The anime localizer drama is WILD 

The reason they don't just become writers is that they care more about "getting out the message" than about the work itself. They don't have the passion to develop the skills needed to become a popular writer, but by parasitizing an already-popular work, they can disseminate "the message" without having to make anything new. The 'need' the popularity, and coopting someone elses work is a shortcut to making their work part of something popular.

Japanese VA- Thank you so much for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I just hope I can live up to the expectations placed on me by fans and the studio. Western VA- Like me or you’re a virgin LOL. Something something patriarchy, something something hate something.

I am glad you're doing well Natalie

To me this drama comes down to people wanting to see a job done right and the people that are supposed to be doing the job feeling entitled and pretending to be victims or saying just deal with it, with Marchie acting like both. Hard to feel bad when being served a stinking mess. Also like always loved the video.

As someone who has started dabbling in writing my own stories, the existence of someone like Jamie is honestly disheartening. I am aware the majority of localizers aren't as bad as her, and as an American writing in English the odds of anything from me coming across her desk is vanishingly small. But, the idea that someone could change the tone or dialogue I intended for a character or scene just because they think they could make it better is incredibly frustrating to think about.

We have no problem on Anime, Manga, & Novel department here in South East Asia. The problem is on JP Games, we're getting the shitty American Localizations rather than accurate Translations. Complete with the censorship & cut-content for the US release. It's freaking annoying as hell, we're not even American, why the heck are we getting their shoddy Localizations.

Good to see you are doing better, no need to apologize, you owe us nothing just focus on what you wanna do and keep doing whatever.

As someone who is left wing politically and probably engages in reading about politics at least a little more than average. I just want to watch anime to escape, how bad the world is, not be reminded while watching a show about a dragon being a maid for a 9-5 worker. Its worse when its not even the author's intention and just some people who arent related to the original work changing somebodies else's story

So there is a huge difference between having to change a sentence due to there not being a proper word or phrase for it in the language you're translating to and just inserting something that was never there. The dragon maid line might seem small but it messes with the characterisation and the actual joke the author was going for. Lucoa is oblivious as hell to some human standards such as skin exposure. You see this throughout the story where she gets whisked off a beach by a female lifeguard for being too exposed and so on. She is highly suggestive to a kid but she doesn't seem to understand why. The kid calls her a succubus on multiple occasions. It has nothing to do with the patriarchy but rather those little laws called public decency and that I feel confident in saying that both men and women would judge or make comments about anyone if they walk out in public wearing something that covers nothing. The whole gag is leading up to Tohru saying why not change your body instead? Which is funny as hell because as a dragon Lucoa can that do. They are shapeshifters. Rather then the worse joke of implying that men are going to be gagging for her exposure again.

One of the things that most annoys me about this whole thing is that these lolcalizers would almost certainly tell you that "cultural appropriation" is "problematic" or "de-colonizing non-Western media of Western influence" is desirable, yet aren't they guilty of doing both of those things? I'm so happy that Japan is starting to catch on to this. As a long-time fan of anime (40+ years, as I've mentioned before), it's the Japanese-ness that's a big part of the appeal. These lolcalizers trampling all over that in their need to score some "woke" points really ticks me off. I really hope the Japanese publishers/studios begin to take at least more of an interest in ensuring their product is more accurately translated when localized. In regards to your uploads, you might also want to consider at least mirroring them on another platform. I know some people are making a little money on Rumble these days, not really comparable to RU-vid, but still some, and apparently it's really easy to use as a backup. Does it automatically or something once you set it up, from what I understand.

The problem I have with localizers adding things to content is that oftentimes, the stuff they're adding is on-the-nose or of the moment, and sure, it might work in the immediate timeframe the content is released. But time moves on. Look at all the video games (esp. JRPGs) that have localizing that is now incredibly dated because it used, say, 90's slang or referenced current events by the localizers. I feel that if localizers didn't try to inject that type of context or lingo/slang into the content, it would be more universally accessible and remain more timeless regardless of when someone is viewing it, so that even 20 years later, that anime can still be enjoyed without being pulled out by, say, something like a random "Bill Clinton" joke or something.

56:45 - 1:00:30 - I really don't understand how Jamie Marchie was not fired for her inappropriate sexual remarks. This was clearly sexual harassment in public and on video towards a customer. The customer asked about the quality of the translations in relation to the product and her response was unprofessional and sexually inappropriate.

Localizers get annoyed? Sounds like everybody wins.

Localizers: "they tuk arrrrr jubs" Ai: 👀

I got a whole lot of sympathy for all the good translators, trying their best to deliver the best possible translation, who might lose their job to AI. But i rather have some random pronounce swapping due to the AI not gewtting the context of who says what than having stuff put in that makes no sense with intention. That's also why i hope the "good" translators will not sit by silently and let those bad eggs get away with it. I mean changing the meaning of information to fir their own agenda and using it for blatant propaganda is much closer to a Nazi than not having a vagina or being a virgin. What is wrong with people? How do the higher ups see stuff like this and be like "yeah nailed it..". When i cook for a restaurant and start changing orders around to deliver vegan food to everybody no matter what they ordered and if someone finds out i call them a Nazi and virgin i can't expect to keep my job for long. That's not how it works or at least not how it should work. Sure if nobody notices it will go along until someone does and then obviously many will be upset even if it tasted ok because people don't like not getting somethign different than what they ordered.

Localizers are second only to game journos 13:16 well, there is that clip going around where someone ai’d Jamie’s voice to say the proper line in Dragon Maid. It’s pretty close.

It's kind of interesting the correlation between often how defensive people will get and how much in the wrong they happen to be. On a second note, it's incredible anyone can get hired to translate something when they aren't fluent in the language they're translating. How does that even work? A normal person wouldn't even think to apply for job as a translator knowing they didn't know the language they were supposedly going to be translating.

It's great to see you again and that you're doing well @NatalieXHunter . Here's my take on this localisation issue. Maybe publishers and foreign distributors need to hire Japanese natives who are good to fluent in various foreign languages. Of course, these Japanese native translators would need to be trained and vetted, in order to perform for and represent theses publishers and foreign distributors like model professionals. Translators in the mould of Studio Khara's Dan Kanemitsu or similar come to mind. As for A.I. being used for translations, I'm of two minds here. On one side, these localisers had it coming and I enjoy seeing them squirm and cry, as translations will be less contaminated with western woke ideology. On the other hand, the quality of translations will (temporarily) dip, as they will partially lack a certain human touch. There's also a danger that certain (political) biases can also be programmed and integrated into A.I.. Model professional translators can definitely use A.I. as an additional tool to assist them. It's a double-edge sword. Anyway, these woke localisers had it coming. Let's hope they get blacklisted from their profession and banned for all eternity. They deserve no forgiveness. Not ever. Let's hope individuals like Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Daman Mills, etc. will have it coming, too in due time, and that they will keep on taking vast amounts of justified flack and then some, just to thoroughly rub it in their faces and to burn it into their minds for all eternity. It’s time to return to the days where translations were never done during the development or production of certain products, but to do translations after the completion of the original (Japanese language) version as it was the way things were done in the past. The tried, tested and successfully proven. Translating Japanese I.P.s under Japanese norms never ever hurt or harmed foreign or domestic users, customers, etc. in any way, due to historical, religious or cultural differences. The Japanese historical, religious or cultural differences are what made and still make Japanese I.P.s successful in the first place. Domestic audiences and fanbases are the lifeblood of every successful I.P.. Foreign audiences and fanbases are a bonus though. This also reminds me of what J.C. Staff producer Astushi Fujishiro said in regards to foreign fans of anime. Here are some of his quotes. “Rather than changing things for foreigners,” “simply carry on with our style.” “I don’t think overseas fans have caused big changes in our style.” “When I think about it, the Japanese style of animation has been well-received overseas,” “So rather than changing things for foreigners, we simply carry on with our style.” “While we are aware of overseas fans, we generally don’t make changes for their sake.” Foreign fans of Japanese I.P.s want translations to be faithful to the original with the creator’s original vision intact, uncut, unedited and uncensored. The same thing goes for the Japanese historical, religious or cultural differences that are included and embedded. That’s what also makes Japanese I.P.s stand out. I'd even be in favour of reintegrating translator notes into the subtitles. Just like in the old days. Former fansubbers such as VKLL, who fansubbed Sailor Moon Sailorstars and the Evangelion movies in the late 1990s and bootlegged them on VHS, come to mind. Keep up the great work @NatalieXHunter!😉

Being a fan of Sub Anime, and Dub when I'm bored for a few decades now, I'm used to "Localization" headaches. The infamous "Shadow Realm" was brought to my attention and I was dumbstruck. Since then I've gotten used to it.

Been watching Deltora Quest lately and it's interesting having a fan sub that legitimately adds value to compare to. There's a bunch of situations where something was changed between the manga and anime where the translator leaves a note explaining why they deferred to the manga while making the subs. It's slightly jarring at times when the audio clearly doesn't match up with the sub, but it's not like that doesn't happen in professionally translated series. I've seen plenty of subs use a character's given name when the audio is obviously their family name with an honorific, or where terms like senpai and aniiki are replaced with their name. People who legitimately love Japanese culture and/or the thing they're translating can improve the watchers experience with certain notes or changes. It's just too bad the people paid to do it are more interested in applying their politics to the show.

I think the industry is corrupt from the top. The people who are hired dont care about anime, they just want what they think makes them the most money. They dont care about the fans, rather instead they'd gladly change what anime is perceived as in the west in order to bring the largest possible audience. So in a way, they're trying to corrupt anime fans too. I genuinely didn't think it was this bad.

Thank god fansubs exist. The people who make them are the unsung heroes of this whole mess. Also, if you haven't seen it, I recommend watching Asmongold's reaction to learning about the Dragon Maid dub. It was hilarious.

The funniest part is marchie admitted on twitter she dosnt even know japanese..... (yes the localizer is making shit up)

I purchased the English translations for a manga i really liked, Sachi's monsterous appetite, and it was so different from the fan subs. The tone felt all wrong, and the localisation had made the story worse. Which was very sad to see. The thing i dislike the most is when they pur in slang that's generation specific.... Because it just wont age well.

I don't agree with anyone that would selfishly corrupt the creators original story for their Petty political views I'm happy artificial intelligence can fix this problem we have been having with anime dubs and video game translations. I don't feel bad for these people that never deserve to have the job to begin with.

Also "I have a vagina" goes off the assumption that all women have vaginas. So when Jamie says that, she is effectively being transphobic.

I found it amusing how, in response to being criticized for not reading the bloody script properly and vandalizing it with their own entirely unrelated commentary, a VO was capable of word-for-word reading the words of one of their detractors as a response.. to themselves not just reading a script... 😂 Absolute clownshoes.

I used to work at Call Centers for 10+ years, and laughed when you mentioned filling dead air.

1hr 30 min lets go!!! Also really good layout for the vid using the twitch vods and diversifying Much safer and even gives more credence to join the Twitch channel!

I have no sympathy for any translator/localiser who doesn't speak japanese and/or doesn't respect the original author/work. Translation is a difficult job requiring expertise in at least two languages and maybe even the two cultures. You have to be at least somewhat of a writer yourself and be able to judge if what you've written flows properly and conveys what it's supposed to. The value a translator adds is that a person unfamiliar with the original language can understand the text, which is, an ENORMOUS value add! Treating the text as their twitter blog adds no value for the reader and only satisfies their desires. Adding value my ASS.

And yeah I HATE how they take legit criticisms and the 0.1% of psychos who are legit terrible people, and combine them together to shut down anything legit and discredit anyone who aims criticism at them.

So glad to have you back, and was wondering if you were gonna cover this (glad you are).

You know why Seiyu won’t ever truly lose their jobs? Because they offer an on going service to the consumer that respects them. If “localizers” cannot match that demeanor they will be replaced and it will be deserved.

I have seen Crunchyroll exchange. I could not believe the conduct of the panel. Aside from the AI issue and the editorializing from the panel, the Crunchyroll panel should be worried about Human Resources (HR) arranging a meeting out of the blue. The conduct of certain members of the panel was unacceptable. In many of the businesses I know and as a former convention chair, such behavior was excessive enough to warrant termination.

Good to see you are back getting also getting in to Twitch.

I love this kind of content! Your opinions are always very interesting to hear, and I would love to see more of this format here on RU-vid. I'm not really on Twitch, so i would love to see slightly edited highlights like this more! Thanks Nathalie, you're amazing as always.

Love this style of content especially seen I have a hard time caught live streams

In the past few years, I've developed an eye condition called VSS. It makes it harder for me to read small text and I still watch subbed anime first. I find myself rewatching some of my favorite seasonal anime again dubbed. There is almost always some current-day cringe line in each show.

Congrats on getting Twitch affiliate!!! I've been keeping tabs on your work so far, and you seem very logcial and passionate about the things you love, something I particularly admire. I'm glad to see you speak on this, and to make fair observations. Proud to be a fan of yours!!

I feel that if people like Machie weren't changing the scripts and altering the authors intent like Machie did in Dragon Maid and if they had only made the changes to stuff like making the pronouns known and fixing anything that doesn't translate well, like jokes or slang then the authors wouldn't feel the need to do this. Also i have to say this about Machie, she made that change in Dragon maid and yet shes fine playing and voice the more "Blessed" type of characters in anime, who often make jokes and stuff about being that "Blessed" and she even played a pervert who would pyshically "Examine" the other girls in the show to see how "Blessed" they are, so shes a hypocrite in my eyes as well.

1:22:10 this was the moment when Jamie Marchi became the Thomas Astruc of Localizers

That video got demonitized? That was a well done video. Good call to diversify platforms especially one with freeform real time and the other scripted. Did see you created a twitch channel recently and followed. I hope to catch a live stream when I'm not in the office. The topic of localization has been popping up on my recommended YT videos. I don't watch dubs - I have nothing against it. I just prefer to watch it in Japanese preferably without subtitles as well. In regards to translator localization, I just don't think it's appropriate to interject your own political and social agenda in someone else's work.

Looking over the relevant individual's IMDB page... It looks like they started voice acting anime in 1990, and managed it looks like 8 roles in the 90s which appear to largely be for minor background characters. While they did manage to get a lot of roles in the 00s it looks like those did continue to be relatively minor roles, and if I'm reading this correctly doesn't really hit a fron runner role until 2010 as Panty with Panty & Stocking, but from there largely returned to obscurity while somehow managing to land the odd videogamee speaking role. In turn it looks like she married in 1999 at 22, divorced in 2005 at 28, and has been single since. Ironically one of the stand outs from more recently was voicing the female lead of Shimoneta, in addition to a few other roles along those lines. For whatever reason it looks like she's gotten to where she's reasonably able to get work, but isn't exactly in demand meaning the gig aren't going to necessarily be paying that well. While it doesn't excuse the lack of professionalism... It is understandable why she might have built up some resentment after grinding in the English VA industry for ~30 years and still being someone that does a lot of work where they do a bit part, that will show up in a few episodes but the line reads for the gig could probably reasonably fit on a single page and might amount to little more than a glorified day of work at a relatively low rate.

An hour and a half? Holy. I'm gonna have to watch this in parts. Incidentally, cutting things in parts is also a way to satisfy the algorithm.

Glad you're safe. Tbh I think altering someone else's work is a disservice to the author, and it has been a problem for too long. Long before it got political. It should have never been tolerated and seeing these people angry about alternatives to their behavior emerging proves they're doing it on purpose and are a problem.

Already strapped in for this one.

This type of content is great. I'll be watching!

IMO there should be a big distinction between "i am doing translation from japanese" translation and "I take the sub and reword it a little" translation

It's kinda sad the translator didn't want to do the interview. I would have love to have seen her brain poked a bit and see why she decides to translate the way she does.

13:18 Man that's a quote that aged. Smalltime AI youtuber ripped Marchie's Voice, re-did the Dragonmaid clip with the real text and then mocked localisers. And the AI sounded like it had more emotion than Marchie's actual recording. It's WILD. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IbgDZ8PsysY.html The only worry I have is that a few years down the line licensed AI Voices will be cheap enough that any new VAs will be facing an absolutely monumental uphill battle for getting a foot into the industry, be it over here or in JP.

Localizers that don't do any translation work? That's new for me. Waste of money.

Hope your twitch channel does well.

Over an hour video? About the localization drama? Natalie I love you~!

0:32 Haven’t seen your channel in a bit so I’ll stick around for the update.

New Natalie content! Today is a happy day!

Wow, I hadn't seen any clips of the dub of Dragonmaid. That's hilariously awful. As for the issue of localisation, I agree with you on this. I want the text as written or as close as as is feasible. I don't want shit jokes that are not in the original work (which is funny enough already thanks.)

I like this long format. I can listen to your cringe and logic and hear that melodious voice. 💚

Holy shit Natalie, 90 minutes!? I'm gonna have to watch this in segments haha.

One thing about the quality of dubs is that it's pretty clear that if dub producers WANT a good dub, they can get one. Toradora for example has a great dub. Maybe you like the japanese more but calling the english dub bad is crazy talk. Other good dubs are FMA and koe no katachi (I'm actually not 100% sure on this one anymore. It's been a couple years). But they are sadly few and far between because the people making them don't give them the attention they need most of the time for whatever reason.

Will try and watch over the course of the day. Having to clear out the kitchen and dining area because of a leak between my apartment and next door. I have some opinions on this that I know aren't as one-sided (though I am fully against inserting politics), but I want to hear your take before I chime in.

59:00 “funny as soil” I’m fucking dead 😂😂😂

58:49 yeah typically you don’t not have to say if you’re funny, and if you are saying that you’re not

0:01 hey there to you too~

Do you still plan on doing a video on King Trash's redemption from Shield Hero? I've been looking forward to that video when you said you at least planned on making it.

its nice seeing some of the tings i missed

-Overseas anime watcher had to deal with this terrible localiser and bad dubbing for nearly 10 years now - they warned the localizer to do their job right or there will be a big consequence which these localizer don't believe until 8 years later the looming potential replace them with AI start developing - Rev video is a good example how a observer see this issue and explain it to other - Asmong reaction is a perfect example how outsider realise how bad the dubbing are - The Vic incident and the Funi leak only show how corrupt these specific dubbing company and their nepotism - decide to make "Authenthic" voice acting based on your race only for the person enforce this ProZD regretted it, you sow what you reap! -them Joining the strike litteraly means nothing as SAG snitched them by plan to use AI. The Fansub community gave them the chance to legaly translate but they did not do their job right The Dub industry have so many opportunity despide have 99 chances but they fumbled it 100 times by destroy their fellow Actor that have big exposure over a Broly movie and till this day they still slander the actor and look at them now, the fact that Japanesse company can just use their JP talent voice with AI to speak english or have their JP talent speak english will be a norm after the JP audience finaly see all of the shitshow both localiser and the dubbing blunder... The Localiser really similiar how DC and Marvel comic downfall, alot of people and long hardcore fans already explain it better you can easily look it up in YT these days, that is prove how bad the comic industry are. The Dub case really remind me how Disney Fired John Lasseter over baseless accusation, use his alcholism, hugging and a very critical father figure like personaly as weapon to tainted his reputation to the point even some big animation youtuber also join the bandwagon over some planned movie John did cancelled the project. Yet now Disney and Pixar are in hot mess and the people work with Lasseter at Disney and Pixar quit and join the studio John are currently working at Skydance. The dubbing industry have chance but they need to reset and better do their job fast because how fast AI voice over developing.

Regarding your closing question, if you are not going to be making a third channel for VODs, I think that an edited video like you did here would be the best format to integrate "stream highlights" alongside the other more "essay-like" commentary content that is already on your channel.

From where I'm standing, what these localizers are doing is basically cultural appropriation since they're appropriating another work with an entirely different culture and twisting it to meet their ends. I can't find myself sympathizing with such people especially if they flaunt how powerful they are. There's a saying in my country: "Life's like a wheel: sometimes you're up and looking down on everyone and other times, you're at the bottom looking up. Be kind lest the wheel of karma demands its taxes". It's a rough translation of my understanding of the saying but it applies here very well. In terms of AI, as with everything that exists in this universe, I can see the potential of it to help and do good but it can also be used to harm people. I'd say a balance must be struck and to attain that, the bad actors and those who poison the well must be expelled or else there will be no progress. Finally, I'd argue that some dubs have great acting. The first thing that comes to my mind is always the Baccano! English dub. Granted its an anime set in the US, the acting was superb and the lines were great. Another example from what I hear is Cowboy Bebop though I admittedly haven't watched the dub, I hear that it's pretty good. So yeah. Quite the conundrum but I'd say this is karma coming to collect for all the years these localizers abused their power. Either way, great video and I wish you good luck on your endeavors. I'll be watching your progress with a silent thumbs up in the corner over there. :)

I think I've said all I have to say on the matter at this point. A lot of hate localizers got wasn't just for their work but attitude as well. If they had been humble, people would sympathize. If they apologized, then most people would've let them off. Most people would see a human there instead of the mouth piece localizers have portrayed themselves as. Honestly that's one of the problems I've got with both sides, people want a fight instead of a discussion a lot of the time. Funnily enough, I'm sure if Katarina accepted your interview she would have received more sympathy even if we still disagreed with her. should clarify I understand why she didn't accept just saying that possibility existed. 20:08 hey that's me😁

Back when u said "muh muh muh MY VAGINA!" it sounded like part of a commercial for a dealership or insurance thing lol. I do feel bad for the ppl who do the best they can but we're kinda stuck wit either let the shitty ones roam or wipe it all clean since there's no way companies R gonna comb thru to find the illegitimate ones & more may come in their place. It also sucks it took literal decades & their own undoin in complainin bout the slow switch to AI to get here but I'm glad ppl R startin to become more aware especially in jp. I sincerely don't can't fathom y this is such a thing so prevalent & near exclusive to jp to western en stuff, jp has always had an odd stigma here around it, "oh u watchin them wEiRd japanese cartoons?""oH tHeM WeIrD jaPaNEse & tHEir WEird JAPanese things!" but it really gets to wut THe fuUUKK tlevels at "too many" points imo. I have no issues wit AI (quite the contrary even) but even if I did it's not gonna tell me how "weIrd" or "unbased" they R. Or whether it matters if I have a vagina or got laid or how "powerless & weak" I am or how "It's gonna happen get over it" or etc. etc. etc. It's jus gonna do its job wit some light help. thx for comin to my ted talk

I tend to watch dubbed anime more so I can listen to it while I work or take care of chores. Maybe I should try to make more time to watch the subtitles to get a less filtered version of the characters.

Glad you are back, figured you would comment on this, i might actually watch dubs if we got some Nat VA work in it... Hope things continue to go well for you on Twitch, as someone who dosen't use twitch or watch streams in gereral.

Tbf there are even localisation confusions that aren’t intended or political like item descriptions in dark souls having different meanings depending on how it was translated.

Love your videos!

yeah. i'd like to see more long-form videos like this.

The worst examples of Localization are from Funimation/Crunchyroll. Yet there are other examples from ADV/Sentai Filmworks, Bandai (back when they used to make English Dubs), Viz, Media Blasters (Anime Works and Kitty Media dubs) and of course 4Kids back in the day. Some examples are tame while others are annoying but not as off-putting compared to 2014 onwards.

I had the same echo issue, I think it's a problem with google chrome, your voice ends up getting played twice or in some cases even 3 times, I don't remember how I fixed it, but you can try another browser with chrome fully closed just for a test run and see if that fixes it.

Oh here we go

i've literally started learning japanese this time! i've picked up genki and i'm half way through memorizing hirigana (i've been slacking i'll admit, but still!), hopefully by the next time big drama breaks out i'll be able to wade into the cesspit speaking actual japanese. or just avoid it entirely by watching raws ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hey there as a long time lover of your content and someone who watched the video until the very end before I comment it, I think that you should look at RT game for a good example of someone who uses twitch and RU-vid in tandem, and uses highlights from their twitch, and upload them to their RU-vid, as well as making smaller scale, RU-vid specific videos. He does it in such a way, where he focuses on twitch most of the time, and then upload the highlights of those videos to RU-vid and it’s a wonderful experience, and I think that your content would very much benefit from his style, even though your genres are very very different

Part 4 January 15th 2024 A RU-vidr has used A.i to cover over Jamie Marchi Lines with the Manga accurate lines

Subs only for me. Dubs were great in the early days of Anime, but not in the last ~5-10 years. Ghost in the Shell was the pinnacle. The voice actors were incredible. And before the rise of Crunchy, a great deal of the early subs were either done professionally by the production, or by volunteers who really loved their work and weren't paid. Crunchy and other mass-market scaling of Anime has changed all of that. The distributors, like Crunchy, Amazon, Disney, and so forth... for the most part they don't want to pay actors more than a pittance to sub or dub and with the sheer number of series now coming to market the result has been catastrophic. Particularly for the dubs, but also the subs. What we are seeing now is this transition from volunteer to paid commercial effort, and commercial companies really doing a poor job dealing with it. So Dubs now seem to be mostly lackluster, with emotion never portrayed properly, the wrong words, too much PC, and complete rewrites when what I really want is the non-Westernized English equivalent for the Japanese. And Subs have also degraded massively, but not quite as badly. Subs at least, still allow me to listen to the Japanese (with my passing grade-school-level knowledge of the language), and more or less know where too much (non-)artistic license has been taken with the Sub. I think what we are seeing now is basically a rebellion. And I support it. Commercial interests like Crunchy and Disney have way, way too much power, and are way too greedy,. -Matt

Appreciate the nyanya ASMR.

The fact that someone fixed this using A.I is wild

Custom made AI per series? Got it, shouldn’t be as hard as having to fix all the localization destruction that can happen to the text.

43:24 That's why you use a headset instead of speakers when you stream. It makes speaker echo a thing of the past.

Woo! Long video!!! Love your videos Nat! Please keep up the awesome work!!! I'd give you the very roof over my head if it would help!

1:03:00 "maybe there isn't much work for her in Yaoi" Maybe that's why she's so upset, she's trying to break into Yaoi and nobody will hire her to voice a adult male character...

I didn’t think I would be rooting for Malty roasting locua lol

I'm a bit sad, that it's a bit late timezone wise for me to watch streams live.

Generally the "let's see you do better" isn't something I consider a winning argument. Doing one's own specialized job better than the masses is what I'd call the bare minimum. Localizers in particular shouldn't use this excuse because the masses *really do* have a better method in sites like DeepL if the work they presented is bad enough.

I didn’t know why I had a weird dislike of Dragon Maid and Magus Bride. I couldn’t pinpoint it until these video started to pop up. Now I know i was force fed someone else’s agenda in my own entertainment. It’s so insidious. Yuck! 🤢

Good outfit glad to hear you're doing better ❤

Do you have any plans to upload your Twitch VODs on something like a second channel?

It’s ridiculous that we have to fight so hard just for accurate translations to our escapism. AI can’t replace these parasitic localizers soon enough.

This style seems to work

I don't think the explanations are 100% necessary, as long as the highlight has enough context for what you're talking about. If it's multiple clips from multiple days, a simple date on screen can probably be enough of an indicator. Maybe fade in the audio slightly on the incoming clip for people who just listen to the audio.

I will always hate localizers for ruining Mahoyo. AI is the future.

this is gonna be good! gonna grab some popcorn!

I would not give her hate, I would give her mockery.