How to Make a Fandub, Step by Step

How to make a fandub

By Buford Taylor, who runs Casting Call Club. Updated October 2026.

A fan dub is your own voice cast performing over a scene from an anime, cartoon or game. They're one of the most popular kinds of project on Casting Call Club, with thousands posted a year, and one of the easiest to actually finish. Here's how to make a fandub from picking the scene to posting it.

Fan dubs on Casting Call Club over the past year: 3,465 projects posted, 5 voice roles in a typical one, about 10 hours until the first audition, 8.8% of auditions cast.

1. Pick a short scene

Two to five minutes with a handful of characters is perfect for a first dub. Long episodes stall. Pick something you love, because you'll watch it about a hundred times.

2. Write the script

Transcribe each line with the character's name and a timestamp. If you're translating, adapt the lines so they fit the mouth movements. A direct translation is often too long or too short.

3. Cast it

  • Post a casting call with each character, a short description, two or three lines and a link to the original scene. How to write a casting call has a template.
  • Say it's unpaid fan work up front. Almost all fandubs are, and saying so plainly attracts the right people.
  • Set a deadline for auditions and for final lines.

Fandub roles get a lot of auditions from people starting out, so you'll usually have plenty to choose from.

4. Collect clean lines

Ask everyone for dry audio: no music, no reverb, no effects, one file per line, named clearly. Ask for a second take of the important lines. It saves a round of retakes later.

5. Edit and mix

  1. Get the scene's music and effects without the original voices, if you can find them, or rebuild the sound with free effects.
  2. Line up each take with the mouth movements in a video editor. DaVinci Resolve and CapCut are free.
  3. Even out the volume between actors and add a touch of room sound so everyone sounds like they're in the same place.

Need help with the mix? Lots of audio engineers and video editors here help on fandubs.

6. Post it and credit everyone

Upload it with every cast member credited in the description. Fandubs can't be sold, and some rights holders take dubs of new shows down, so expect that now and then.

Ready to cast? Post your fandub free, or look at open fandub casting calls to see how others write theirs.

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Questions people ask

How do I make a fandub?
Pick a short scene, write a script with timestamps, cast voice actors, collect clean lines, line them up with the mouth movements in a video editor, and post it with everyone credited.
Where do I find voice actors for a fandub?
Post a casting call on Casting Call Club. Fandubs are one of the biggest categories there, and actors audition right on your roles.
Can I make money from a fandub?
No. Fandubs use someone else's show, so they can't be sold. Say it's unpaid fan work in your casting call.
What software do I need to make a fandub?
You need a free video editor like DaVinci Resolve or CapCut to line up the voices, and Audacity to clean up the audio.

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