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The story
A Halloween costume image posted to X by voice actor Joji Nakata on October 31 is causing a stir after being flagged as possibly AI-generated. Since Nakata has long publicly opposed unauthorized generative AI, voices pointing out the apparent contradiction — “isn’t he the one using it?” — quickly piled up. Suspicion also arose that the image was edited from an unreleased figure, and when Nakata deleted his own explanatory comment, criticism intensified further. Opinions on the thread split over how to reconcile opposition to AI mimicking a voice actor’s voice with the act of using AI to alter a character’s artwork.
2026.11.05 21:00
In recent years, generative AI — used for writing, image generation, data analysis, and more — has become a familiar presence in many people’s lives. Now, a popular voice actor’s social media post involving an AI image is making waves.
It started with an image posted to X by voice actor Joji Nakata on October 31. Nakata is known for roles in anime such as “Sgt. Frog” and “Golden Kamuy,” and has over 470,000 followers. That day, he uploaded a Halloween-themed image.
Source: smart-flash.jp / Original article here
What people said
It's 以て, not 持って, FYI (same reading, 'motte,' but the wrong kanji for that idiom)
Hates it when it's done to him, but apparently it's fine when he's the one doing it
People who go around lecturing the world never seem to look in the mirror, huh.
There'll be no way to stop that once it comes.
Truly 'diversity' in action:
'Don't do anything that offends me'
but also 'I'll do whatever I want,' that type.
Then it just becomes 'so why is AI voice bad, then?'
No, what got AI-processed this time was an existing character's artwork.
The guy who says 'don't use AI to mimic existing voices!' is getting flak for using AI to mimic an existing character design.
More like it spread so fast that users' understanding hasn't caught up.
It's gotten too easy to use casually.
It just drags down his fellow voice actors; maybe he shouldn't be waving an anti-AI banner he doesn't even believe in.
Just accept it already and move on.
His excuse isn't even an excuse at this point.
There's no real standard yet.
That's exactly why everyone's confused.
The safest approach is not training on scraped internet images at all, and only training the model on the user's own art style.
Even if you pay someone to draw for you, moral rights can't be transferred to you anyway.
Even without training on internet images now, isn't it the same thing since the base model was already trained on them?
How much are we even talking about with that 'base training,' though?
Background and key points of this story
Underlying this controversy is a movement within the voice-acting industry opposing “unauthorized AI mimicry of voices.” Joji Nakata was one of the public supporters of that movement, which is exactly why suspicion that his own post was AI-generated exposed a contradiction in his stance. What split opinion on the thread was whether mimicking a voice actor’s “voice” with AI and altering a “character’s image” with AI can be treated as equivalent — sparking debate over whether the standard should differ depending on the target, even when both fall under criticism of generative AI. Separately, the suspicion that an unreleased figure appeared in the image raised questions about the image’s origin itself, a different issue from whether it was AI-generated — but deleting his explanatory comment caused both suspicions to merge into a single firestorm. The fact that standards for generative AI use are still undefined even within the industry is the backdrop to this confusion.
*This article excerpts and summarizes a 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread titled “[Voice Actor] Joji Nakata, who publicly opposed ‘unauthorized generative AI,’ causes a stir with an ‘AI image’ post… suspicion of a processed unreleased figure, deleted explanation adds fuel to the fire [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★].”
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