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Gojira-Yuki
06-18-2012, 09:39 PM
Hello everyone,

I am currently seeking voice actresses to fulfill the lead roles in a demo for my visual novel, Devil Gene R. The reason I'm searching for just the demo rather than the full game is due to the fact I'm currently running a Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/548215972/devil-gene-r-episode-i) campaign to fund the development of the project, things are going well as we have already raised 52% toward our goal in the first 24 hours. Also scripting and planning isn't 100% finished yet but the demo is, and so I'm just looking to fill these two specific roles.

The project itself revolves around a group of sisters who have been genetically altered as weapons by their father to help save humanity during a war, but after the war was one the father seems to have turned his back on people and now threatens to incite a new war. His children are content to follow his lead, all with the exception of one who went missing 2 years ago but has reemerged to right the wrongs of her bloodline. But those who govern the world refuses to sit idly by as this family dispute shakes the fabric of a hard fought peace.

The two roles I'm seeking to fill include:

Raven Blackheart__________
The estranged daughter of Kyosuke Blackheart, a man said to be the "hero" of the last great war, despite this Raven has all but renounced her lineage and abandoned her father's side 2 years ago. She was all too quick to return upon hearing her father's insane plot of global genocide, and was enraged that he would resort to using her sisters as weapons once more. Raven rushes to Silent City in order to confront her father and end the Blackheart blood, erasing the Devil Gene from existence.

http://i.imgur.com/Pmp2p.jpg


Amy Cross__________
An "EXO" of the Church of Soldats, she has been cleansing the world of "impurities" by hunting demons since she was very young. As the 2nd eldest daughter of the Cross family she carries the high reputation of nobility, but this does not prevent her from constantly butting heads with her superiors, it seems the only one who can reign her in is her sister, Althena. It is under her orders Amy is sent to Silent City to locate a target known as the "Black Princess", however this is a covert operation as the Church has publicly announced they are not ready to act yet on the Kyosuke Blackheart incident.

http://i.imgur.com/t0gll.jpg



As for what I'm "looking for" honestly I'm not all too certain, direction will sure be given but the vocal pitch and quality of the characters is completely open ended. These two especially have changed designs and personalities so much over the development cycle, so I merely ask for you to interpret them as you see fit. What few guidelines I could offer; Raven is in her very early 20s while Amy is at the peak of 18, Raven is probably best suited to a deeper tone while Amy might benefit from a high pitch (but not to the extent of being too "bubbly"), if you can work in an English (Brittan) or French accent for Amy then go for it, the better you are at displaying emotional ranges the better!

As for audition lines, I please ask that you play the demo [ Windows ver (http://www.mediafire.com/?gg4b6osuraz8cs4) | Mac ver (http://www.mediafire.com/?bb2xodskndw9nvx) | Linux ver (http://www.mediafire.com/?ojty3aju14cb315) --- Alternatively here is the Written Script (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9QNCb9qL7wI_631UNE37Z_y2rmRUd5OF3chIW2Y2QI/edit) if you're having difficulties running the demo.] and record any line(s) of your choosing from there, please send submissions to guardcancel@yahoo.com and please feel free to send along any additional details or statements along with it.

The deadline is July 2, 2012.

Also all applicants please keep in mind the idea of reprising a role (if selected) when the full title is in production or being considered for other roles at that time (in total there will be at least 12 characters that will be voiced; 8 female, 4 male).

I look forward to hearing from you all and thank you so much for taking the time to read/apply!

ATheatricalSongBird
06-19-2012, 01:18 AM
This looks amazing! Sent auditions.

Merides
06-19-2012, 01:41 AM
Hey, I downloaded the file, but I can't figure out any of the files... it's a very confusing bunch of file types that I can't open.... is there a chance that I could get a different format or a google doc of the script instead?

Gojira-Yuki
06-19-2012, 02:47 AM
Thank you to all the applicants that have applied thus far, we really appreciate it, expect feedback e-mails soon.


Hey, I downloaded the file, but I can't figure out any of the files... it's a very confusing bunch of file types that I can't open.... is there a chance that I could get a different format or a google doc of the script instead?
At your request I have updated the opening post with a google doc to the written script (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9QNCb9qL7wI_631UNE37Z_y2rmRUd5OF3chIW2Y2QI/edit), please excuse the sloppy formatting as I actually didn't have it written before hand and just pulled it from the program and removed the code [XD]

I look forward to your submission :3

asmithhers
06-19-2012, 03:25 AM
Audition coming in hot~

Rikka
06-21-2012, 04:20 AM
Sent an audition.

Inujabari
06-21-2012, 05:09 AM
Well, Looks like A Interesting game! Now if Only I was Female! Well, If you haven't cast the Male roles, I'll be Glad to audition for a role once you get to it =)

LunaProngs
06-21-2012, 12:52 PM
This looks amazing! I'll send in an audition for Raven when I get the chance. :)

Viridiane
06-21-2012, 12:55 PM
Sent :)

I want clothes those gals are wearing IRL! I could make them work on a daily basis :9

LunaProngs
06-21-2012, 01:43 PM
Sent my audition!

GooldenVixen
06-21-2012, 03:21 PM
I'll aud for raven soon enough.

Gojira-Yuki
06-21-2012, 04:13 PM
Hello everyone,

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has made a submission thus far, and remind those of you that haven't that there's still plenty of time before the July 2 deadline! All applicants can look forward to a critique e-mail the day after the deadline on July 3 and we will be announcing our selections by July 5!

I'm so happy that so many have be interested in the project, I can't wait for production to kick into full swing so that we can cast other roles too (especially for you guys...sorry they're coming though!)

I look forward to more submissions as the days pass!

Gojira-Yuki
06-25-2012, 11:34 PM
Just wanted to post a final call on submitting auditions, this is the last week to do so as the July 2 deadline approaches.

I've been so pleased with the amount of submissions thus far and would like to see a few more sneak in!

Thank you to everyone who's already submitted and please look forward to those feedback e-mails shortly.

sydsnap
06-26-2012, 04:29 PM
Audition Sent!~~~~

ohnobones
07-02-2012, 04:21 AM
Last minute audition coming!!!! Should be to you in about an hour!! Hope that's okay!!!! ^_^

GooldenVixen
07-02-2012, 07:29 AM
i believe I sent mine in. If not, let me know

Sapphira
07-02-2012, 04:35 PM
Just sent off some last minute auditions.

Bei711
07-02-2012, 05:18 PM
auditions sent

Gojira-Yuki
07-02-2012, 05:57 PM
Hello everyone,

Thank you so much for showing such enthusiasm in being apart of the project, I'm so happy at the number of applicants we've received, with more still slipping in, haha.

So I just wanted to say that as the time of this positing we will still be accepting new submissions for the next 7 hours (final deadline is at 8 PM GMT -5) and shortly there after we will have (hopefully) sent out all feedback/critique letters as well.

Over the next 2 days we will be closely evaluating who we think will make the best fits for our two leads, we will select 6 finalist (3 for each role) and contact those actresses with a small script of about 5-10 lines, this will be a much more directed sample (giving multiple cues and suggestions) and we will be our two leads from the 2 actresses that preform the exercise the best from their category.

I will be posting again when the deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting submissions, good luck to everyone and let it be known that I think everyone has done a great job thus far! Oh and GoldenVixen I can confirm receiving your submission!

Gojira-Yuki
07-03-2012, 01:49 AM
Sorry for the late reply, something had came up ^^;

But yes, we have now closed off accepting any new submissions! Thank you to everyone who submitted and please look for that critique/feedback letter within the next 24hrs! And please be on the look out for a second letter should we select you as one of our finalist! (at which point I will post on here again when those letters have been sent out).

This last part is just fluff, but some interesting things I observed during the process thus far:

Number of Applicants: 16
Number of Applicants (Specifically for Raven): 3
Number of Applicants (Specifically for Amy): 2
Most Common First Letter (in First Name): A
Most Interesting Last Name: Siarkiewicz
Largest Submitted File (Uncompressed): 7.65 MB
Longest Submitted Recording (Single File): 4 minutes 28 seconds

2 other interesting things, 1 applicant shares the same first name of someone in the cast, our audio supervisor wanted to pick her based on that alone, haha. Another applicant's last name was Nelson which made me think of the Nelson sisters from Valkyira Chronicles, I wanted to pick her based on that alone, hehe.

TwoDoorCafeClub
07-05-2012, 09:10 AM
Did you receive my audition by the way?

Gojira-Yuki
07-06-2012, 08:41 AM
Sorry everyone, a few things had came up and put me a tad behind schedule, but all feedback letters have been written and sent out, I thank everyone for their patience.

I hope to announce our 6 finalist for one more screening test within the next day or two. In this final process will be asking our applicants to read from more directed scripts for a specific role and pick our 2 leads based on who gives the best performance based on their natural talent and ability to adhere to guidelines.

Thank you everyone for showing so much interest and support in the project, you'll be hearing from me again soon.

Gojira-Yuki
07-08-2012, 01:20 AM
We're almost there! Today I can announce the 8 "finalist" that we'll be having do 1 more set of recording before picking 2 of them to play our Raven and Amy. While we're getting these two roles fulfilled now (who we will be having provide voice work for the demo) we'll be seeking many more roles in the near future as we're nearly at our goal and will be going into full production of the visual novel soon. It was so hard to dwindle the list this close, and no doubt will be even harder to just pick 2 actresses after this process, but everyone has been so great and talented and I can only hope that once more roles open up we can get some of you to work with us!

The following shall be contacted through e-mail shortly with instructions for the next part of screening:

Danielle Kogan
Adoxogaphist
Rikka
Sydsnap
Ohnobones
Sapphira
Aurianna
Fio

THANK YOU to EVERYONE that auditioned, I wish everyone the best and hope that we can one day work together! (This experience has actually inspired a new visual novel idea within me, lol)

Gojira-Yuki
07-08-2012, 02:29 PM
Just a small update, I've sent out the e-mails to our 8 finalist, hope to hear back from you all soon (although this is going to be a heartbreakingly hard decision)

Gojira-Yuki
07-20-2012, 05:09 PM
Hello everyone, just wanted to give some updates;

- So we successfully reached our goal and full production of the title will begin in about mid-August (yay~)

- Website being reconstructed.

- The project now has a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/DGR_PR) for updates and such.

- Originally our plan was to have our selected Raven and Amy dub the demo, but we have a new plan in mind now...(which we'll discuss at a later date)

- Of the 8 finalist we selected for our 2 lead roles, we have only received recall recordings for 6 (Adoxogaphist, Rikka, Sydsnap, Ohnobones, Sapphira, and Aurianna) and are still missing (but have received word from) Danielle Kogan & Fio, we ask that you please turn in your recordings ASAP and if we don't receive them by 7/23 we will issue a hard deadline, which if missed you will be unfortunately passed for consideration on these roles.

- Announcement of our final roles is pending but quickly approaching.

- We will be announcing more roles very soon, please look forward to it


Thank you everyone for your time and effort, please look forward to more soon!

Sapphira
07-21-2012, 02:10 AM
Congrats on the successful funding, this must be an exciting time to finally see your dream being realized. :D Looking forward to seeing where this all goes. Keep up the good work!

Gojira-Yuki
07-28-2012, 05:22 AM
And here you have it, after a lengthy process our Raven and Amy have been cast:


http://youtu.be/NA4QjnDDD_c

I'll be contacting both of them within the next few days to go over a few details, but I just want to say that we'll also soon be looking for more roles to be filled, for the remaining female roles I want to try going through the other applicants that have already stepped up (I actually have ideas for several of you) but I will also still have (probably limited) open casting too. Of course the male roles being completely new will be all open casting.

Thank you everyone, and I can't wait to update you on more!