AI to turn 'Dragon Ball,' 'Gundam' voices into English, Chinese

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Goku from the "Dragon Ball" series is depicted in a balloon hovering above the crowd during a parade in New York.  © Reuters

MASAHARU BAN, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Aoni Production, the talent agency that manages big-name anime voice actors such as those from "Dragon Ball," is partnering with a Tokyo artificial intelligence startup to replicate the voices of performers into multilingual speech, the company announced on Monday.

Masako Nozawa, who voices Dragon Ball's main character Son Goku, will be part of the collaboration with CoeFont. She will join other famous voice actors, including Banjo Ginga of the "Gundam" series.

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