By Paul Tassi
Publication Date: 2025-11-30 13:21:00
As giant tech companies try to inject AI into every orifice in the world, we see new examples of things going badly every day. This week, Amazon Prime Video is introducing dubs to the popular anime Banana Fish, which has been needing them for a long time. The problem? They are AI. Not just AI, terrible AI.
You can see some of these examples below. The intonation and reading of the lines make Siri look like Meryl Streep. Technically it’s the English language, but that’s about it, and it outrages fans of Banana Fish as well as those of all anime fans and those who respect voice acting in general.
The idea here of Amazon saving the estimated $75 an hour it would have to pay the voice actors, about $50,000 for the show overall if it’s a trillion-dollar corporation, feels icky. But it’s even worse to do that when it’s just so offensive that it’s obviously bad. Here’s a viral tweet from voice actor/dub maker Daman Mills,…
