What is this Project?
This is a parody project for the Japanese Anime Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World from Zero - which is owned by Anime Limited, TV Tokyo, White Fox Studio, and it's original author, Tappei Nagatsuki. This is a parody abridged project where we aim to go over the first season (possibly more) of Re:Zero, and add our own humor and writing to it. This is different from a fandub in that, we are editing the original footage to add lip flaps, edits, and things to creatively make the project more unique.
Introduction
Hello! I'm Wesley, director of this in-development Re:Zero parody abridged series. I have been wanting to work on an abridged series of my own for quite a while. I've been actively participating in voice acting and voice over projects for nearly a year and a half now. I've been editing videos in software such as Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects for nearly a decade now. I'm confident that together we can create an awesome abridged series for this amazing show. I mean, come on, the return by death ability is practically ASKING for shenanigans! We're in early writing stages, however we expect to be wrapping up for the first episode and major arcs by the time this casting call comes to it's due date on March 31st. We're wanting to form a team of people who are interesting in long-term voice acting for projects, writing, and hanging out. We created Starlit Cafe as a production team to work together.
Voice Actors
What are we looking for?
LONG-TERM and DEDICATED Voice Actors who want to be a part of a team (We are wanting to do at least the first season and more series in the future, we want it to be high quality, so we can't expect to push out the entire series within just a few months)
High Quality Microphone and Recording (XLR is preferred, but if you can rock a USB, that's cool too!)
Please don't put 100 effects on your voice, just some normalization and compression will do. No pitch shifting, reverb, or any of that funny stuff that makes you sound unnatural. Please keep it simple on the post-production of your auditions.
We are looking for voice actors who are willing to, for the most part, perform in front of us so that we can direct you on lines. (We're cool people who wanna have fun so please don't let this deter you from auditioning)
We want Communication, this is very important to us. We want to stay in touch with you and we want to keep the same cast throughout the series. You know, if you're out of town, let us know, stuff like that!
People who are wanting to have fun. This is by no means a completely serious project. We're looking for members to be a part of a team where we can have fun recording lines together, coming up with ideas, and collaborate to make this project the best it can be.
You MUST be 17+, We have no plans to really do anything crazy that would fall under being explicit or anything that would make the project itself 18+. (there will be swearing and maybe a few dark jokes though!)
Multiple takes in AAABBBCCC format. at least 3 varied takes.
Please be familiar with Re:Zero prior to auditioning. (If you haven't seen it, watch it, it's really good!)
Include your Discord handle in your audition description. You WILL have to join a server if you are selected. Also please include your recording Microphone.
Voice Direction
We aren't making a fandub so we aren't necessarily looking for voices that match either the Japanese, English, or any dubbings that already exist of Re:Zero. We do ask that you are familiar with the original show and it's characters. Due to the nature of this being an abridged series, we may have characters do things that are contradictory to the source material. We are looking for high energy actors who are familiar with the characters to bring them to life. We're not necessarily looking for a voice match, in fact, we are prioritizing acting ability over that. At the end of the day, we're in it to have fun so try things out in your audition and don't be afraid to put tons of takes in there or submit multiple auditions. Also, if you audition and get a role, there'll be more roles available for side characters, minor appearances, and extras that come up! Additionally, if you join our Discord, we may even announce additional casting auditions for you to take part of, whether if you get a role from this Casting Call or not.
Also, when auditioning, as long as you include the lines provided, you can feel free to add any additional characters lines that you personally know. Any favorite lines, or things you think would suit the character in an abridged context or something can also be used. Just ENSURE you include the provided lines.
Payment
While we cannot and will not guarantee anything, if one day people decide to support us on a Patreon. A portion of that will be distributed in a share between the people who have contributed. By auditioning, you agree to these terms, we will not owe you money, and do not audition expecting money.
Final Notes
Thank you for reading all of this, really, it's a massive wall of text that I know the majority of people will skim right through. But you reading this... YOU ARE AWESOME! Really, we're looking for a team of people to make a ton of projects like this with. We're hoping that as a group of voice actors that we can create something amazing that you'll want to share with your friends, and that they'll want to share with theirs! Please feel free to share this casting call with your friends, just give it your all and have fun. If you are interested in submitting privately. Please DM me on Discord at haWesley , alternatively if you are interested in following the project, join our Discord (https://discord.gg/kN9eMcPZje) where you can audition, and we'll also post additional updates. If we open any more roles in the future, they will more than likely be on the Discord Server, so join it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the DM's, ask on our Discord server, or message me privately! Thank you SO MUCH for reading all of this and we look forward to hearing your wonderful auditions!