Ex-Shohei Ohtani translator’s alleged $17 million theft inspires TV show

Ex-Shohei Ohtani translator’s alleged  million theft inspires TV show

The real-life made-for-TV drama around the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s former translator Ippei Mizuhara is indeed heading for the small screen.  Lionsgate Television is developing a scripted series about the absurd situation that engulfed baseball’s biggest star and revealed one of his closest friends had allegedly stolen nearly $17 million from Ohtani to cover … Read more

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

Western television and anime localizers have recently come under fire for injecting “woke” language into English dubs not present in the original work, prompting some companies to implement artificial intelligence (AI) as a way of limiting human intervention or to remove them entirely. The use of AI in the industry is already well underway. On … Read more