Coo. (Wut.)

[xaq_the_aereon]

To take my mind off the fact that this is the last day before my next big move, I found myself focusing on something a bit more insane, yet a bit more comforting...our favorite pigeon dating visual novel, Hatoful Boyfriend.

One thing I found myself wondering was this: In comparison to the official voice actors from the Drama CDs, how close were Team Hatoful's choices?


(Disclaimer: These are basically speculation on my part...unless I can somehow get my hands on a copy of one of the drama CDs, I can't really say one way or another.)

RYOUTA
Team Hatoful VA: Me
Intended angle: A bit chipper, but in a way that tries to hide melancholy.
Drama CD VA: Asanuma Shintaro. (Starts talking around the 11 second mark.)
Projected accuracy rating: 70%. Voice not rough enough, but I imagine I got the overall emotion down.

KAZUAKI
Team Hatoful VA: David
Perceived angle: Goofy old man, if a bit daft.
Drama CD VA: Hirofumi Nojima.
Projected accuracy rating: 45%. Projected enjoyability rating: 100%.

SAKUYA
Team Hatoful VA: Teo
Perceived angle: Utter snob.
Drama CD VA: Ishida Akira.
Projected accuracy rating: 90%. Aside from the difference in pitch, I'd say that was spot on.

NAGEKI
Team Hatoful VA: Teo
Perceived angle: Emotionally disconnected, kinda sad.
Drama CD VA: Mitsuki Saiga.
Projected accuracy rating: 30%. Gender difference issues aside, it doesn't seem like she could get quite as dead-sounding as you did....so if anything, she's the one who's inaccurate.

YUUYA
Team Hatoful VA: Raven
Perceived angle: 50% suave, 50% sleaze.
Drama CD VA: Kouji Yusa.
Projected accuracy rating: Indeterminate. The only voice examples I could find of him involved singing...in any case, I imagine his voice was a bit deeper, and the character a bit less overt on being a pervert. :b

SHUU
Team Hatoful VA: David
Perceived angle: Creepy with a side order of creepy.
Drama CD VA: Takehito Koyasu. (Starts talking around the 23 second mark. Different Shuu, same murderous bastard.)
Projected accuracy rating: 40%/100%. If anything, the Tim Curry voice somehow wasn't creepy enough. The cold-assisted Wallenstein voice, however, was absolutely perfect.

OKOSAN
Team Hatoful VA: Me
Intended angle: 1 part bird, 2 parts roasted ham.
Drama CD VA: Norio Wakamoto.
Projected accuracy rating: 0%. Attempting to compare to Wakamoto is, from my experience, physically impossible.

ANGHEL
Team Hatoful VA: Raven
Perceived angle: ...Yeah, there are no words to describe it.
Drama CD VA: Takahiro Sakura.
Projected accuracy rating: 10%. Seriously, I can't see someone who voiced Cloud Strife being anywhere near as high-strung and hyper as your version was. Of course, that being said, I now have a hard time imagining Anghel sounding that...bland.

Hrm.

Well, that's that.

Comments

[davidn]

Two of the greatest standouts of our grand voice adventure were your Ryouta and Raven's Yuuya... I had thought before we started that they were both fairly unremarkable characters and that Ryouta in particular would be very hard to bring any excitement to, but your voice was perfect for him - I described the approach I thought you gave him in pretty much exactly the same words in a comment on my recent post earlier today. And Yuuya has... just shot up the character rankings in my book after he played such a hilarious role in not only his scenes, but quite a lot of other people's as well :) And Cloud Strife can't be Anghel! (Although come to think of it, he is sort of withdrawn and manga-ish.)

I'd been hoping my cold would go away in time for that Friday night - I hadn't realized that it would be my greatest asset ;)

[xaq.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, your opinion of my Ryouta voice is a bit embarrassing...mostly because I put nothing into it; that's just how I normally talk.

[davidn]

Heh, the same with my Mr. McBeaks voice ;) What can I say - you have a good clear... cartoon/game/other voiceover protagonist voice in a way that I can't quite define.