Mai Minakami (Nichijou) vs Mai Kawasumi (Kanon) - Rap Battle
Project Overview
I am producing a rap battle between the characters 'Mai Kawasumi' from the KyoAni/KEY romance anime/visual novel series 'Kanon' and 'Mai Minakami' from the KyoAni comedy anime series 'Nichijou'.
I am looking for two individuals to portray both respective Mais, as well as two other people to portray Minakami's two dogs (breathing noises and barks).
Mai Kawasumi is a stoic psychic, molded by the harshness of her childhood. She eats a lot of food when offered.
She is a bunny girl in the wheat field. (not to be confused with Mai Sakurajima, another bunny girl named Mai)
Her voice is soft, kinda whispery and somewhat devoid of emotion (until she witnesses or suffers an overwhelming tragic event, such as her best friend being mauled by demons).
She often chooses not to speak and sometimes has a complete delayed response even when prompted.
Evenso, though Mai hides emotion in her voice, she lets a little bit of frustration, annoyance and sadness through to her talking.
Please study the voice with the reference clips below!
The project's audio demo:
https://clyp.it/awlfiege?token=c5347232fd7d374055e5132e21da81ed
Voice references (all based off of the Japanese dub of the series) [SPOILERS]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIx685hW6fY - Mai Kawasumi VN route (epilogue)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2k-Gbj0Rio - Ballroom dance scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U96r8vOB6A - VN longplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVtzf1BDgY - Mai bunny girl/sword scene
A cover (preferably a single section) of a (preferably rap) song with not too many words that demonstrates an ability to:
- Be able to be on-beat
- Follow lyric flow
- Be able to do multiple run-on lines/couplets/bars in a single take (optional)
- Showcase good mic quality
- Demonstrate Kawasumi's subtle expressions while staying mostly emotionless
Mai Minakami is the third member of the Trio Sucharaka. She is the intruisive, immensely talented prankster of the group who likes to get a laugh whenever she can, much to the dismay of her friends, Yukko and Mio, who are usually victims of Mai's pranks.
Whilist Minakami might never keep her eyelids fully open and frequently has a bored, uncaring frown on her face, she is actually quite expressive -on multiple occassions, smiling, laughing; however, she hardly, if ever has her voice raised up above a gentle, high pitched, kind sounding voice. Her strong sounding emotions are quite stunted by how soft she sounds, but she still sounds clear and concise regardless. She's also a girl of very few words.
Please study the voice with the reference clips below!
The project's audio demo:
https://clyp.it/awlfiege?token=c5347232fd7d374055e5132e21da81ed
Voice references (all based off of the Japanese dub of the anime):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXNYAJLxHFE - Mai plays pranks on Yukko (see second half of video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUgqIPKMRy8 - (Character song) Mai goes a karaoke bar and sings her show's opening song -only to purposefully mess up the song and prank a waiter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2kX7edXS8 - Mai plays red light, green light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbCCHbYGNw - Mai purposefully ruins her friend's yaoi manga
there's also a clip of mai confessing to yukko as like a joke but i cant find it but its a really good example of her talking a lot
A cover (preferably a single section) of a (preferably rap) song with not too many words that demonstrates an ability to:
- Be able to be on-beat
- Follow lyric flow
- Be able to do multiple run-on lines/couplets/bars in a single take (optional)
- Showcase good mic quality
- Be distinctive and clear in voice whilst still being whispery and somewhat monotone.
Pyon is a white dog belonging to Mai Minakami. Pyon, along with Oguri Cap are Mai's dogs.
Their voice is of dog hyperventilation sounds.
Please study the voice with the reference clips below!
Voice references:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xNmUNlJZtE - Nichijou part 96 (especially 4:10)
*high pitched dog panting/breathing noises*
Oguri Cap is a brown dog belonging to Mai Minakami. Oguri Cap, along with Pyon are Mai's dogs.
Their voice is of dog hyperventilation sounds.
Please study the voice with the reference clips below!
Voice references:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xNmUNlJZtE - Nichijou part 96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSSfFGKgiRg - Mai plays frisbee with Oguri Cap
*high pitched dog panting/breathing noises*
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