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Post by munchkin229 on Mar 27, 2021 0:04:12 GMT -8
I'm a guy trying to make/create a shouta voice, like those in Genshin Impact and samples from that youtube video"Cheeky Tsundere Shota". I've been looking around on some tips but only came across loli voices or trying to sound like a girl.
Any help on this please?
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Post by Lumisau on Apr 7, 2021 19:15:44 GMT -8
Hey there! I just wanna say first up that you've gotta be careful with the term "shota"/"shouta" (and "loli", by association) - we've had issues with people using it in a creepy manner. Try just "young anime boy"!
Now, the thing with those voices is that they're usually done by AFAB VAs. Characters from Genshin like Venti and Xingqiu are both voiced by female voice actors in English (and Chinese and Korean), and the "Cheeky Tsundere Shota" video also sounds like it's done by an AFAB VA. While some AMAB VAs can pull off a surprisingly strong young boy voice (see Greg Ayres for instance, or Venti's JP seiyuu Ayumu Murase), most whose voices have broken aren't able to convincingly portray younger boys (cartoony boys are another story).
Now, as an AFAB VA whose specialty lies in young boys, I can't quite help from the male side of things. But for a guy playing a young boy, the voice is definitely much higher in pitch than a normal male register. You've gotta be careful not to go into an annoying, squeaky, or falsetto register. Usually there's some degree of nasality in vocal placement, but I don't mean sounding stuffy or nerdy. Just that there's much less chest resonance compared to an adult male voice. And, of course, the attitude is important. While you're of course acting, the attitude should colour your acting. The tsundere video has the kid being... well, tsundere. That's an attitude more than an emotion. Kids have different attitudes to adults so you've really gotta get in that mindset, and the way you speak should follow it.
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