Erroll Maas
@azumerroll.bsky.social
Big Monster Design Fan. Formerly: List Writer @thegamerwebsite Yu-Gi-Oh! Features Writer @cbr Editor @ParallaxMedia Correspondent @GameSkinny
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Erroll Maas
@azumerroll.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Probably stuff like this 😅 (article link here since the website it was originally posted on no longer exists: errollmaaswriting.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/p...)
Leading up to my trip I had a lot of uncertainty about whether I should go, but getting to see friends & make new ones is always worth it. Also thank you to everyone who complimented my Team Rocket-inspired outfit! 😅
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Leading up to my trip I had a lot of uncertainty about whether I should go, but getting to see friends & make new ones is always worth it. Also thank you to everyone who complimented my Team Rocket-inspired outfit! 😅
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Hey if anyone wants to watch Gavan before the new series, Tubi has the original 44 episode run for free!
tubitv.com/series/30001...
tubitv.com/series/30001...
Space Sheriff Gavan
Space Sheriff Gavan of the Galactic Union Police is deployed to the Earth to defend his mother's homeland, which has been invaded by criminals.
tubitv.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hey if anyone wants to watch Gavan before the new series, Tubi has the original 44 episode run for free!
tubitv.com/series/30001...
tubitv.com/series/30001...
"I can see you raise Pokémon with utmost care. But you would never understand what I hope to achieve..."
Pokemon-inspired fit!
Pokemon-inspired fit!
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"I can see you raise Pokémon with utmost care. But you would never understand what I hope to achieve..."
Pokemon-inspired fit!
Pokemon-inspired fit!
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Gravity Rush 2's world is messy and overwhelming by design - allowing moments of intense clarity to shine through amidst the noise.
Written by Christian Donlan, our second piece on Flying Cities is now live:
vist.ly/4i6uh
Written by Christian Donlan, our second piece on Flying Cities is now live:
vist.ly/4i6uh
Achieving the Addled Intricacy of Gravity Rush 2
There's a method to the muddle in Gravity Rush 2's cluttered cities, where moments of clarity can be found.
www.eteogames.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gravity Rush 2's world is messy and overwhelming by design - allowing moments of intense clarity to shine through amidst the noise.
Written by Christian Donlan, our second piece on Flying Cities is now live:
vist.ly/4i6uh
Written by Christian Donlan, our second piece on Flying Cities is now live:
vist.ly/4i6uh
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With Digimon Movie Collection 2 showing up in people's hands, how about a little peek at one of the most complex sub effects we've done so far? The original dub replaced the Japanese credits with a Windows-themed overlay, so we copied that for ours.
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
With Digimon Movie Collection 2 showing up in people's hands, how about a little peek at one of the most complex sub effects we've done so far? The original dub replaced the Japanese credits with a Windows-themed overlay, so we copied that for ours.
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It helps that several actors that have been in a Kamen Rider property have also been in the Yakuza games.
i’ll annoy people about it till the end of time but yakuza fans really would love kamen rider
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It helps that several actors that have been in a Kamen Rider property have also been in the Yakuza games.
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it's important to extend grace to those around you, you never know who's just lost their job, who's going home to an empty refrigerator, who's fighting with their boyfriend, who's actually scott bakula having quantum leapt into quite the jam
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
it's important to extend grace to those around you, you never know who's just lost their job, who's going home to an empty refrigerator, who's fighting with their boyfriend, who's actually scott bakula having quantum leapt into quite the jam
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is free to watch on Tubi tubitv.com/movies/10003...
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is free to watch on Tubi tubitv.com/movies/10003...
Plan to be in LA the latter half of this week and all weekend but will be looking for stuff to do since I barely have any plans yet.
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Plan to be in LA the latter half of this week and all weekend but will be looking for stuff to do since I barely have any plans yet.
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Tune in tomorrow at 3PM PST over on @mattburkett.bsky.social 's channel to hear us talk about the work that went into the making of the special features on this most recent release of Kamen Rider: THE FIRST & Kamen Rider: THE NEXT!
Inside Kamen Rider Dyad: Secrets from the Special Feature Producers! | LIVESTREAM
YouTube video by MONSTROSITIES
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tune in tomorrow at 3PM PST over on @mattburkett.bsky.social 's channel to hear us talk about the work that went into the making of the special features on this most recent release of Kamen Rider: THE FIRST & Kamen Rider: THE NEXT!
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Digimon Story Time Stranger | Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 1: Alternate Dimension DLC releasing December 8th www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJU...
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Digimon Story Time Stranger | Additional Digimon & Episode Pack 1: Alternate Dimension DLC releasing December 8th www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJU...
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Are you a streamer who loves:
🕹️ Retro Games
👾 Pixel Graphics
🍕 Pizza
🎶 Catchy Tunes
Then #MilanosOddJobCollection might just be for you!
Previously only available in Japan, this charming retro title releases worldwide on Dec. 9, and code requests are now open!
👇
https://bit.ly/StreamMilano
🕹️ Retro Games
👾 Pixel Graphics
🍕 Pizza
🎶 Catchy Tunes
Then #MilanosOddJobCollection might just be for you!
Previously only available in Japan, this charming retro title releases worldwide on Dec. 9, and code requests are now open!
👇
https://bit.ly/StreamMilano
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Are you a streamer who loves:
🕹️ Retro Games
👾 Pixel Graphics
🍕 Pizza
🎶 Catchy Tunes
Then #MilanosOddJobCollection might just be for you!
Previously only available in Japan, this charming retro title releases worldwide on Dec. 9, and code requests are now open!
👇
https://bit.ly/StreamMilano
🕹️ Retro Games
👾 Pixel Graphics
🍕 Pizza
🎶 Catchy Tunes
Then #MilanosOddJobCollection might just be for you!
Previously only available in Japan, this charming retro title releases worldwide on Dec. 9, and code requests are now open!
👇
https://bit.ly/StreamMilano
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued
Amazon recently rolled out bad AI-generated dubs for several anime on Prime Video, demonstrating yet again that voice actors are undervalued.
www.avclub.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
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Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
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Please tag me if you see any anime that appears to plainly be using AI transcriptions for closed captions. That's CLOSED CAPTIONS (SDH) for ENGLISH DUBS, not subtitles for Japanese audio. I wanna publicly keep track of some of these and start holding platforms accountable.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Please tag me if you see any anime that appears to plainly be using AI transcriptions for closed captions. That's CLOSED CAPTIONS (SDH) for ENGLISH DUBS, not subtitles for Japanese audio. I wanna publicly keep track of some of these and start holding platforms accountable.
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Keep the pressure on. No ai dubs for any language
No game No Life and Vinland Saga both had their English AI dubs removed, but Pet still has its English AI dub.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Keep the pressure on. No ai dubs for any language
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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Also based on screenshots, the Spanish AI dub is still on the platform.
So yeah.
Nothing is fixed. The problem is still inherent.
So yeah.
Nothing is fixed. The problem is still inherent.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Also based on screenshots, the Spanish AI dub is still on the platform.
So yeah.
Nothing is fixed. The problem is still inherent.
So yeah.
Nothing is fixed. The problem is still inherent.
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Amazon has seemingly removed the Banana Fish AI dub, likely in response to the vocal outcry
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Amazon has seemingly removed the Banana Fish AI dub, likely in response to the vocal outcry
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
It should be noted that they can remove this AI dub, or all of their AI dubs
But they can’t remove the fact that they chose to try to do it in the first place.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Anyway, I literally am short rent, due in six days, because the anime workflow I once had in spades has run dry thanks to nonsense like this.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
With just a little more work, I can cross the finish line for the month and pay all necessary bills and rent! Can I help you make closed captions for an upcoming or pre-existing video? I have a page on the process here, including a form to fill out so I can help you with your project!
Closed captions commissions now open!
If you need some quality closed captions done for your YouTube videos, I am a professional working caption editor who can help, now taking commissions! Please read the info on the graphics and fill...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Anyway, I literally am short rent, due in six days, because the anime workflow I once had in spades has run dry thanks to nonsense like this.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
If you're a content creator who could use captions for a video, please consider commissioning me. 113 minutes of video by next Thursday could make it happen.
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A lot of people, especially ~us critics~, don’t like to acknowledge how much personal life context factors into whether you like a game or not. We’re not objective machines! Sometimes you’re having a shitty time all around and might hate something you’d otherwise enjoy.
I wish more people were open to doing this. Sometimes ur just not in the right head space afor a game. I’ve revisited games id earlier gave up on and added all time favorites to my list. I mean sometimes ur right the first time, but it’s worth the risk. 😂
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A lot of people, especially ~us critics~, don’t like to acknowledge how much personal life context factors into whether you like a game or not. We’re not objective machines! Sometimes you’re having a shitty time all around and might hate something you’d otherwise enjoy.
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FIRST TRAILER FOR THE SUPER SENTAI+METAL HEROES SUCCESSOR, PROJECT R.E.D.!
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
FIRST TRAILER FOR THE SUPER SENTAI+METAL HEROES SUCCESSOR, PROJECT R.E.D.!