After a 19-year-old Vancouverite falls to a heart attack, he finds himself in a strange world which looks eerily familiar. It is nothing like the city he came from. After a series of events, he is by the mayor of a nearby town that he is a chosen Earthling warrior who is picked out every 100 years to fight a great evil. Then, as the absurd cliche comes to him, he realizes he might be in a J-RPG.
Despite being somewhat of a spoof that makes fun out of the J-RPG mechanics and cliches, drama comes to play as he tries to figure out what happened to him in the other world. Did he die? Is he in a coma? Is he in a dream? Or was he actually transported to another world? Throughout his journey, the story unravels as he figures out what exactly happened to him and what happened to the people he loves the most. All of this is wrapped up with a love story between the two main characters, James and Kaito, who are unsure of how they feel towards each other as they are both guys. The whole concept is forbidden in this world as Japanese RPG's rarely have any reference to this sexuality. This is supposed to be a flip on the formula as Kaito is usually the hero type in a J-RPG. This relationship's strange to both of them, and theytry to figure out how to handle it. I want this relationship to feel normal, not over the top.
The first two chapters are finalized and mostly recorded, so all I need now are some voices to fill in the gaps and later chapters! I need Hiroko as soon as possible!
We have awesome voice acting talent on it already! Josh Chichester is James, KibaTheKute (Kiba Walker) is Kaito, and AnaJo Skylark is Luciper. They are fantastic, and I can't wait for you all to hear them perform!
Here's a 5 and a half minute sample for the first chapter! https://soundcloud.com/chris-penwell-2/the-new-guardian-chapter-1-teaser
I will be adding new roles as each episode/chapter is being written.
