Otomen Manga Dub
Gabriel Lancaster for Juta Tachibana
A playboy who befriends Asuka and Ryo, and helps Asuka with his relationship with Ryo. Under the pen name Jewel Sachihana, he is actually the author of Asuka's favourite manga, Love Chick, which runs in the magazine Hana to Mame. He first was inspired to model his Asuka girl character after Masamune when he saw Asuka help out a child with a stuffed animal. As a result, his manga moved up from second place to first place in readership and related awards. Upon getting to know Ryo, he adds her to the manga as a guy, and tries to further their relationship whenever his story bogs down.Juta is the only son and eldest in a family of 11 children. He was inspired to become a manga artist after meeting a girl who let him borrow a shōjo manga. He ended up falling in love with her, only to find out that she was moving away. He promised to see her off, but by the time he got to her house, she was already gone, leaving him heartbroken. He returned home to find the manga she lent him, unread. He had forgotten about it and never gave it back. Juta reads it and falls in love with shōjo manga.
I’m looking for a smooth upbeat voice, with a slight comedic undertone.
Medium range.
Standard North American.
Voice inspirations:
1. Kyoya Otaria - Ouran High School Host Club
2. Gintoki Sakata - Michael Daingerfield, Gintama 2017
I’m open to your interpretations!
[Asuka feeling miserable for fear of rejection from Ryo, ‘attempting’ to reassure him]
“Come on, Asuka. Don’t beat yourself up about it. I mean … yeah she doesn’t like femme guys that much and loves a big butch one. What could go wrong?”
[Frantically drawing his next chapter panel to meet a deadline, throwing papers in the air and shouting out loud to himself]
“Damn it, damn it, damn it! Asuka why couldn’t you have done something exciting for my inspiration? Of course you didn’t know, but, UGH, so selfish! What’s Lady Asuka gonna do now?!”
[Watching Ryo with Asuka have her makeup done for the first time]
“O-oh. She’s … she’s like a different person (nervous laugh). I didn’t know she’d look like THAT”.
