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If actors want a tool to fight against AI Dubbing on Amazon's platform, we have to do the actual work.
SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us.
We ARE the union.
If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.
SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us.
We ARE the union.
If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If actors want a tool to fight against AI Dubbing on Amazon's platform, we have to do the actual work.
SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us.
We ARE the union.
If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.
SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us.
We ARE the union.
If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.
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We held a giant, in-person meeting back in the day and the then-head of the VO division of SAG-AFTRA compiled a list of how many people were in attendance.
This armed her with a talking point in the greater Netflix Agreement negotiations to add a Netflix Dubbing Agreement as part of the discussion.
This armed her with a talking point in the greater Netflix Agreement negotiations to add a Netflix Dubbing Agreement as part of the discussion.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We held a giant, in-person meeting back in the day and the then-head of the VO division of SAG-AFTRA compiled a list of how many people were in attendance.
This armed her with a talking point in the greater Netflix Agreement negotiations to add a Netflix Dubbing Agreement as part of the discussion.
This armed her with a talking point in the greater Netflix Agreement negotiations to add a Netflix Dubbing Agreement as part of the discussion.
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I think we need to change the way we talk about SAG-AFTRA. Not a dig at Jeff here (I too would like to see a SAG-AFTRA Amazon Agreement,) but we've got to stop referring to SAG-AFTRA as an organization that can just "step in" and do stuff.
I just wanna see SAG-AFTRA step in & establish a dubbing agreement with Amazon much like the Netflix agreement. That would be the best path forward.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I think we need to change the way we talk about SAG-AFTRA. Not a dig at Jeff here (I too would like to see a SAG-AFTRA Amazon Agreement,) but we've got to stop referring to SAG-AFTRA as an organization that can just "step in" and do stuff.
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An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
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Additionally, there is a voiceover Wages and Working Conditions meeting for the TV/Theatrical contract on Dec 12th focusing on VO. I'd recommend talking about it here, too. Perhaps not 100% on topic, but dubbing is a modification of that agreement
www.sagaftra.org/la-tvtheatri...
www.sagaftra.org/la-tvtheatri...
www.sagaftra.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Additionally, there is a voiceover Wages and Working Conditions meeting for the TV/Theatrical contract on Dec 12th focusing on VO. I'd recommend talking about it here, too. Perhaps not 100% on topic, but dubbing is a modification of that agreement
www.sagaftra.org/la-tvtheatri...
www.sagaftra.org/la-tvtheatri...
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"the union is a third party, let's resolve our issues directly" is a common management anti-union talking point, but I think pro-union folks also too often think of "the union" as a separate entity that can solve their problems for them, instead of a vehicle for members to create change themselves.
I think we need to change the way we talk about SAG-AFTRA. Not a dig at Jeff here (I too would like to see a SAG-AFTRA Amazon Agreement,) but we've got to stop referring to SAG-AFTRA as an organization that can just "step in" and do stuff.
I just wanna see SAG-AFTRA step in & establish a dubbing agreement with Amazon much like the Netflix agreement. That would be the best path forward.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"the union is a third party, let's resolve our issues directly" is a common management anti-union talking point, but I think pro-union folks also too often think of "the union" as a separate entity that can solve their problems for them, instead of a vehicle for members to create change themselves.
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SAG-AFTRA Statement Regarding Proposed Netflix/Warner Bros. Transaction www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-st...
www.sagaftra.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
SAG-AFTRA Statement Regarding Proposed Netflix/Warner Bros. Transaction www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-st...
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Voice actors, time to add your voices to this message in person!
Please join us in person this coming Monday.
Please join us in person this coming Monday.
SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY!
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
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#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
(12/08/2025) Stanford
Paul Brest Hall - 10am
Join us here:
March2Testify.org
#CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
#AB412
#March2Testify #CAAB412
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Voice actors, time to add your voices to this message in person!
Please join us in person this coming Monday.
Please join us in person this coming Monday.
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Everyone’s favorite company that absolutely would never use AI in any way because that would be bad is doing a big old collab with Duolingo this coming week and you’ll likely hear no protesting about that from the usual anti-AI crew who love this game
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Everyone’s favorite company that absolutely would never use AI in any way because that would be bad is doing a big old collab with Duolingo this coming week and you’ll likely hear no protesting about that from the usual anti-AI crew who love this game
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Another excellent video about AI and the broader problems beyond just "it sounds bad lol."
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
The Anime AI Dub Crisis Has Begun
YouTube video by Bonsai Pop
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Another excellent video about AI and the broader problems beyond just "it sounds bad lol."
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
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That's why union actors should show up to W&W meetings. Full transparency, I roll my eyes whenever somebody complains about a contract, only for me to ask if they ever showed up to a meeting, and for them to say, "No, but they should know better."
*We* are "they."
www.sagaftra.org/contracts-in...
*We* are "they."
www.sagaftra.org/contracts-in...
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
That's why union actors should show up to W&W meetings. Full transparency, I roll my eyes whenever somebody complains about a contract, only for me to ask if they ever showed up to a meeting, and for them to say, "No, but they should know better."
*We* are "they."
www.sagaftra.org/contracts-in...
*We* are "they."
www.sagaftra.org/contracts-in...
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Today (and only today!) is the English dub showing of Virgin Punk in select theaters across the country. I had the pleasure of writing, casting and directing it (you may also hear me as a Hitchcock-style cameo here and there).
aniplexusa.com/virginpunk/
aniplexusa.com/virginpunk/
VIRGIN PUNK Official English website for the original anime brought to you by Yasuomi Umetsu and SHAFT
aniplexusa.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today (and only today!) is the English dub showing of Virgin Punk in select theaters across the country. I had the pleasure of writing, casting and directing it (you may also hear me as a Hitchcock-style cameo here and there).
aniplexusa.com/virginpunk/
aniplexusa.com/virginpunk/
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Wow, I was terrified to listen to this, but… it’s… absolute RUBBISH.
It sounds like a joke done for Adult Swim.
I’d cry laughing if it weren’t coming for our livelihoods.
It sounds like a joke done for Adult Swim.
I’d cry laughing if it weren’t coming for our livelihoods.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Wow, I was terrified to listen to this, but… it’s… absolute RUBBISH.
It sounds like a joke done for Adult Swim.
I’d cry laughing if it weren’t coming for our livelihoods.
It sounds like a joke done for Adult Swim.
I’d cry laughing if it weren’t coming for our livelihoods.
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Having pondered it a bit today, I think what money-minded people are missing is that hiring humans is about connection between the audience and the material.
Human artists steward that connection when they translate/caption/write/perform, and there's honed methods, but its not a science.
Human artists steward that connection when they translate/caption/write/perform, and there's honed methods, but its not a science.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Having pondered it a bit today, I think what money-minded people are missing is that hiring humans is about connection between the audience and the material.
Human artists steward that connection when they translate/caption/write/perform, and there's honed methods, but its not a science.
Human artists steward that connection when they translate/caption/write/perform, and there's honed methods, but its not a science.
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Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
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Tech bros will see this shit and think it’s revolutionary and less money to spend on labour.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tech bros will see this shit and think it’s revolutionary and less money to spend on labour.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
Everyone else will see this and think it sounds like garbage.
You can HEAR the lack of intention in every line the AI slops out. At least the TTS voices on stuff like Arby n’ the Chief were funny.
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this makes me want to blow my finjer completely off
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
this makes me want to blow my finjer completely off
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I hereby raise my middle fin-jer to this AI "dub."
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I hereby raise my middle fin-jer to this AI "dub."
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Holy. SHIT. Like........ WOW... It's so much worse than you'd think. Like, before I hit play, I figured it would just be kind of awkward but... wow...
... WOW
... WOW
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Holy. SHIT. Like........ WOW... It's so much worse than you'd think. Like, before I hit play, I figured it would just be kind of awkward but... wow...
... WOW
... WOW
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When your priority is racing to the bottom in terms of budget and turnaround, this is what you will be left with.
Why would I bother to compete with this as an artist? If this is all corporations are willing to invest in, and they want to use my work to train+create more, why work with corps?
Why would I bother to compete with this as an artist? If this is all corporations are willing to invest in, and they want to use my work to train+create more, why work with corps?
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
When your priority is racing to the bottom in terms of budget and turnaround, this is what you will be left with.
Why would I bother to compete with this as an artist? If this is all corporations are willing to invest in, and they want to use my work to train+create more, why work with corps?
Why would I bother to compete with this as an artist? If this is all corporations are willing to invest in, and they want to use my work to train+create more, why work with corps?
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This?...this is what Amazon is replacing us with?
This is garbage that sounds like it had its humanity surgically removed.
This is garbage that sounds like it had its humanity surgically removed.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This?...this is what Amazon is replacing us with?
This is garbage that sounds like it had its humanity surgically removed.
This is garbage that sounds like it had its humanity surgically removed.
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Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.