"Kokosake: The Anthem of the Heart" Fandub - Singer and Actors Needed!

"Kokosake: The Anthem of the Heart" Fandub - Singer and Actors Needed!

Project Overview

Hey all! This is Jordan from Silhouetted Productions – you may know me from my previous dub, Animal Crossing: The Movie. I’m at it again, and I’m looking for a group of talented actors and singers to round out my newest project: Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda (also known as Kokosake for short) or ‘The Anthem of the Heart.’ This movie is by the makers of Anohana, released in Japan late last year and just popped out on Bluray a few months ago. My songwriter and I have been hard at work on an English script and lyrics ever since!


This film is a drama centered around a school musical. After being cursed as a young girl to be in immense pain any time she speaks, Jun must learn other ways to communicate when she is randomly selected to be on a high school committee in charge of entertaining the community-at-large for one evening. This story is about friendship, love, anxiety and expressing yourself through song. It’s a touching and heartbreaking story, rounded out with fun and likable characters and catchy famous pieces of music with re-worked lyrics. It’s much more serious in tone than my last dub, but also a step up all around in terms of difficulty, emotion and impact. I’m excited to put all of us to the test!


The tentative deadline for auditions is July 11th, but I can extend this if I still need more time to hunt for the right singer or actor. You can absolutely audition (and potentially be cast as) more than one character. In fact, this movie is about the class as a whole, so there are about 16+ minor recurring classmates that need to be voiced across multiple scenes, as well as a whole singing ensemble that will need to be cast – and that’s not counting one-off extras that have one or two lines in the background here and there. Even if you don’t get the role you were going for, there is a chance that you will be cast somewhere in the project!


Please keep in mind that you may audition for just the speaking voice or just the singing voice of a character that sings – you do not need to audition for both. A heads up, however - voice actors who audition for both may be more likely to have a higher consideration for that character for voice consistency purposes.


Just one last note – In general, I like to credit with full names for a more professional aesthetic. If you are cast and don’t wish to go by your real name, please provide a pseudonym you’d like to be credited under. I don’t blame you! I use a pseudonym!


Thanks so much and happy auditioning!
(Please note: this film contains infrequent strong language.)

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  • PLEASE READ IF YOU AUDITIONED

    Hello everyone!

    NOTE: JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET MARKED AS A MAIN ROLE ON THIS SITE, DOES NOT MEAN YOU WERE NOT CAST.


    I haven't yet received confirmations from everyone. Please email me your casting confirmation to ensure you read this at [email protected]. If I don't hear back by Wednesday 07/20/16, I have no way to contact you and will be forced to recast.

    Find the entire cast list at http://jordantimestwo.wix.com/kokosake and let me know as soon as possible!

    Thank you!

  • CAST LIST POSTED (Please read if you auditioned - you may have been cast in a different role!)

    Hello everyone!

    After 3+ straight hours of listening to auditions (and 45 years of typing this up), the jury is in and we have made our decisions. Please find the entire cast list below! As a note: this list includes every character, major to minor, cameo to recurring. If you don't see your name next to the character you auditioned for, check the other characters! There is a chance you have been given a part other than you expected. I will provide brief descriptions of these characters so you have a rough idea of who you're playing going in.

    If you have been cast, please email me back at [email protected] and say '(my name) confirming for (my character name).' If you don't confirm your role, I am forced to assume you either didn't see this, don't approve of your character, or are no longer interested and may have to recast that role. I will give one week from today as a deadline for confirmations, and will begin going back and re-listening to auditions for recasts on July 21st for unconfirmed characters.

    Thank you so so much to everyone who auditioned! If you didn't get a role, don't be discouraged. I had well over 100 auditions and couldn't give everyone a part! I had to put a lot of really great voices in minor roles or no role at all, but in my back pocket for the next project. Keep an eye out for my future projects, because I'd love to hear from you all again!

    Without further ado:

    THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE
    JUN (SPEAKING/SINGING): Lisa Reimold
    NATSUKI (SPEAKING/SINGING): cycerafion
    TAKUMI (SPEAKING/SINGING): Philip Taylforth
    DAIKI: Kyle Richardson

    SECONDARY CHARACTERS
    EDA (SPEAKING/SINGING): Alexis Lowrie
    YOKO (SPEAKING): Trina Deuhart
    YOKO (SINGING): jinxvoice
    AIZAWA (SPEAKING/SINGING): steb

    IWAKI (SPEAKING/SINGING): James Wyant
    IKKUN: Jesse Rolufs

    YAMAJI: Josh Vigness

    MR. JOUSHIMA: JeloxTheFool
    MS. NARUSE: Shanice Turner
    MR. SAKAGAMI: Julian Kelly
    MRS. SAKAGAMI: Sakasa Jin'ei

    EGG FAIRY/MR. NARUSE: eddiepow24


    UNNAMED RECURRING STUDENTS

    STUDENT 1 (SPEAKING/SINGING): Jeff Buterbaugh - plays one of the evil fairies in the musical

    STUDENT 2: Jessica Young - narrates the musical

    STUDENT 3: Anthony "A-Log" LoGatto - stagehand for the musical

    STUDENT 4 (SPEAKING/SINGING): arakachi - plays one of the evil fairies in the musical

    STUDENT 5: Brodie Taylor - stagehand for the musical

    STUDENT 6: Haru Katsumi - plays a townsperson in the musical

    STUDENT 7: Stuart O'Dwyer - plays a townsperson in the musical

    STUDENT 8: Chantel Feszczyn - makeup girl for the musical

    STUDENT 9: kainico - wardrobe department for the musical

    STUDENT 10: Sierra Johnston - hair girl for the musical

    STUDENT 11: kdpuppy - stagehand for the musical

    STUDENT 12: leticiaalexis - stagehand for the musical

    STUDENT 13: dj horn - cast & crew for the musical

    STUDENT 14: jay levi - cast & crew for the musical
    STUDENT 15 (SPEAKING/SINGING): Jon Walker - plays a townsperson in the musical, solo singing part

    STUDENT 16 (SPEAKING/SINGING): chickpea - plays one of the evil fairies in the musical


    UNNAMED RECURRING BASEBALL PLAYERS
    PLAYER 1: rikusenpai - part of Yamaji's crew
    PLAYER 2: shobuns - part of Yamaji's crew

    PLAYER 3: tfrids - part of Yamaji's crew
    PLAYER 4: cuspyrucus - responsible baseball player


    EXTRAS/CAMEOS
    'SHRINE MAN': arkhamknight09 - foul-mouthed middle-aged man who decorates the shrine

    'MOVER': philsterman01 - moving person who helps Mr. Naruse leave his wife

    'LADY 1': lisatheamazoness - talkative debt collector

    'LADY 2': arietta - Jun's neighbour

    'HOSTESS': hikarikira - hostess at the local diner

    'NURSE': dreamcatchergs - nurse at the hospital

    'GIRLFRIEND': Jenn Francis - Yamaji's girlfriend

    'MALE PARENT': Jordan Rolufs - parent at the musical
    'FEMALE PARENT': skylantern - parent at the musical

    *AKI (CAMEO): quackfiend - cameo part; sassy and rude teenage girl

    *HARUNA (CAMEO): gigggles23 - cameo part; sassy and rude teenage girl
    *these two characters are both cameos from the anime series Anohana, which I am currently planning to dub as my next project. Consider this a pre-casting for these two recurring supporting roles. Hope you two can come back for that project when it's time!


    SINGING ENSEMBLE

    - Brodie Taylor

    - chickpea

    - Stuart O'Dwyer

    - Alexis Lowrie

    - arakachi

    - dj horn

    - Jesse Rolufs

    - arietta
    - Haru Katsumi

    - Jon Walker

    - Sierra Johnston

    - Jeff Buterbaugh
    - jinxvoice

    - leticiaalexis

    - rikusenpai

    - Jordan Rolufs 

    - Jessica Young
    - gigggles23


    If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Once everyone is confirmed, I will send out the next steps on our process and how we are going to proceed.

    Thanks so much!

    Jordan

  • Auditions Closed!

    Thanks to everyone who auditioned! I will have a cast list up later this week. Keep in mind there is lots of roles to be cast, and you may not necessarily get the role you are available for. If this is the case, I will personal message you and we will go from there.

    Thanks!

  • Less than two weeks until the deadline!

    We've got lots of great auditions between the few sites this casting call is up on. Keep them coming and tell your friends!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
The Egg Fairy
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: eddiepow24

Role: Minor character – main antagonist


Sings?: No


Age: Impossible to determine


Bio: The Egg Fairy is the charismatically evil fairy that curses Jun to lose her voice, speaking cryptic riddles about eggs. I would like the VA to also voice Jun’s absentee father (for metaphor reasons), but this is not strictly necessary. Combined, these characters appear in about 20% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: 
As The Egg Fairy
: Cartoonishly evil but deviously smooth. Like a good salesman, The Egg Fairy hones in on your insecurities and calmly exploits them. The Egg Fairy is dishonest under the guise of being helpful – think the serpent in the garden of Eden. The voice can be any pitch or tone, as long as it is cartoonish and exaggerated.
As Mr. Naruse:
A calm, medium adult male voice.

  • [EGG FAIRY; DEVIOUSLY:] Unless… if you don’t want to lead that kind of life... you have to seal away your words.

  • [MR. NARUSE:] This is all your fault. Don’t you see?

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Yoko
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: deleted21852

Role: Secondary character


Sings?: Yes – but harmonies and ensemble only, so singer does not need to be the same as the actor


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Yoko is a friend of Natsuki and Eda’s, and is a bubbly energetic cheerleader. She is an a secret relationship with baseball captain Ikkun, and appears in about 55% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Higher-voiced bubbly teen female, with a mezzo-soprano to soprano singing range. Yoko takes the higher harmonies, and mostly sings as part of the ensemble


Audition Song: ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and Bess

  • [GIGGLING] We’ll be right there!

  • [TAUNTING] Oh, don’t be jealous now, Eda!

  • ‘Summertime’ Audition Song

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Aizawa (pronounced ‘Eye-zaw-wuh’)
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: steb

Role: Supporting character


Sings?: Yes – does not need to be very talented


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Aizawa is Takumi and Iwaki’s goofy friend in the Desktop Music Club. Like Iwaki, he is quite nerdy and is often used as comic relief. He appears in about 55% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Nerdy medium teen male – you can dip into the stereotypical ‘nerd voice’ a teeny bit. He sings in a baritone to tenor range, but does not need to be a very talented singer. Aizawa is quite goofy and fun.


Audition Song: You can pick any song

  •  Nope, does not compute! The word ‘musical’ does not appear in the ‘Aizawa Dictionary.’

  • [TEASING] Ooh, is this a confession of love?

  • (Pick Any Song) Singing Audition

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Natsuki Nito (pronounced ‘Not-suh-kee Nee-toe’)
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: cycerafion

Role: Major character


Sings?: Yes (SEE BELOW FOR SINGING AUDITION)


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Level-headed with a strong work ethic, Natsuki is the school’s head cheerleader that is selected to be on the committee. She is not your stereotypical cheerleader and is sweet, caring and friendly, but has no time for slackers or distractions. She appears in about 75% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Medium-high voiced female, alto to mezzo-soprano singing range. While she can sing, she is less confident in it than Jun is. Natsuki can be very friendly, but can also occasionally be curt when she’s annoyed. The VA will be expected to be able to cry and shout, though infrequently.

  • In some ways, I feel like I understand how Jun feels… there’ve been lots of things that I’ve wanted to say but couldn’t, either.

  • [ANNOYED; SHARPLY] Ugh… disgusting. I hate that. If they have something to say, they should just speak up.

  • [SHOUTING THROUGH TEARS] Leave me alone! Forget it! Just… drop it!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Natsuki Nito (SINGING AUDITION)
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: cycerafion

Voice: Alto to mezzo-soprano singing range. Singer does not necessarily need to be the same as the voice actor, but it would be preferred. (SEE ABOVE FOR ACTING AUDITION)


Audition Song: 'Over the Rainbow' from Wizard of Oz

  • 'Over the Rainbow' Singing Audition

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Daiki Tasaki (pronounced ‘Die-kee Taw-suh-kee’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Main character


Sings?: No


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Daiki is a brutish and rude but fiercely loyal former baseball ace, on the bench due to a broken elbow. He is selected to be on the committee. He appears in about 75% of the scenes in the movie. He’s a dick, but you will grow to love him, I swear.


Voice: Medium to medium-deep gruff male teen. Daiki speaks with a overconfident bravado to his voice, and is often shouting or angry.

  • [YELLING] Hey! I can’t hear you, slackers!

  • [CALLING TO THE FRONT OF THE CLASS:] Can’t we just get rid of this useless kid and pick a new committee?

  • [ASHAMED; QUIETLY] Hey, listen… I wanted to apologize.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mrs. Sakagami (pronounced ‘Saw-ka-gaw-mee’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Minor character


Sings?: No


Age: Elderly (70’s)


Bio: Mrs. Sakagami is Takumi’s calm, kind and supportive grandmother. She appears in about 25% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Medium or deep elderly female.

  • Oh, those sweets? Put them in that bowl, would you? They’re quite good, you know.

  • Good evening, you two! You can help yourself, if you’d like.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mr. Joushima (pronounced ‘Josh-ih-muh’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Supporting character


Sings?: No


Age: Middle-aged (early to mid-30’s)


Bio: Mr. Joushima is the calm, charismatic, introspective and likeable homeroom teacher at Ageha High. He wants to inspire his students to succeed and push them to do their best in a friendly manner. He is very much a teacher from one of those ‘inspirational teacher’ movies. He appears in about 45% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Medium to medium-deep adult male. Joushima is always calm and has a reflective, thoughtful air to his voice. He seems almost like he is lost in his own world, because he probably is.

  • [TO THE CLASS] One last bit of homeroom business – deciding the Community Outreach Committee. We’ve reached the deadline on that.

  • I’m sure you’ve all heard this one at least once. ‘Over the Rainbow.’ It was a huge hit from the 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz.’

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Ms. Naruse (pronounced ‘Na-roo-say’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Name: Ms. Naruse (pronounced ‘Na-roo-say’)


Role: Minor character


Sings?: No


Age: Middle-aged (late 30’s to mid-40’s)


Bio: Ms. Naruse is Jun’s frustrated insurance broker single mother, who is at the end of her rope. She often takes out her disappointments and frustrations on Jun, as she doesn’t believe or understand the curse. She appears in about 25% of scenes in this movie.


Voice: Medium or low adult female.VA will be expected to cry infrequently.

  • [BUSINESS-LIKE] Yes, you can re-evaluate this plan every year, so that should set your mind at ease.

  • [PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVELY; QUIETLY] What do you mean, a stomach-ache? Is this that stupid ‘curse’ thing again?

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Iwaki (pronounced ‘Ee-wuh-kee’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Supporting character


Sings?: Yes


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Iwaki is Takumi and Aizawa’s friend in the Desktop Music Club. He is a bit more awkward and nervous than Aizawa, but is still the nerdy comic relief. He appears in about 55% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Nerdy medium-high to high-pitched teen male – try not to exaggerate into the stereotypical ‘nerd voice’ too much. He sings in a baritone or tenor range.


Audition Song: 
You can pick any song

  • [STAMMERING; NERVOUS AROUND GIRLS] S-sorry, Ms. Naruse, ma’am, for doing this without asking…

  • My harem is already full! I have no room to squeeze in a girl who isn’t animated!

  • (Pick Any Song) Singing Audition

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mr. Sakagami (pronounced ‘Saw-ka-gaw-mi’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Minor character


Sings?: No


Age: Elderly (70’s)


Bio: Mr. Sakagami is Takumi’s calm, supportive and somewhat bumbling grandfather. He appears in about 20% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Medium or deep elderly male.

  • Yeah, I think the brakes on this thing are history.

  • Please stay and watch a little longer.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Jun Naruse (pronounced ‘Joon Na-roo-say’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Main protagonist


Sings?: Yes – singer should ideally be the same as the voice actress (SEE BELOW FOR SINGING AUDITION)


Age: Must be able to voice both young girl and mid-teens


Bio: Cursed at a young age, Jun has spent most of her life silent and alone. When randomly selected to be part of the committee, she makes new friends and finds a newfound love for music. Jun cares deeply about the feelings of others, and often has difficulty keeping her strong emotions inside, despite the pain it causes her to speak. While she speaks infrequently, she appears in 95% of the scenes in this movie, often with gasps, grunts, etc. She also often provides voice-over monologues


Voice: Medium-high voiced female, alto to mezzo-soprano singing range. You must be able to do a high-pitched child’s voice as well, for flashbacks to Jun as a child. Sweet, nervous and quiet in disposition, Jun is a very talented singer and can get quite passionate when she is upset. The VA will be expected to cry, shout and emote.

  • [CRYING; AS A YOUNG GIRL] My prince… anybody… please, come and rescue me from all of this, right this minute!

  • [STRUGGLING; CHOKING ON HER WORDS] I… I…[SHE GULPS, SWALLOWING]…d-don’t want…[SHE GROANS AND GRUNTS IN PAIN]

  • [SHOUTING PASSIONATELY] Cut it out! You can’t tell people to disappear like it’s nothing! Words can hurt people, and you can’t ever take them back!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Takumi Sakagami (SINGING AUDITION)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Voice: High baritone to tenor singing range. Singer should ideally be the same as the voice actor. Much of his singing is in rehearsals or in the writing stages of the songs, so will largely be casual and unpolished.(SEE ABOVE FOR ACTING AUDITION)

Audition Song:
'Over the Rainbow' from Wizard of Oz

  • 'Over the Rainbow' Singing Audition

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Jun Naruse (SINGING AUDITION)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Voice: Alto to mezzo-soprano singing range. Singer should ideally be the same as the voice actor. (SEE ABOVE FOR ACTING AUDITION)


Audition Song: 'What Child Is This?' Christmas carol

  • 'What Child Is This?' Singing Audition

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Yamaji (pronounced ‘Yaw-muh-jee’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Minor character


Sings?: No


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Yamaji is the antagonistic surly new baseball ace, and is disillusioned and resentful toward Daiki for his ‘tough love’ approach to the team. He appears in about 25% of the movie.


Voice: Medium to medium-deep teen male. Yamaji is constantly angry and fed up with Daiki. He is a man of very few words, and usually speaks in short sentences.

  • Who the hell do you think you are?

  • [CALMLY] Just ignore him.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Ikkun (pronounced ‘Ick-koon’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Supporting character


Sings?: No


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Ikkun is Daiki’s best friend, and self-doubting captain of the baseball team. He is fiercely loyal to Daiki and has a secret relationship with cheerleader Yoko. He appears in about 40% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Medium-pitched teen male. Ikkun is usually the voice of reason calming Daiki down, but VA will be expected to shout infrequently.

  • The captain of the cheer squad always dates the baseball ace. It’s practically tradition!

  • [BUILDING UP TO A SHOUT; ANGRILY] You little bastard! You’re so full of it!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Takumi Sakagami (pronounced ‘Tock-uh-mee Saw-ka-gaw-mi’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Male protagonist


Sings?: Yes – singer ideally same as voice actor (SEE BELOW FOR SINGING AUDITION)


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Takumi is the male lead of this movie, and has the most lines by far. He is a member of the Desktop Music (Vocaloid) Club, and is selected to be a member of the committee. He is calm, polite and grounded, but distant when it comes to his own feelings. Befriending Jun early on, Takumi is Jun’s biggest supporter and defender. He appears in about 95% of the scenes in the movie. Takumi also often provides voice-over monologues.


Voice: Medium to medium-high male teen, with a high baritone or tenor singing range. Takumi has a very calm voice, but the VA will be expected to shout infrequently.

  • [AWKWARDLY PRESENTING TO THE CLASS; PROJECTING HIS VOICE] Uh… these are our options. [READING ALOUD] Poem recitation. Interpretive dance. A cappella choir. And just for the heck of it, an original suggestion – a musical.

  • [BEGINNING TO SHOUT; ANGRILY] Swaggering into practice every single morning – you’re a real pain in their asses!

  • There are things that I can’t say either, no matter how much I want to.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Eda (pronounced ‘Ee-duh’)
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Role: Secondary character


Sings?: Yes – but harmonies and ensemble only, so singer does not need to be the same as the actor


Age: Mid-teens


Bio: Eda is a friend of Natsuki and Yoko’s, and is a fun-loving cheerleader. She appears in about 50% of the scenes in the movie.


Voice: Deeper, huskier-voiced teen female, with a lower alto to mezzo-soprano singing range. Eda takes the lower harmonies, and mostly sings as part of the ensemble.


Audition Song: ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and Bess

  • [IMPATIENTLY; NOT ANGRILY] Yoko! Come on, already!

  • There’s dance numbers in musicals, right? I’ve been meaning to try my hand at choreography!

  • ‘Summertime’ Audition Song

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