Kitchen Princess: Manga Fan Dub Project, vol 1-3 (Summer 2021)
nicolettedown for Akane Kishida
Akane is childhood friends with Daichi and Sora, and is particularly interested in Daichi. On the surface she seems kind and very popular, but she actually is easily angered and has envious tendencies. She can can shift quickly from "best friend" to "spoiled bitch," and the vocal range should reflect this. Medium-high vocal range for a 16 year old girl.
(Starts out friendly and sweet) "No problem at all! Friends should help each other out..." (Pause for a few seconds, then switch to a condescending tone) "...what an idiot."
(Angry/upset) "Why? Why do you care about a girl like her, when I've always been here! Since, we were kids!"
(Remorseful) "I never wanted to admit it. But I'm sorry...I'm so sorry."
Listening to this again, I prefer your second delivery of the lines a lot more. I like the pitch you used, it's nearly perfect, and the emotion for the last line is the best delivery of it I've heard so far. I'm wondering if you could add just a little more differentiation on the first line between the first sentence and the "what an idiot" part. Really sell the fact that Akane's personality and mannerisms can switch so seamlessly; no matter how "sweet" Akane may appear to be on the surface, she can really be a bitch!
First of all, thanks! I can definitely make adjustments and changes where they're wanted. This was what I'd call my rough take, but in a project, I'm totally open to direction. In fact, working with a director is an awesome part of the job. I have a pretty wide range, so I definitely could do something like that deeper split you're talking about. I have some other auditions on my page where you can see me portraying different attitudes in similar vocal ranges. I think my auditions for the Powerpuff girls might be a good example of that. I hope that this helps and we'll be able to work with one another!
Perfect, I'll take a look at some of your past auditions. Thank you!