📣FIRST WAVE CAST CALLING - ULTRA DANGANRONPA: Heaven of Despair [Web Series] -Rei Akiyoshi Audition-
TheGreatJudgini for Rei Akiyoshi, the Super High School Level Judgement
Rei Akiyoshi is a stoic and quiet individual. He prefers to keep himself out of the spotlight, and occasionally wander around in his own thought. He is an observer, not a speaker, and daydreaming is a very blatant trait for him, which many times have led him to be disconnected from the world around him, which often times annoy the others who were trying to speak to him.
Though he is perceptive and intelligent, he lacks the initiative and is constantly challenged by his own self-doubts, especially when everyone is looking up to him for guidance.
Despite the pressure of carrying the faith of their lives in his hands, he will remain calm and fight on while at the same time battling with his own inner madness.
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Rei has a medium, to slightly deep, low voice, with a natural calming tone, almost monotone, and usually filled with a hint of indecisiveness and curiosity. (If you need an example, I'd say it is similar to a lot of Johnny Yong Bosch's performances (closet would be, say, Yu Narukami). But don't worry it isn't *exactly* like Johnny Yong Bosch!)
He will spend the majority of his time talking to himself in his inner thought. His stoic demeanor is hard to break and he will remain in control in most situations.
If you're going to take this role, expect a *lot* of work coming your way!
Some examples (Not necessarily the exact voice that I wanted, just an idea of the area I wanted the voice to be in).
https://youtu.be/ZOE0oka233M (Just Yu Narukami)
Yeah there's a lot of Yu Narukamis, but that doesn't mean you have to have the *exact* same voice as him, any kind of voices you think would be fitting for his character are free to submit!
(inner thought) "This is bad...! If I don't turn this situation around... There must be a way... There *has* to be a way!)
(you know Danganronpa you get the idea) "You've got that wrong! / That's wrong!"
(lost and confused/defeated) "My... talent? Right. It's... I... I don't know."
(dumbfounded) "That sounds... interesting."
(indecisive/nervous) "Are you sure that would work?"
(impressed) "You made these stories? Wow... I can't believe I'd actually get to meet you, let alone in person like this."
(stating to self) "Maybe this is my chance... My one last chance to make things right."
Optional but also quite important: Choose one of the character profiles (or more than one of them, your choice) and narrate it out from start to finish. You don't have to do it in one go, you can make a cut between pauses and take a short breather as long as they're not noticeable. Follow the link to the character page or if you're already in the Discord server, you can go there instead: https://heavennozetsubou.tumblr.com/cast
I'll be paying attention to this one a lot.
This one is pretty good! The voice is quite right, though he sounded a bit hushed at time which can feel unnatural especially for his character. And the deliveries were a mixed bag in all honesty, sometimes he sounded a *bit* too aggressive, or too determined, or expressed too much. Yeah his character really doesn't like expressing himself, or fun, most of his lines would be delivered with stoicism (not sure if that's the right word or not), sometimes indecisiveness, often times "sad". Of course this is pretty difficult to pin down the first time without knowing all the context behind the lines and how the character would react to those situations. Overall, this one is showing quite a promise. So if you please, I'd be looking forward for your second or even third try, I'll constantly be gathering the results and improve upon his description so I can get closer to THE voice that I wanted!
Thank you so much! The feedback regarding the delivery helps immensely, and hopefully I’ll be able to get it closer to what you’re looking for when I do my retake!