Tsukasa Higashino focuses on voice acting, and his mood fluctuates with the sound of the tape.

Pressing.

Pressure...

Even if there is no background music deliberately creating scary sound effects to set off the atmosphere, Riko Hasegawa's voice really has a charm that tugs at other people's minds.

This... It's amazing.

Tsukasa Higashino listened to the voice and couldn't help but think.

You can dub it to this point without sound effects, but if you have sound effects... Wouldn't that really scare people to death?

Don't underestimate the role of background music, like many horror movies, turn off the volume directly, and then watch it, you will find that the hero and heroine are like watching fools, not scary at all.

This also shows the importance of background music.

And Riko Hasegawa didn't use any sound editing software, and even there was a rustling noise around her, so she could reach this point...

Not to mention anything else, Higashino Tsukasa thinks that if he takes down Riko Hasegawa... It is estimated that the audience will not only smash the TV, but it is estimated that even the bench will be smashed at that time, and the big iron chain that is not locked on the TV cabinet in the market will be out of stock.

Awesome, really awesome.

As the tape gradually finished playing, Tsukasa Higashino couldn't help but let out a sigh and began to summarize.

To be honest, he doesn't understand the doorways of voice actors, but even a layman like him can't help but sigh a little when he listens to this tape... This is really a natural dubbing seedling.

The other party's voice is steady from beginning to end, and it is very distinctive.

Although Tsukasa Higashino can't say a lot of professional words such as 'treble' and 'bass' like a professional animation supervisor, he can quite say how Riko Hasegawa feels about him.

Unlike idols or most voice actors, Higashino seems to really feel the soul that belongs to Reiko Asakawa from her voice.

It's as if Riko Hasegawa is Reiko Asakawa herself, and her voice really comes from the world of "Midnight Bell"...

To put it mildly, even Nanako Matsushima, the actor of Reiko Asakawa in her previous life, did not have Riko Hasegawa's voice to give Tsukasa Higashino such an impact.

But if you think about it carefully, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, Nanako Matsushima is an actor, and she mainly studies acting, and the voice actor is constantly polishing her vocal skills, so it's really unfair to compare this with Nanako Matsushima.

But... In this way, you can see some of Hasegawa Riko's ability.

Tsukasa Higashino had heard that Riko Hasegawa had a good voice performance in the anime "Ultramarine Philosophy" and "The Murder of Kaneda"... It seems that this is not an exaggeration, she is indeed very capable.

It's just that she was very unlucky and met a firm with a bad reputation.

Tsukasa Higashino thought for a moment and made a decision.

If this voice is not matched with "Midnight Bell", it will be a waste.

An audition opportunity is nothing, and if Riko Hasegawa can keep in touch with this kind of play, it's normal to give her the position of heroine.

It's a win-win.

Riko Hasegawa got the dubbing opportunity, and by the way, Higashinoji's career went to the next level - the animated movie "Midnight Bell" was booming!

He made a decision, thought about withdrawing the tape from the tape recorder, and then put it back in and listened to it several times in a row.

It wasn't until he himself had goosebumps that he washed up and went to bed.

It's really good, it's a talent, it's a waste not to match my "Midnight Bell".

......

The next day, Tsukasa Higashino made breakfast and left early in the morning to go to Tokyo Animation Studio.

When he passed, he made a special trip to take a look at the door of the Dujing Animation Production Company.

Today, Riko Hasegawa's 'snowman' is not there.

But Tsukasa Higashino didn't care too much.

It's okay not to be there.

It's cold, and it's not good for Riko Hasegawa to come over and get cold, so as not to affect the state of the audition.

He put on his temporary staff badge and leaned over to the annex building.

Perhaps because it came too early, the two important decision-makers of Honbashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu were not there.

Tsukasa Higashino glanced left and right, and decided to hold back his mind for the time being, and start drawing today's original picture first.

He took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser and warmed his palms a little before he started writing.

Since Sadako is a character he has drawn many times, and the original painting does not need to be colored, only the line drawing is required, so Tsukasa Higashino drew very quickly, and it only took a little more than an hour to draw almost two-thirds of the original manuscript of today's weight.

The original painting he drew used the system's strengthening skills, so it was still so terrifying, and there was a sense of suffocation as if pulling people into the painting.

And that's not all, Tsukasa Higashino also took the time to take a look at the small finished product where the production team roughly connected all the original paintings.

These original paintings are mixed with the original pictures he draws, so the projection actually has the same sense of fear as in the "Midnight Bell" comics.

Although it doesn't feel as strong as in the manga, if you add dubbing and post-production sound effects... It is estimated that it is not much different from the original manga of Tsukasa Higashino's "Midnight Bell".

Thinking about it this way, the importance of Riko Hasegawa has increased again.

Tsukasa Higashino thought about continuing to draw, but this time before he could draw two strokes, he heard the voices of Tobashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu next to him.

The two of them were frowning, and while talking in a whisper, they greeted Higashino Division: "Brother Higashino, are you free?" Here is the adapted script, you can see if there is a problem, if there is a problem, I will ask them to change it. ”

The concept of script was also mentioned earlier, but it is actually a script book used by voice actors to practice their lines.

Although Motohashi and Toda are supervisors and deputy superintendents, they also respect the partner of Higashino Division, after all, Higashino Division's sentence 'The moonlight is so beautiful' is really revealing a sense of literary freshness outside, so they naturally feel that Higashino Tsukasa has something, and the literary foundation must be very solid, so of course they have to give the script to Higashino Division.

As he spoke, he put a thick notebook in front of Tsukasa Higashino.

Tsukasa Higashino became interested when he heard this, and it just so happened that he also brought a script to Riko Hasegawa.

And this was the first time he had seen this thing, so he quickly picked up the script and looked at it sentence by sentence.

The format of the script is very simple, probably that scene and that scene.

Then add a colon after the person's name, followed by the lines spoken by the character.

It can be seen that this person who adapted the script still respects the original work of "Midnight Bell".

Most of the lines have not changed.

Tsukasa Higashino took a cursory look at it and felt that there was nothing to modify, so he nodded and said politely: "That's it, but can you trouble Brother Motohashi and Brother Toda to leave me a copy of the script?" "After all, he is a layman, and he still needs to learn, so it's better to do less to change this kind of thing.

This is a small request, and Tobashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu are still very willing to meet the needs of Tsukasa Higashino.

But they're also a little weird.

You must know that the script is used to select voice actors, and Tsukasa Higashino is an animation script plus an original artist, so it has nothing to do with this thing.

But speaking of voice actors...

"It's really time to start casting." Honbashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu were also single, and they didn't care about pulling a bench and sitting next to Tsukasa Higashino, and brought a lot of materials over.

All of these are voice actor materials sent from major offices after hearing about the production of the "Midnight Bell" animated film.

There are men and women in this information, and there is no shortage of well-known voice actors in the industry.

A cursory flip through the list of more than a hundred voice actors.

From big to small, and then from small to large, there are even several students who apply for the role of classmate A and classmate B.

After all, this time it's a big production, and Sharp Co., Ltd.'s 600 million yen is smashed down - even if the production team is all members of the Philippine diving sleepwalking team, they can definitely make a good work with quality and quantity.

Having money, in a sense, is really doing whatever you want.

At that time, there may be some people who like to analyze and analyze "Midnight Bell" frame by frame, so it will be a blessing to have your own voice actor show his face here.

On the other side, Tsukasa Higashino also glanced at this side curiously.

The information of these auditioners is inevitably too detailed.

In addition to the name, height and weight photos, there are even stunts... For example, singing, playing the piano, playing guitar and even calligraphy are here, it's like selling pork in the vegetable market, and I can't wait to put my pigs on the pigs where they are produced and where they are quarantined - my pigs are better than the ones next door, choose mine! This feeling.

This made Higashino a little surprised, and he didn't quite understand the use of these stunts and the like.

This can only be said that it is the first time for him to participate in this kind of work, and it is normal not to understand.

In Japan, there will definitely be a promotional meeting after the animation film is made, and these voice actors with singing and dancing skills will have a natural advantage.

So basically every voice actor will have one or two specialties to accompany them, and few do nothing but dubbing.

The role that Tobashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu want to finalize first is the male protagonist Ryuji Takayama, but there is no other reason, but the two of them have some Japanese patriarchal tendencies, and they subconsciously made such a choice.

"Ryuji Takayama is a very logical and analytical character... The voice should be a little calmer. ”

"Is Tateishi okay? His voice is steady, isn't it? Toda rummaged through and found a male voice actor.

"No, it's old-fashioned. Ryuji Takayama's character feels a little younger. ”

"What about Nakao? He's got a good voice, right? ”

"Not bad is good... But the image is not very good, and he is not so handsome. And the asking price of his office is too high. ”

The two of them discussed in whispers.

Higashino Tsukasa also heard a lot of gossip in the circle next to him.

What firm grievances, triangles, lace little news... These things are rarely seen in magazines, so Tsukasa Higashino is also quite interested.

But Tobashi and Toda don't think so. Seeing that Higashino Tsukasa looked over from time to time, the two of them were also a little strange.

Among them, Motohashi Daohiro was the first to speak: "Brother Higashino, do you have a suitable actor to recommend?" ”

After all, Japan is a society that pays attention to human feelings, and Tsukasa Higashino has an iron-triangle creative relationship with them, and if Tsukasa Higashino has the right candidate, they will sell face no matter what they say.

"Nope." Higashino shook his head stiffly.

There is definitely no candidate for the actor to recommend him.

"Really?" The bridge was speechless.

Tsukasa Higashino had been looking at this side since just now, and he thought that Tsukasa Higashino had a suitable candidate.

He went back to discussing it with Toda Shimitsu, and finally decided on a male voice actor named Matsuda Masao and five or six other voice actors to audition.

Although he came to audition, if Matsuda Masao's dubbing level hasn't changed much, it's basically him.

Of course, if several other voice actors have a super level of performance, they will also consider several other voice actors.

The male role is so finalized, then the rest is Reiko Asakawa.

This character is basically the most important character in the whole play.

She went from being curious at the beginning to being distracted by the cursed tape later... It can be said that the entire plot of "Midnight Bell" revolves around Reiko Asakawa.

She has more roles than the actor Ryuji Takayama, and the dubbing difficulty of this role is also greater than Ryuji Takayama, and she has to have all kinds of emotions.

Plus it's still a female character... This makes it all the more selective.

First of all, it's not good to look average, and then to do publicity, you must push out the heroine to do publicity, and you must be upright and beautiful.

The second is that it is not possible without dubbing skills, and the role of Reiko Asakawa is very difficult to dub, and there are various scenes, which require voice actors to adapt to various voice changes.

In the end, it's best to find someone with a specialty, and it's okay if you don't have a specialty, but it's always good to have a specialty.

They picked and chose from that pile of materials, picked out a large number of female voice actors, and kept five.

"Hmm... The water mouth is actually quite good... If nothing else, it should be her, right? ”

Honbashi Daohiro nodded, and at the same time asked the opinion of Toda Shimitsu next to him.

And Toda Shimitsu also nodded in agreement.

Mizuguchi is an emerging female voice actor, her career is on the rise, she has a lot of fans, and her dubbing skills are good, and there are no scandals in the circle, plus she is also beautiful, so it is definitely good for her to dub it.

But Motohashi Daohiro is still a little dissatisfied, he feels that Mizuguchi's voice has the taste of a girl idol, which is not suitable for the mature and stable Reiko Asakawa.

Just when they were about to end the casting, Tsukasa Higashino, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly interjected: "I have someone I want to recommend." ”

"......" Motohashi guide.

Okay... I just asked you if you have any male characters to recommend, and it turns out that you don't... It turned out that he wanted to win the position of the heroine Reiko Asakawa?

However, since Higashino Division has someone to recommend, of course they still have to give face.

"Is that the voice actor at that office?"

Toda Shimitsu, who was next to him, picked up a pen and paper and wanted to record.

But Higashino Tsukasa smiled and waved his hand: "It's someone who is familiar to both Brother Motohashi and Brother Toda." ”

He didn't sell it either, so he reported his name with a smile: "It's Riko Hasegawa." ”