Ken
@halgoniaken.bsky.social
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Maritime enby, editor of content, QA for life against will, drives a bus
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A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev
Indie studio releases 10k human-made game assets so devs “don’t turn to AI” - Dexerto
Indie creators got a boost as a new 10k human-made asset pack launched to help developers avoid relying on AI tools.
www.dexerto.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
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Wow Mio, it's pretty bold in your first meeting with Prospera to tell her that you're rawdogging it with her daughter.
this is right up there with the gundam captions replacing the word gundam with "condoms"
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wow Mio, it's pretty bold in your first meeting with Prospera to tell her that you're rawdogging it with her daughter.
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easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
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Having one of those "video game graphics don't need to be technically better than this" moments
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Having one of those "video game graphics don't need to be technically better than this" moments
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Hey! If you’ve ever liked my voice, now, before the end of the year, would be a really good time to hire me for any SAG-approved projects!
Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance
Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hey! If you’ve ever liked my voice, now, before the end of the year, would be a really good time to hire me for any SAG-approved projects!
Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance
Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance
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I got inspired @alexrochonva.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I got inspired @alexrochonva.bsky.social
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Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
I love how WILD staff credit history can be
Like for instance
Youko Kikuchi
Did key animation for a very cursed show called Jungle de ikou
However
Her first credit is as an in-betweener for ep5 of Legend of the Galactic Heroes
she is now
Character Design, and Chief Animation Director for the remakes
Like for instance
Youko Kikuchi
Did key animation for a very cursed show called Jungle de ikou
However
Her first credit is as an in-betweener for ep5 of Legend of the Galactic Heroes
she is now
Character Design, and Chief Animation Director for the remakes
a close up of a cartoon character 's face with orange eyes and red hair .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's face with orange eyes and red hair .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I love how WILD staff credit history can be
Like for instance
Youko Kikuchi
Did key animation for a very cursed show called Jungle de ikou
However
Her first credit is as an in-betweener for ep5 of Legend of the Galactic Heroes
she is now
Character Design, and Chief Animation Director for the remakes
Like for instance
Youko Kikuchi
Did key animation for a very cursed show called Jungle de ikou
However
Her first credit is as an in-betweener for ep5 of Legend of the Galactic Heroes
she is now
Character Design, and Chief Animation Director for the remakes
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automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
Wild story, a font service was bought out by a US company and now they are absolutely dogshit and it'll particularly heavily affect JP games, especially service titles.
Wild story, a font service was bought out by a US company and now they are absolutely dogshit and it'll particularly heavily affect JP games, especially service titles.
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
Wild story, a font service was bought out by a US company and now they are absolutely dogshit and it'll particularly heavily affect JP games, especially service titles.
Wild story, a font service was bought out by a US company and now they are absolutely dogshit and it'll particularly heavily affect JP games, especially service titles.
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Frieren x Morrigan !
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Frieren x Morrigan !
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No game No Life and Vinland Saga both had their English AI dubs removed, but Pet still has its English AI dub.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
No game No Life and Vinland Saga both had their English AI dubs removed, but Pet still has its English AI dub.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
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Although the Spanish AI dub persists. So feel free to continue complaining at them.
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Although the Spanish AI dub persists. So feel free to continue complaining at them.
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Corporations: “AI is here, it’s going to be in everything, and you will simply have to get used to this new normal.”
Those same corporations as soon as enough people yell at them: “aaaaAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK RETREAT, RETREEEEAT”
Those same corporations as soon as enough people yell at them: “aaaaAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK RETREAT, RETREEEEAT”
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Corporations: “AI is here, it’s going to be in everything, and you will simply have to get used to this new normal.”
Those same corporations as soon as enough people yell at them: “aaaaAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK RETREAT, RETREEEEAT”
Those same corporations as soon as enough people yell at them: “aaaaAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK RETREAT, RETREEEEAT”
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The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for 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 11:38 PM
The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
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Can, like, EVERY Japanese wrestling company's English team hire MarzGurl? It'd be a win/win for everyone. 🤼
Anyway, I literally am short rent, due in six days, because the anime workflow I once had in spades has run dry thanks to nonsense like this.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
With just a little more work, I can cross the finish line for the month and pay all necessary bills and rent! Can I help you make closed captions for an upcoming or pre-existing video? I have a page on the process here, including a form to fill out so I can help you with your project!
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Can, like, EVERY Japanese wrestling company's English team hire MarzGurl? It'd be a win/win for everyone. 🤼
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Probably way too old to be making memes, but it felt relevant.
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Probably way too old to be making memes, but it felt relevant.
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In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
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Seen discourse re: AI dubbing about how “dubs are this bad anyways, screw those cliques who throw in amogus references”
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seen discourse re: AI dubbing about how “dubs are this bad anyways, screw those cliques who throw in amogus references”
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
That’s intellectually dishonest. Even the cheesiest 4Kids dub can make me feel something real over AI.
I say this as someone who prefers subs, too.
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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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This shit is why I'm getting less and less work on anime and having to scramble to ask around with YouTubers for help letting me do their CCs just to pay my damn rent. There's enough anime to caption out there that I should not be fucking struggling.
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This shit is why I'm getting less and less work on anime and having to scramble to ask around with YouTubers for help letting me do their CCs just to pay my damn rent. There's enough anime to caption out there that I should not be fucking struggling.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline