BoastfulDaedra
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- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 1 week ago:
Sounds to me like they’re backing up a bit. I get the concern-- we have loads of anime being made now. That’s a good thing, as Hollywood dropped the ball and never bothered to pick it up again… I definitely understand the allure of automated translation.
They’re going to find that it simply doesn’t work, though. Need more human. LLMs have minimal (zero?) understanding of context; i don’t care how many 6090s you give them! The subtitles i have seen, with Japanese as a second language, sometimes deviate wildly from what is actually literally said, too. They capture the emotional implications, not the specific wording.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 1 month ago:
Yes, but on the other hand, they do have a point. You can argue that a translator will know enough Japanese to be able to step in.
- Comment on Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad 1 month ago:
Honestly, the AI-driven subtitles are intolerable enough.