Banana Fish is Coming to Netflix With Human Voices This Time

Banana Fish is Coming to Netflix With Human Voices This Time as MAPPA’s 2018 adaptation arrives in North America, France and Ireland on August 12. Netflix will make the series available with two exclusive dubs performed by human voice actors, addressing a controversy tied to earlier versions. For the English dub, Brandon McInnes voices Ash Lynx and Jonathan Tanigaki voices Eiji Okumura, while the French cast includes Sébastien Baulain and Grégory Laisné. The article contrasts this approach with last year’s Prime Video dubs, which used AI-generated voices and sparked backlash among fans and some voice actors. It says the backlash led to the rollback of the program for English-language dubs without an explanation or apology. Since then, Prime Video has used human performers for its anime dubs.