I was surprised Ninja vs Gokudo didn’t come up in all the discussion about Amazon Prime’s AI dubs because one of the English VAs had leaked several weeks before all that that Amazon had run their voices through an AI filter without their consent and they were paid breadcrumbs for their roles.

but of course I was committing the classic Critic’s Fallacy: believing that a work of art must be comprehended to be enjoyed, when in fact comprehension stumbles well behind enjoyment for the vast majority of people ever.

there’s no “high concept” if you just think it’s cartoon characters rapping!

発売日は12月23日です。amazonでは予約を受け付けています。

Rejecting it loudly does also send a message that you stand with trans people and willing to give something up that causes harm to them, cause fuck me, do we need some mass solidarity from cis peeps right now.

When you’re young, you also don’t realize how the industries you aspire to are also full of some sick pieces of shit who will exploit you. Easy to be starry eyed about VTubing or VA work or whatever

Not saying that contracts aren't more serious than EULAs, but we spend a lot of our lives being handed contracts we're trained not to read.

The AI space is hostile "Silently". All of it. There is no exception, and by that i mean it exists to take jobs away. It doesn't exist for noble reasons. It doesn't "Make things better". It makes people not needed, or training not needed. It promotes losing jobs, or laziness. Pick one.