For my voice recording, what kind of things should it have on it and should I sepeak with a North American accent?

The recording should contain a variety of things. You should do an announcer's voice saying something like "Toyota," read out a newspaper article, etc and do some character voices. I did a voice job recently and we, (me and a Canadian guy) had to be really intense and try to get a woman's attention. In the ad, she is non-plussed by all the foreigners trying to talk to her. I was speaking very quickly and basically yelling, "sign the god damn paper. If you don't sign, we'll lose the contract and there is 10 million dollars on the line." We did a few takes and each time the director was saying motto, motto, (more, more) so don't hold back. Try to sound old, young, whatever, just mix it up. A North American accent is the way to go, but maybe say one or two things with your usual accent and in Japanese. For that business scene, I had to speak with a North American accent. Just recording it using a tape recorder will be fine also.  more