"Damian Mills, for instance, said via X that voicing a "notable queer-coded character like Kaworu" in three Evangelion movie dubs for Prime Video (in 2007, 2009, and 2012) "meant a lot, especially being queer myself." Mills, who also does voice acting for other anime, including One Piece (Tanaka) and Dragon Ball Super (Frieza) added, "... using AI to replace dub actors on #BananaFish? It's insulting and I can't support this."
"Amazon also seems to have rethought its March statement announcing that it would use AI to dub content "that would not have been dubbed otherwise." For example, in 2017, Sentai Filmworks released an English dub of No Game, No Life: Zero with human voice actors. On Tuesday, Gizmodo reported that "several of the English language AI dubs for anime such as Banana Fish, No Game No Life: Zero, and more have now been removed.""
Amazon uploaded AI-generated English dubs for several anime titles, including Banana Fish and No Game, No Life: Zero. Many fans and voice actors criticized the use of AI to replace human dub performers, calling the practice disrespectful and insulting. Voice actor Damian Mills said voicing Kaworu "meant a lot, especially being queer myself," and called AI use on Banana Fish "insulting". Amazon had said in March it would use AI to dub content "that would not have been dubbed otherwise" and promised "human expertise" for quality control, but some AI dubs were removed while others remained.
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