Kevin Tornetta
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Seeing OTHER anime being AI dubbed, including shows that have already been dubbed proper by other studios no less (No Game No Life and Dororo via Sentai Filmworks) is such a telling sign of how greedy Amazon is being.
Disrespectful to the creators, clients, studios AND the audience when you use AI.
Disrespectful to the creators, clients, studios AND the audience when you use AI.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Seeing OTHER anime being AI dubbed, including shows that have already been dubbed proper by other studios no less (No Game No Life and Dororo via Sentai Filmworks) is such a telling sign of how greedy Amazon is being.
Disrespectful to the creators, clients, studios AND the audience when you use AI.
Disrespectful to the creators, clients, studios AND the audience when you use AI.
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This is not only insulting to the art, medium, and voice actors, but also to the viewers.
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 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is not only insulting to the art, medium, and voice actors, but also to the viewers.
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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 11:21 PM
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.
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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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A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
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 11:57 PM
A trillion-dollar company going super-cheap on producing a mechanical-sounding dub with no human touch, aura, or spark involved.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
It's insulting, anti-consumer, anti-creative, shameful, and just damn embarrassing.
Also... I can't trust anything that pronounces "finger" as "fin-jer."
2:12 in, BTW.
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we should do that
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
we should do that
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Stand firm with your fellow actors, no matter the country. If you've received auditions for this, no you haven't. If you've already submitted for this, you're unavailable to accept the job. If you've already accepted the job, you don't want it anymore. If you've already worked it, you quit.
#NoScabs
#NoScabs
Read ACTRA Toronto's statement on Unicorn Academy Shorts from ACTRA Toronto President Kate Ziegler: actratoronto.com/bulletin/202...
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stand firm with your fellow actors, no matter the country. If you've received auditions for this, no you haven't. If you've already submitted for this, you're unavailable to accept the job. If you've already accepted the job, you don't want it anymore. If you've already worked it, you quit.
#NoScabs
#NoScabs
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nothing was learned eh
it gets to be a real mindfuck having ptsd from something that genuinely does keep happening over and over
it gets to be a real mindfuck having ptsd from something that genuinely does keep happening over and over
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
nothing was learned eh
it gets to be a real mindfuck having ptsd from something that genuinely does keep happening over and over
it gets to be a real mindfuck having ptsd from something that genuinely does keep happening over and over
Wicked For Good is phenomenal! The performances were excellent! Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were fantastic! Ariana should win best supporting actress hands down! I thought the music was great as well! I really like how it was adapted from the stage! The critics don’t know what they are
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Wicked For Good is phenomenal! The performances were excellent! Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were fantastic! Ariana should win best supporting actress hands down! I thought the music was great as well! I really like how it was adapted from the stage! The critics don’t know what they are
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Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
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The discourse following this will amount to “so much for eurogamer’s review mattering”
But this only reinforces how absurd it is to not use traditional voice actors instead of feeding their voices into a machine.
You’re this successful, after your previous game made millions?
What is the excuse?
But this only reinforces how absurd it is to not use traditional voice actors instead of feeding their voices into a machine.
You’re this successful, after your previous game made millions?
What is the excuse?
ARC Raiders has sold 4 million copies worldwide with peak concurrent users reaching over 700,000 this past weekend www.gematsu.com/2025/11/arc-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The discourse following this will amount to “so much for eurogamer’s review mattering”
But this only reinforces how absurd it is to not use traditional voice actors instead of feeding their voices into a machine.
You’re this successful, after your previous game made millions?
What is the excuse?
But this only reinforces how absurd it is to not use traditional voice actors instead of feeding their voices into a machine.
You’re this successful, after your previous game made millions?
What is the excuse?
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
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Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
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I voice the brave Korok warrior CALAMO in HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF IMPRISONMENT. This character was an absolute joy to play, and it was really cool to get to be a part of a Zelda game. The game is available now on Nintendo Switch 2.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I voice the brave Korok warrior CALAMO in HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF IMPRISONMENT. This character was an absolute joy to play, and it was really cool to get to be a part of a Zelda game. The game is available now on Nintendo Switch 2.
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I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately
Like is all of this AI slop or not
Like is all of this AI slop or not
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately
Like is all of this AI slop or not
Like is all of this AI slop or not
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Remember when Spider-Man 2 for PS5 came out and people realized the NPCs on the street all had dialogue with each other that you could eavesdrop on and then players in. A. SPIDER-MAN. Game. Took time out of swinging above the city just to follow people around on the street and listen to them? 🤔
The worst part as a writer is, like, NPC dialogue and barks and incidental text is the most fun stuff to write but takes the most time in terms of billable hours and has the least amount of screen-time, so for a corpo it just 'makes sense' to have an LLM pump it out
"Nobody reads this stuff anyway"
"Nobody reads this stuff anyway"
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remember when Spider-Man 2 for PS5 came out and people realized the NPCs on the street all had dialogue with each other that you could eavesdrop on and then players in. A. SPIDER-MAN. Game. Took time out of swinging above the city just to follow people around on the street and listen to them? 🤔
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
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Hearing her bounce between the Son family members always makes me feel warm inside.
And listen to the audience when she gets to Gohan. SO GOOD.
And listen to the audience when she gets to Gohan. SO GOOD.
happy 89th bday to the goat of voice acting nozawa masako
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Hearing her bounce between the Son family members always makes me feel warm inside.
And listen to the audience when she gets to Gohan. SO GOOD.
And listen to the audience when she gets to Gohan. SO GOOD.
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Cool, now how much did either of those films pay their voice actors
“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” is in position to win the box office this weekend, weeks after the new “Demon Slayer” film captured the top spot two weekends in a row.
‘Chainsaw Man’ Is Latest Anime Box Office Hit—Following ‘Demon Slayer’ Success
“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” is in position to win the box office this weekend, weeks after the new “Demon Slayer” film captured the top spot two weekends in a row.
www.forbes.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Cool, now how much did either of those films pay their voice actors
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Ugh. I really want to hear what Jen Taylor has to say about this. This hugely profitable company can more than afford the services of an actual voice actor. Microsoft buried Halo and now they’re just spitting on its grave.
October 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ugh. I really want to hear what Jen Taylor has to say about this. This hugely profitable company can more than afford the services of an actual voice actor. Microsoft buried Halo and now they’re just spitting on its grave.
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So anyway, maybe voice actors aren't crazy, greedy bastards for wanting protections against their voices being used to train AI after all
Reposting this with different phrasing
Multiple promotional videos for the new Genshin Miliastra Wonderland mode have been posted
A lot of fans believe it to be narrated by AI voice over
You be the judge
youtu.be/B_hxFC_Rrck?...
Multiple promotional videos for the new Genshin Miliastra Wonderland mode have been posted
A lot of fans believe it to be narrated by AI voice over
You be the judge
youtu.be/B_hxFC_Rrck?...
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So anyway, maybe voice actors aren't crazy, greedy bastards for wanting protections against their voices being used to train AI after all
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Here They Are! The Trade codes for #PokemonLegendsZA
Share this in your discord, use it in your tiktok, retweet it! The more people who HAVE these codes, the better they work!
You get the various held items from side missions.
Share this in your discord, use it in your tiktok, retweet it! The more people who HAVE these codes, the better they work!
You get the various held items from side missions.
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here They Are! The Trade codes for #PokemonLegendsZA
Share this in your discord, use it in your tiktok, retweet it! The more people who HAVE these codes, the better they work!
You get the various held items from side missions.
Share this in your discord, use it in your tiktok, retweet it! The more people who HAVE these codes, the better they work!
You get the various held items from side missions.
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I'm stoked. Sean's shown up to meetings for everything in recent years, even dubbing, which I'm fairly certain covers contracts he's never personally worked. Couldn't ask for a president to be more involved. Merging the pension/retirement funds is a a big priority for him, too. Highest of hopes!
This is such good news for me and my fellow SAG/AFTRA members!
www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...
www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...
SAG-AFTRA Members Elect Sean Astin President and Michelle Hurd Secretary-Treasurer
In national balloting tabulated today, Sean Astin was elected SAG-AFTRA president and Michelle Hurd SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer, two of the union’s highest-ranking national offices. Their two-year terms begin today.
www.sagaftra.org
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'm stoked. Sean's shown up to meetings for everything in recent years, even dubbing, which I'm fairly certain covers contracts he's never personally worked. Couldn't ask for a president to be more involved. Merging the pension/retirement funds is a a big priority for him, too. Highest of hopes!
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Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices,
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.
If you value your job: protect others jobs too.
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.
If you value your job: protect others jobs too.
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices,
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.
If you value your job: protect others jobs too.
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.
If you value your job: protect others jobs too.