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Is AI about to replace voice actors — or will the anime industry push back? In this video we cover two major stories shaking anime right now: the recent industry backlash against AI-generated dubs (and streaming platforms rolling them back), and the surprising legal end of legendary studio Gainax. We analyze what these events mean for creators, studios, and fans — and whether AI is a tool or a threat to the craft of dubbing.    What we cover in this video   Timeline: how the AI-dub experiments unfolded and why fans & VAs reacted.  Technical vs ethical: what AI can do for dubbing — and what it shouldn’t.  The Gainax story: what the dissolution legally means for IP, staff, and legacy.   How studios, unions, and platforms might regulate AI in localization.  Practical takeaways for creators, voice actors, and viewers.   00:00 Cosmic Princess Kaguya! 00:43 Bushiroad Games closes its imprint 01:41 Ronnie Coleman recognizes his anime self 02:34 81 Produce and ElevenLabs: the hybrid voice actors 03:43 Japanese Minister Kimi Onoda 04:48 Gainax disbands after 42 years of history    SOCIAL MEDIA:  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebestanimehere0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThesAnime FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBestAnimeHere/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_best_anime_here_xd/ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thebestanimehere

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00:00netflix will release its anime film cosmic princess kaguya on january 22nd 2026.

00:08the story reimagines the classic tale of princess kaguya in a futuristic virtual concert a high

00:15school student named iroha sakayori must protect a mysterious baby during a show in the virtual realm

00:22of tsukuyomi combining original music from famous vocaloid producers such as honeyworks

00:28with high quality 3d animation director shingo yamashita famous for the openings of jujutsu kaisen

00:36and chainsaw man makes his feature film debut with this fusion of musical spectacle and japanese folklore

00:44the japanese company bushi road announced that the video game label bushi road games will cease

00:49operations in december 2025. according to the announcement they will not stop making games

00:57but will change the way they are published from now on mobile titles will be released under a new

01:03brand called busimo and console games will use the bushi road name directly this affects popular

01:10franchises such as banji dream girls band party and the upcoming hunter x hunter nen x survival which

01:18will move to bushimo the bushi road games label barely existed for two years it was launched in

01:25january 2023 reflecting the short cycle of this unification bushi road is also expanding its

01:33presence in the industry consolidating stakes in studios such as front wing lab and increasing

01:38its investment in sans again animation bodybuilding legend ronnie coleman surprised fans by reacting to the

01:45character super alloy dark shine from one punch man on social media he said he considers dark shine to be

01:53practically his animated double encouraging his followers to tag the series official account

01:59coleman humorously commented that he never imagined he would have an anime counterpart and stated that if

02:06there is a twin in the 2d world it is definitely dark shine this fact beyond being a viral anecdote

02:14unexpectedly validates dark shine's extreme design a muscular and exaggerated superhero by

02:21accompanying his post with his famous yeah buddy gesture coleman merges the world of the gym with that

02:27of anime demonstrating how a real life icon can publicly embrace a fictional character on december 15

02:3520th 2025 japanese voice acting agency eighty one produce home to talents such as riei takahashi and

02:43ryusei nakao announced a strategic agreement with ai company eleven labs the goal is to combat the unauthorized

02:51use of voices in ai while leveraging the technology for global dubbing they will record the original voices of their

02:59actors to generate versions in up to 29 languages that preserve the tone and nuances of the japanese

03:05performers through tools such as voice captcha and digital watermarks creators will be able to verify the

03:13authenticity of a voice before using it this gives rise to the concept of the hybrid voice actor the seiyuu

03:21participates in international releases with their original voice and their ai translated version

03:28expanding their reach without losing control over their image 81 produce becomes one of the first major

03:35agencies in japan to take proactive action against the misuse of ai in dubbing which could set a trend

03:41in the industry old tweets from japanese minister of state kimmy onada in charge of economic security

03:49resurfaced in which she confessed her exclusive attraction to 2d anime and manga characters

03:56onoda wrote phrases such as i have no interest in 3d men and i only love 2d characters i won't even

04:03cheat in 2d these statements dating back to 2017 went viral on social media and reignited the debate about

04:12otaku culture and expectations of female politicians in japan beyond the controversy

04:18onoda has become a vocal advocate for anime arguing that 2d fantasy should be separated from reality

04:26for example she rejected suggestions to regulate 2d content to protect children saying that they should

04:33regulate the 3d world to protect real children onoda compares her orientation toward 2d with a sexual

04:41orientation or even veganism arguing that for her it is something serious and not a phase

04:48on december 10th 2025 the legal dissolution of gainax inc the studio that created neon genesis evangelion

04:57was made official in japan hideaki ano co-founder and president announced that after years of

05:04financial and legal problems gainax has completed its bankruptcy reorganization and ceased to exist as a

05:11corporation gainax started in 1984 and released classics such as royal space force and of course evangelion

05:21the studio accumulated debts and controversies including the fall of its former president in 2019

05:28which led to bankruptcy in may 2024 and ultimately its closure according to anno during the liquidation

05:37process the rights to each work were transferred and the production materials were handed over to their

05:43respective owners and creators despite the end of gainax it is assured that all of its intellectual property

05:51licenses images music has been returned to those who actually created it ending an era in anime history

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AI-Dubbed Voice Actors? The Controversy — And the Fall of GAINAX

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