Regarding point 1, its a factored in value already. Replacing multiple stages of production simultaneously is a massive risk - voice acting + editing + editor review + production review on the cut.
This part:
it’s entirely possible that they did, in fact, do quality review. Extensively. But at some point the generation costs exceeded their allowed budget and this is what they settled on.
I’d call entirely likely.
It would also mean that there was almost no testing of the llm’s output prior to pushing it to production work, or basic items like intonation would have been called out.
Its also possible that the production team knew it was dogshit and pushed it out on purpose so people could see it for dogshit. Anime fans are not known for being supportive of poor adaptations after all, maybe they hoped for backlash? I know if I were on that team I’d prefer it.
At some point I’d expect management to have recognized it for being terrible though.
Regarding point 1, its a factored in value already. Replacing multiple stages of production simultaneously is a massive risk - voice acting + editing + editor review + production review on the cut.
This part:
I’d call entirely likely.
It would also mean that there was almost no testing of the llm’s output prior to pushing it to production work, or basic items like intonation would have been called out.
Its also possible that the production team knew it was dogshit and pushed it out on purpose so people could see it for dogshit. Anime fans are not known for being supportive of poor adaptations after all, maybe they hoped for backlash? I know if I were on that team I’d prefer it.
At some point I’d expect management to have recognized it for being terrible though.
I seriously doubt that any of the decision makers involved in this process actually watch anime.
Anyone in management who cared probably didn’t have enough pull / authority to do a damn thing about it.
If Amazon treats Anime like they treated their games division, yeah, nobody involved ever watched an anime.