The world of anime translation just got a dose of unexpected comedy, thanks to an AI-powered mishap at Crunchyroll. What happens when cutting-edge language models meet beloved Japanese animation? Apparently, a whole lot of hilarious mistakes.
In 2024, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini informed The Verge that the company was 'very focused on testing' generative AI tools for creating subtitles and captions from speech. This statement followed just months after the streaming service temporarily removed the first episode of its new series, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, due to audience complaints regarding the poor quality of its subtitles.
