The only other animation project I know at Amazon is Mighty Nein, and I wanna say those guys are LGBTQ+ friendly but I’m not sure they’re on the spectrum. So I don’t wanna say Amazon is acting prejudicial here, but it smells.
Company like Amazon is huge. Like, the department to cozy up with administration is a completely different subsidiary than Prime Video anime importing. They don’t know to each other. They will cut each other’s throats if they are fighting for the same promotion.
This happens because 1) cost savings and 2) human garbage exist everywhere. They hide behind the decisions and use the current political climate to push their bigotry.
watson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, yeah, Amazon’s relationship with Trump is far too cozy… however, in this case, I think it’s more likely that Amazon was just trying to cheap out by using AI (and possibly test/showcase their use of the tech) rather than them actively deciding to cut out LGBTQ+ voice actors. Had this decision been based in bigotry, I would imagine that they wouldn’t have bothered with the dub at all.