Satsuki Shiina on Voicing Miketsuka in Needy Girl Overdose: Fear Before Joy
Shiina's account reveals the production's approach to the anime-original character Miketsuka and the actor's deliberate method for maintaining a narrow emotional register.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime Anime.
In an interview with Anime Anime, voice actor Satsuki Shiina discusses her role as Miketsuka in the TV anime adaptation of Needy Girl Overdose. Shiina describes feeling more fear than joy upon being cast, her approach to building the character's doll-like speech, and the challenge of keeping Miketsuka's emotional range consistent without becoming monotonous.
Voice actor Satsuki Shiina, who plays Miketsuka in the TV anime adaptation of Needy Girl Overdose, told Anime Anime that she felt more fear than joy when she learned she had been cast. The role was her first to advance to a studio audition, and she worried that her performance might make audiences dislike the character. Shiina received a novel-like document with episodes for the entire series before the script, which she found fascinating for its mixed timeline and room for interpretation.
To build Miketsuka, Shiina worked from detailed images provided by Nyarla, aiming for a noble, calm tone and a doll-like, matter-of-fact way of speaking that differs from the other two characters in Karamazov. She said the challenge was avoiding monotony while keeping the character consistent, and she constantly considered how Miketsuka's speech changes between her streamer persona and other contexts.
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