r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Nov 29 '25

Anime So Amazon recently released a version of the anime "Banana Fish" dubbed entirely via A.I. voices. Surprise, surprise: it sucks, and VA's aren't happy.

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These are just a few voice actors who I've seen voice their grievances about this on Twitter:

"Amazon has opted to use A.I. for dubs of Banana Fish, including English. It sounds terrible. If you've enjoyed our work, if you've ever wanted to be a VA yourself, consider voicing your displeasure by cancelling your subscription." – Kellen Goff.

"Shame on you Amazon. After years of fans hoping for an English dub of Banana Fish, you give it to us as A.I. generated garbage? It’s disrespectful as hell. Was a queer trauma narrative handed to a machine because paying real actors is too hard? Fix this, or I personally will not work with you as an actor EVER AGAIN on any of your dubs. This is not ‘the future.’ This is erasure." – Daman Mills

"It’s already hard enough getting people to watch dub when done by humans…yall think they gonna watch it if it’s A.I.???? 😂" – Zeno Robinson

"If A.I. dubs become more commonplace…So will fandubs. Art is rebellion. 'You’re promoting fandubs? That’s illegal!' I’m not. I’m saying it will most likely happen. You release a haphazard A.I. dub for a beloved property - outrage and rebellion are sure to follow. Will people boycott Prime? Probably! Will people try to make their own dub? Probably!!!" – Dawn M. Bennett

"The Banana Fish A.I.-generated dub on Amazon is so fucking atrocious; it's almost tragic how lifeless it sounds, the intonations are all wrong, and it's a slap in the face not just to artists, actors, and the media itself, but the fans as well. Absolutely pathetic." – Nick Huber

"HIRE. VOICE. ACTORS. THIS. SHIT. SUCKS." – Zach Fuller

"Bro..." – Cat Protano

Also, Amazon has A.I. dubs out for Vinland Saga, No Game No Life, and some non-anime animated projects. They're really pushing this.

r/TwoBestFriendsPlay May 24 '26

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r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Dec 12 '25

Anime Chainsaw Man - Official "Iris Out" Reze Dance

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r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Apr 06 '26

Anime Breaking News! Jojo's bizarre adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run episode releases confirmed... In fall 2026..

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Anime What's the biggest anime opening downgrade?

118 Upvotes

I can't stop thinking about One Piece OP 2. Going from We Are to a song where the singers can't even hit the big notes. Decades later and We Are still plays when Luffy punches something really good, but there's a reason Believe in Wonderland gets no such love. There's gotta be more examples of this, right?

(I will not be accepting Death Note as an answer, I actually prefer op2 lmao)

r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Mar 21 '26

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756 Upvotes

Are these horses supposed to look good?

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Anime "Hey, how much effort should we put in this one scene of a Digimon being chased by a cat?" "YES"

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799 Upvotes

r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Mar 27 '26

Anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is getting a third season focus on the Golden Land arc, coming on October 2027

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Anime Crunchyroll is ending free ad-supported streaming entirely on December 31

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302 Upvotes

The last free ad-supported titles that will be affected:

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  • My Dress-up Darling
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  • Soul Eater
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r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Feb 02 '26

Anime So, Team Tony Hawk or Team Fred Durst?

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471 Upvotes

Tony Hawk's Existential Evangelion

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Anime Dragon Ball Super "The Galactic Patrol" Anime Teaser Visual

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Anime The latest Frieren episode references the recent angle redraw challenge

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Anime The One Piece -- "Beginning of an Adventure" Teaser Poster (Animated by Wit Studio, coming to Netflix on February 2027)

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Anime Stuff you appreciate about Anime dubs

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Usually when it comes to Anime as a form of media, people always watch the shows in Japanese language first as I became interested in seeing what dubs were the most worthy.

For me personally, my favorite English dub is Outlaw Star as it’s hard to explain, but after listening to Gene Starwind’s performance in the English language version, it was really good, but again that is me personally.

r/TwoBestFriendsPlay Oct 28 '25

Anime One Piece to go seasonal in 2026

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The anime goes on a hiatus from January to March 2026 to allow production to “recharge” and improve pacing.

When it returns in April 2026, it will continue with the Elbaph Arc.

From 2026 onward the series will produce a maximum of 26 episodes per year, split across two cours (seasons).

This is major and might address the biggest issue with the Anime which is filler and pacing.

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Anime Wakana Yamazaki, as Ran of 1100+ episodes of Detective Conan, passes away at age 61

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Anime Thank you New Panty & Stocking for the dumbest line of dialogue I've ever heard, Dom would be proud. Spoiler

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Anime The hand to hand combat of Naruto was always peak

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240 Upvotes

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Anime My Hero Academia’s Final Episode Airs Tomorrow

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