MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DANGANRONPA V3, PLEASE TAKE NOTE BEFORE AUDITIONING
Let me just say in advance that this is a very dumb idea for a project. I thought it would be a funny idea to create a fandub of the Mass Panic Debates from the visual novel game Danganronpa V3. The Mass Panic Debates are segments of the game in which characters talk over each other, holding separate conversations, while the player must distinguish weak points in arguments through everyone's overlapping voices.
I'll be looking for impressionists who can accurately mimic the voices and embody the characters on this casting call. Each character will have voice references linked for reference, please make sure to listen to a bit of them before auditioning! The characters Rantaro Amami and Ryoma Hoshi do not appear in any of these segments, and Kokichi Oma has been cast offsite. I wish you the best of luck with auditioning!
Tsumugi is an honors type student who speaks in a docile and gentle way, but she becomes very passionate when she talks about her favorite series or cosplays, having a habit of slipping infamous quotes from various sources into the conversation. Being a self-proclaimed introvert, she also tends to ignore people while she's in her thoughts, no matter how many times they try talking to her, and appears rather distant at times.[4]She tends to call herself and everything that she has done "plain," as she believes that among all of the students, she is the one who has the plainest appearance and personality. She uses the word repeatedly and sometimes appears even offended if someone else tries to argue that she isn't plain. She understands that some people might not recognize her as the Ultimate Cosplayer since her plain appearance conceals her talent. Despite her plain and docile attitude, certain hints suggest that she may actually be quite perverted, as she is a bit stereotypical fan of anime and manga.
Tsumugi's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/ml6YEge1OhQ
(panicked) "T-Torture might be a bit too far... But Gonta and I aren't the culprits!"
(defying) "I'm plainly not the culprit!"
(defensive) "Gonta doesn't remember because... He's bad with computers!"
(crazed) "That's right! This is a story that ends with despair!"
K1-B0 is a polite and serious teenage robot, who has some trouble with human social interaction, and often comes across as unintentionally comical as a result. Nevertheless, K1-B0 takes pride in his form and often boasts about his wonderfulness and efficient functions, though the other students never seem to find them impressive much to his disappointment. His aim is to overcome being an ordinary robot and because of this, he may get offended if he is compared to much more simple machines. While generally well-mannered, he is quickly angered by any prejudice against robots and sometimes threatens to sue people who make "discriminatory remarks". He considers robots a minority group among humans and can get slightly paranoid about "robophobia", supposedly because of past experiences. However, ironically, he himself is shown acting condescending and perpetrating "robot-on-robot abuse" towards simpler machines such as the robots with Monokuma's likeness, considering them mere stuffed animals who are beneath him.
K1-B0's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/C4HnzRSEB2M
(shocked) "Punching is permitted in Aikido!?"
(suspicious) "Did you really leave the gym at 9 p.m.? Are you sure you did not stay at the gym?"
(offended) "Is that a robophobic remark!?"
(determined) "Despair won't end this killing game... Only hope will!"
(interjecting) "Hope moves forward!"
Kaito is an energetic person with a passionate heart, who lives for dreams and romance, and tends to give somewhat dramatic encouraging speeches for others. He believes you need to take risks for the sake of your dreams and shouldn't limit yourself nor ever give up. Due to his clichéd hot-blooded spirit and his document falsification he could pass the astronaut examination, proving that he is smart. Being the Ultimate Astronaut, he harbors a dream and a great longing to go to space, and already considers himself a space legend. He often refers to himself as "The Luminary of the Stars" and talks about the Universe being on his side.
Kaito's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/wMQpVnBLjgA
(nervous) "What? Are you talking about me!?"
(frantic) "We were having a strategy meeting together, remember?"
(recalling) "Then, right before nighttime, I got tired and fell asleep."
Himiko is a lazy and generally aloof girl who has a strong case of chunibyo. As the Ultimate Magician, she utilizes magic tricks, believing that she is a real mage and often makes references to mana and other magical properties. She is hesitant to do anything that requires effort and is basically useless in all aspects, but she values her friends, and her character serves as a representation of a naive perspective in a killing game.
Himiko's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/WoyunKJN0UM
(sincere) "I'm not a bad girl, really... If you don't believe me, ask my mommy."
(accusatory) "K-Kokichi's the suspicious one! M-Maki too! They're both the culprits!"
(frantic) "I went to the hangar but... I was only replenishing my magic!"
Gonta likes animals very much, especially insects, and he can even speak with them. He is a kind-hearted, gentle, and polite person. He is very pure and naive, as he easily believes strangers and can get easily discouraged by other people's comments. When he is accused of being the culprit, he answers with complete honesty even if it makes him look much more suspicious. He himself acknowledges and often points out that he is dumb, which is one of the reasons why he listens to other people so much. Naturally, he strongly dislikes killing and cruelty, which can rather easily make him cry. However, despite his gentle nature, he can turn very angry if he sees or hears someone hating on insects, and he believes bug lovers can't be bad. Due to his strong love for bugs, he is often seen searching and yelling for them to come out, claiming that he wants to talk with them.
Gonta's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/_yqvDeS3r7U
(confused) "Atua...? Who that person?"
(contemplating) "Not person... Robot? Like Keebo?"
(defensive) "Gonta is gentleman! Gentlemen not betray student council!"
(on the verge of tears) "Gonta not lying! Gonta swear! Please believe Gonta!"
Tenko is an incredibly noisy and generally cheerful person. She wears her emotions on her sleeve and has the habit of yelling out in a loud voice to show her fighting spirit. She suffers from overactivity and anger issues and directs her energy into her Neo Aikido. Even still, she claims that she is much calmer when compared to her childhood. She has also described herself as being "not very good at thinking" and appears quite gullible and very impulsive, using her emotions over logic.
Tenko's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/xJO6PMf8XAk
(defensive) "Don't thrust the blame onto me!"
(disgusted) "You degenerate males and your...thrusting! Ugh!"
(nervous) "I'll prove my innocence to you guys!"
(aggressive) "Suspect who!? Who's the culprit!?"
Miu is described as an oddball, having an overly confident, loud personality and a frighteningly sharp tongue. She considers herself a beautiful genius, and every time she opens her mouth she spews a parade of reckless vulgar remarks and insults, strongly putting pressure on others and looking down on them. In the original Japanese, she even uses the Japanese word "ore-sama" to refer herself, which is considered very arrogant and more traditionally masculine. She tends to give other characters insulting nicknames.
Miu's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/ImOCymgLyB0
(flustered) "I have an alibi! When I was running from Gonta... Things got a little...heated, if ya catch my drift."
(aggressive) "A dead chick can't be the culprit!"
Despite her cute appearance, Maki is described as a hostile misanthrope of few words. She is very aware that she comes across as unfriendly and prefers to be alone. In general, she dislikes people and thus she is not very cooperative and can be stubborn. She talks very little, so when she does, she states things clearly and she appears to be very confident about her arguments. She is cynical and negative with a sharp tongue and sometimes talks in a cold sarcastic manner. While not the type to assertively act on her own, she is stated to have guts and willing to take action when it suits her. She has no problem blaming Kaede Akamatsu coldly and rudely multiple times. She was also shown to be very openly irritated by people who believe in the supernatural, such as Kaito's fear of ghosts and Korekiyo's seances.
Maki's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/HPMH2ac_5n0
(defying) "I didn't run into anyone. I was in my research lab the whole time."
(frustrated) "Why am I being treated like the culprit?"
(explaining) "The crossbow at the crime scene... Did not come from me."
The one and only. No description needed.
Monokuma's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/ihz-GgG35N8
(confident) "The killing game will live on forever!"
(admiring) "And the audience absolutely loves me!"
(announcing) "And we've got merchandise! Be sure to check out the website!
Angie is a very spiritual-focused person, believing that Atua is always at her side. She has a pious heart and likes praying, having a very strong faith in her god, and she is very willing to help and assist other people with spiritual matters. She often searches for things to offer as blood sacrifices and somewhat creepily talks about her need for blood and asks other students to offer her some. She also has a habit of speaking on behalf of Atua and strangely these words can sometimes turn out to be very truthful. As another eccentric habit, she freely uses her own original Japanese, like "Bye-yonara" or "strange miracle", which shows a little bit of her artistic side. Similar to Ibuki Mioda, she also calls everyone by their first names in the Japanese version, which is considered eccentric since Japanese acquaintances normally refer to each other with their last names instead of their first names. However, in Angie's case, this seems to be because she's not a Japan-native.
Angie's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/a187LdkE7mw
(playful) "I have an alibi. Cuz Atua is always watching me."
(inquiring) "What's Maki's alibi?"
Korekiyo is an aloof and somewhat creepy person, but he is also very cool-headed and intelligent. He has the experience of having met to a huge variety of human beings for his cultural anthropology research and because of that, he can keep himself composed even under the confinement circumstances and believes in facing things with calm and rational approach rather than an emotional one. He has a vast knowledge of different cultures and ponders different subjects in deep and complex manner, with him occasionally starting lengthy anthropology speeches even though nobody asked. He is greatly interested in topics he does not necessarily agree with as well, as he states he does not believe in any gods, but he finds them interesting from the point of view of studying the human nature and cultures. However, he does believe in ghosts and souls, and has a strong interest in communication with the dead and death in general.
Korekiyo's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/JgoVBUnR0UQ
(suspicious) "And do you have an alibi for last night?"
(calm) "I can't question an insect..."
As a young fashionista, Junko is described as simply "not fake", charismatic and eager to try new things. During her first appearances, she comes across slightly air-headed and hot-tempered. In the official artbook, she is described as a person who "drips with dissatisfaction the moment she opens her mouth" and tends to be in trouble with her classmates. She is also mentioned to be a bit too talkative with an overly carefree attitude. However, Junko's real personality, revealed at the conclusion of the Killing School Life, is notably different: very apathetic and easily bored to an unhealthy and abnormal degree. Because of this, her behavior and mannerisms tended to be extremely erratic and unstable by her own autonomous design; keeping up one "appearance" for too long bores her, which causes her to often switch between different personas. However, she is capable of maintaining one persona for extended periods of time when necessary, such as when she was overseeing the students through Monokuma. Junko's "moods" included (but were not limited to) her Monokuma persona, sickening cuteness, severe depression, clinical sophistication, boisterous vulgarity, eerie stoicism, and haughty superiority. While entering the Hope's Peak Academy as one of Class 78's students, she often talked as if narrating a story, writing down her thoughts in a notebook. She features in Danganronpa V3 as the mastermind behind the entire killing game.
Junko's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/WWT_2zbiIsI?t=277
(confident) "The world outside craves despair! Everyone wants to feel despair!"
(crazed) "This despair's gonna fuck up reality itself!"
Kirumi is a refined, mature young lady who's described as "a professional who does a perfect job". She has a keen mind and she is talented in various ways, reportedly able to carry out any job, as well as capable of being independent and do things on her own. She is polite and formal, as well as quite serious, and very willing to use all of her power to cooperate with the other students. She is intelligent, observant, and level-headed. Her intelligence can be shown when she is speculating. Her speculations are provided with a fact and thus they are quite hard to refute.
Kirumi's Voice Files: https://youtu.be/MV_kD7FaiGA
(calm) "You will see whether or not I am suspicious as the trial progresses. I am not the culprit."
(defensive) "I was only alone in the gym for about... Five minutes."
Kaede has a kind personality that makes her think about others before herself. Because of this, she is unable to immediately suspect people, as demonstrated in the demo by her going as far as faking an alibi out of her trust for Makoto, with no rational basis for his innocence. She is willing to lie for good reasons, but appears uncomfortable while doing so and is quite bad at lying. Like the other protagonists before her, she has a very sensitive nature and listens to other people's troubles. However, as seen during her Free Time Events with other students, she seems to encourage other people to get better even more actively than some other protagonists do, and she isn't afraid to be bold about it and point out their flaws. It appears that she is rather quickly well-liked by the other students.
(introductory) "I guess I should start by introducing myself. My name is Kaede Akamatsu. My last name roughly means, 'passionate red maple tree.' It doesn't really fit me, but... I still like my last name."
(interjecting) "I hear it!"
Shuichi appears to have quite a serious and polite personality. However, he is also stated to have a weak personality, and he is abnormally timid when it comes to speaking. He often has negative remarks, frequently blushes and suffers from a cold sweat. With his unsure demeanor, he has a tendency to assume that other people can do things better than him, and he comes across as quite unreliable at first glance. Among the sixteen students, he is a boy who stands out for his submissiveness but also for his level-headedness.
(determined) "In order to live...we have to find the truth! ...And I will fight for it. I will fight with truth and lies in this Class Trial!"
(interjecting) "I heard it!"
