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- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 5 days ago:
Of course. There are many human made subs that suck too. For example when Shikanoko came out the subs were quite bad but clearly human made. But the positive about subs is that you can still hear the original Japanese so you never have to trust or rely on them completely. I always take things from listening that are not in the sub. If I were just to read the sub I would miss many things. With dubs you don’t have a choice, you just have to trust them. AI dubs would be even worse.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 6 days ago:
I see, I hope they have enough of a celebrity status among dub watchers then. I think that is really the thing that will shield them from being replaced by AI in the future.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 6 days ago:
That’s fine. Do you watch subs if there is no dub? Some popular shows don’t have English dubs. What about extra content? A lot of it is in Japanese only. If you watch that after watching a dub the voices don’t match.
One time I was watching one of my favorites and an emotional scene came up. However the sub was not accurate and diminished the emotional impact. Luckily it was not a hard line and I could just hear the Japanese which saved it for me. I’m curious what you think of that. Because with a dub you wouldn’t be able to spot the mistake right?
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 6 days ago:
It’s not that a dub can’t be good, but I don’t understand how you can know if a dub is accurate. You would need to have the dub and the original side by side and watch line by line to see if it fits right? With a sub you have this automatically. Of course due to grammar it can be the next or previous line but generally you can listen to the original and read the sub at the same time to check for differences. I don’t do this consciously but it is effective.
One time I was watching one of my favorites and an emotional scene came up. However the sub was not accurate and diminished the emotional impact. Luckily it was not a hard line and I could just hear the Japanese which saved it for me. If that happens with a dub, you wouldn’t know. That is my problem with dubs, not if the voice acting is good or not. I’m sure there are many good voice actors in other languages that do a great job.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 1 week ago:
I’m being half serious here: divine punishment for dub watchers :)
When choosing a dub over a sub you give up a lot just for the convenience of not having to deal with another language. It must be of no surprise that you can pull a lot more bullshit on dub watchers, including this AI nonsense.
Seiyuu’s are celebrities in Japan. You couldn’t replace them with AI because fans will not watch that shit if their beloved seiyuus are replaced. I think it would be a real riot to try remove Japanese seiyuu from anime. Maybe I’m ignorant but there seems to be no matching passion for english voice actors. Do they have many events, concerts, photo books, radio shows, merch and such?
Right now AI is not good enough to pull this off. If it is in the future, only the perceived value of the humans that are voicing the characters can save voice acting.
If you have interest in Japanese voice actors feel free to visit !seiyuu@ani.social.
- Comment on Bocchi the Rock! manga will be on an indefinite hiatus due to poor health of Aki Hamazi 1 week ago:
Many mangaka are not in good health. They are not living a good life style. Working so hard is counter productive. You think you get done more but then you get sick and have to pause for a long time. If you work at an sustainable pace you get done more and better quality in the end. But that is something the whole of Japan doesn’t seem to understand when it comes to work culture.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
I started watching Violet Evergarden. Looks very pretty.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime did you think at the start would be special to you (and be proven right)? 2 weeks ago:
I usually pick out my anime carefully. I don’t watch that much so I don’t want to pick something that is ass. I also tend to finish everything I watch. So usually I pick out things that I quite like.
In the beginning of liking slice of life I didn’t know what to expect and if I liked it so I didn’t guess before watching that I would be into it. However it changed with Lucky Star. I watched a few clips on youtube and thought, man this is going to be great. And it was! While watching the very first scene where they eat lunch I just thought “this is the shit”. Lucky Star really confirmed to me that SOL was my thing.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 03] 2 weeks ago:
I like the “ikandeshou? ikandeshou?” “uuu san hai!” type of stuff in the first one.
And I never thought about it like that, but you are right. From now on I will say that Ika Musume is my favorite isekai!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 03] 2 weeks ago:
I just finished Ika Musume 2 de geso. It’s kind of impressive how consistent this series is. The format is always the same and the content quality is very consistent from season to season and episode to episode. The only thing is that I liked the first seasons OP end ED much more. The first OP is a banger and the first ED is sung by sanae’s seiyuu itou kanae and she looks really cute in the music video.
- Comment on AI-generated isekai novel that won a literary contest Grand Prize and Reader’s Choice award has its book publication and manga adaptation cancelled 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know anything about this contest, but if it won the reader’s choice then doesn’t that mean the actual audience liked it? The isekai crowd is used to human made slop already to why not ai slop.
- Comment on Anime Fall Season and 2025 Year-End Discussion [2026, Week 1] 4 weeks ago:
Copied from my notes I watched these shows in order this year:
- 懺・さよなら絶望先生 + 懺さよなら絶望先生 番外地 + さよなら絶望先生 ニャン京の基督
- 苺ましまろ OVA + 苺ましまろencore
- NEW GAME! + NEW GAME! 私、社員旅行って初めてなので…
- N・H・Kにようこそ！
- ARIA The ANIMATION
- NEW GAME!!
- ゆるめいつ + ゆるめいつ は? + ゆるめいつ 3でぃ + ゆるめいつ3でぃPLUS + ゆるめいつ (2012)
- スロウスタート
- 大室家 dear friends
- ARIA The NATURAL + ARIA The NATURAL「その 再び出逢える奇跡に…」+ ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~
- 田中くんは今日もけだるげ
- たまこまーけっと + たまこまーけっと ぺったんこアニメ
- たまこラブストーリー + 南の島のデラちゃん
- 瓶詰妖精
- ARIA The ORIGINATION
- CITY The Animation
- ARIA The ORIGINATION Picture Drama
- ARIA The ORIGINATION「そのちょっぴり秘密の場所に…」
- ARIA The AVVENIRE
- 侵略!イカ娘 + 侵略!イカ娘 ミニイカ娘の番外編
- 3年Z組銀八先生
- ARIA The CREPUSCOLO
- ARIA The BENEDIZIONE
In short: finished up zetsubou sensei, finished up ichigomashimaro, new game, nhk ni youkoso, aria, yurumeitsu, slow start, oomuroke dear friends, tanaka kun chibi version, tamako market/love story, bottle faries, city, ika musume, the new gintama.
I watched two current shows this year which is a lot for me. I really liked CITY of course. The highlight of the year has to be the whole series ARIA. It’s a top 5 anime for me. It does the really special thing where I end up crying without being sad. Suteki!
In terms of this season I watched the Gintama spinoff. It was definitely worth watching. However, I was watching Ika Musume in between and I did notice that I was more excited on days where I watched Ika-chan. I guess I’m a truly lost cause when it comes to moe.
- Comment on One-Punch Man Season 3's Part 2 Airs in 2027 4 weeks ago:
Interesting. I have heard bad things about the animation of this show. I have seen some things by J.C. Staff, and never really struck me as bad. Just some days ago I saw ARIA The CREPUSCOLO and ARIA The BENEDIZIONE done by J.C. Staff. Apart from getting used the different way of drawing faces compared to the other studio, it looked very pretty and I didn’t notice any lack of frames.
- Comment on Ruri Dragon Anime Officially Announced! | Studio: KyoAni 4 weeks ago:
I think I’ll check it out when it comes out. And CITY was very good!
- Comment on Ruri Dragon Anime Officially Announced! | Studio: KyoAni 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for your input.
- Comment on Ruri Dragon Anime Officially Announced! | Studio: KyoAni 4 weeks ago:
Thanks, I think I’ll check it out when it comes. Kind of sounds like a more serious Ika Musume. Hopefully not too serious.
- Comment on Ruri Dragon Anime Officially Announced! | Studio: KyoAni 4 weeks ago:
Is this a cute slice of life or something with action? Since it is published in jump. I can’t quite tell from reading about it without spoiling myself. Anilist has Iyashikei as a tag?
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- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 52] 5 weeks ago:
Thanks! Technically it is the other way around. I started learning to be able to understand untranslated Anime. But it is definitely a good way to learn indeed.
- Comment on [Episode] GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class • 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei - Episode 12 discussion 5 weeks ago:
There were a lot of references to gintama episodes in this one.
spoiler
- og gintama intro (swaggering aliens are just western tourists 💀) - shinpachi introduction scene - pre shinpachi yorozuya - food stall episode where you don’t see their faces until the end - joui reunion - cyborgs are maybe a post death yamazaki reference - everyone in barrels: that arc with soul reapers where they were stuffed in barrels - zura as game character: there were multiple episodes where they were in a RPG world
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 52] 5 weeks ago:
I have tried lightly reading some of my ARIA volume, without dictionary or computer. The beginning is very hard because of the exposition. After that it is mostly characters in conversation, which is easier to follow. I think I can understand more than half in those parts. There are also some lines not in bubbles that are hand drawn and without furigana. That’s gonna be difficult.
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- Comment on What is your best anime-related song? 1 month ago:
OPs and EDs? It’s hard to choose, there are so many good ones.
Live songs? Yuru Yuri live events are peak seiyuu aidoru especially the first season OP and ED 😤
Insert songs? I really don’t know off the top of my head!
Songs sung by characters? THAT one from ARIA (not spoiling it). And the songs from K-ON! (also written by them). I also liked the graduation song from Non Non Biyori.
BGM? ARIA and Hidamiri Sketch have some OST that have vocals and are thus songs technically. Most of them don’t have lyrics but if we count it then I pick those.
Character songs? Probably more Yuru Yuri songs especially the live versions. Lucky Star has great ones especially those where they sing karaoke together.
- Comment on [Discussion] Which character is the cutest for you? 1 month ago:
Good choices, definitely best girls from each anime.
- Comment on [Discussion] Which character is the cutest for you? 1 month ago:
As a moe enjoyer this question is way too hard… I think I need a year of hard work to select a top 10 🤣
- Comment on [Episode] GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class • 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei - Episode 10 discussion 1 month ago:
It seems we’re getting some kind of arc. If they do two episodes then it’s a classic Gintama mini arc. Sachi had some of the funniest episodes with Gin and Zura and now he’s been brought back and arrested. Maybe I’m asking for too much but it’d be funny to see him in jail.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 50] 1 month ago:
I hope it will be adapted for you de geso. I don’t read much manga, I always feel like I want to read it in Japanese but it is very muzukashii de geso :) Although I might be close to trying it out again.
- Comment on Restoring a French Kiki’s Delivery Service Poster 1 month ago:
Wonderful, you can cross post it to !ghibli@lemmy.world if you want :)
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 50] 1 month ago:
I started watching Shinryaku! Ika Musume! Quite a basic show but the squid girl is cute, what more do you need? I like how it’s just the OP at the start and then 3 small stories. It keeps my attention quite well. The squid also has a cute way of speaking de geso! Bye bye de geso!
- Comment on Are there any other anime with beautiful depictions of light and color like in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End? 1 month ago:
I don’t know if it’s like Frieren (haven’t seen it) but Aria has my favorite light and colour. Especially when golden hour hits… I also hear Frieren is supposedly a slow show. If you like slow, serene and emotional with scoops of aware no mono then Aria is peak. Here is a video with some moving shots without spoilers to gauge the vibe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQXviHhK44U
