Just a quick one summarizing the anime enshiffitifaction we've been experiencing the past 6 months (AI-subs, shitty typesetting, AI-cc, and AI dubs.)
I'll be back to my deep-dives on animanga localization next year, TBD.
Just a quick one summarizing the anime enshiffitifaction we've been experiencing the past 6 months (AI-subs, shitty typesetting, AI-cc, and AI dubs.)
I'll be back to my deep-dives on animanga localization next year, TBD.
Machine translation is a great tool for certain situations, but it's still extremely limited. We're many years away from a true Babelfish.
Machine translation is a great tool for certain situations, but it's still extremely limited. We're many years away from a true Babelfish.
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This is what I had to say a few Halloweens ago.
It's a nuanced topic, and I find consumers and creators often talk past each other because we frame the conversation differently.
This is what I had to say a few Halloweens ago.
It's a nuanced topic, and I find consumers and creators often talk past each other because we frame the conversation differently.
Otaku elders built the anime industry in the West.
It’s up to today’s otaku to save it from AI and corporate enshittification.
Otaku elders built the anime industry in the West.
It’s up to today’s otaku to save it from AI and corporate enshittification.
A. know that AI localization will absolutely ruin their favorite manga, anime, games, and books
B. fan outrage over AI use is one of the best and only ways we can fight back.
most loc professionals are freelance. we're not union. we have no power.
Fans must speak up.
A. know that AI localization will absolutely ruin their favorite manga, anime, games, and books
B. fan outrage over AI use is one of the best and only ways we can fight back.
most loc professionals are freelance. we're not union. we have no power.
Fans must speak up.
Styles range from textbook-style grammar breakdowns to teaching Japanese through anime, songs, and guided manga and light novel translation.
Just sayin'.
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Styles range from textbook-style grammar breakdowns to teaching Japanese through anime, songs, and guided manga and light novel translation.
Just sayin'.
www.youtube.com/@SarahMoonJa...
It's long, but I condensed everything I've wanted to say about anime, my role in the industry over the years, and my current feelings on it.
(Also, multiverse shenanigans galore!)
For Fans, BY Fans | Anime in the West
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYS0...
It's long, but I condensed everything I've wanted to say about anime, my role in the industry over the years, and my current feelings on it.
(Also, multiverse shenanigans galore!)
For Fans, BY Fans | Anime in the West
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYS0...
This ISN'T TWITTER.
Please don't make it into it.
This ISN'T TWITTER.
Please don't make it into it.