Longmao Dub (A YouShouYan Manhua Dub) - Chapters 25-36
Project Overview
[NOTE: This is the Final Casting Call that will be held partially pre-release. The official releases are planned to begin as of February 1st, 2026. This means that by the time the deadline is reached, uploads for the Longmao Dub would have finally begun!]
You Shou Yan (also known as Fabulous Beasts) is a Chinese manhua and donghua created and updated by Xue Xia Mao Yao Zi. It centers around a variety of mythical beasts living in the mountains of Yunnan in our current time period. With 1000+ chapters, and more still being released weekly, it introduces a large variety of characters, explores multiple time periods, and explores the lore of how the mythical beasts got where they are now!
I personally discovered You Shou Yan through the animated show, and have fallen in love with it since! In wanting to show that love, I have decided that I would like to do an english dub and voice-over of the manhua chapters! With such a massive cast of characters, I felt it was only appropriate to seek out more voice actors to help bring this wish to reality!
We are casting for Cycles 5 and 6 right now, which consists of chapters 25-36. What is a cycle? Here's how it works:
Scripts are written for one cycle of chapters, which is currently six chapters. These scripts will be written a few weeks before voice acting for the cycle is set to begin.
When scripts for a cycle are released, voice actors will have ten days to record their lines for the cycle.
The remaining four days will be spent editing the six chapters into shorts / videos, which will be released a few weeks later on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Twitter/X, and BlueSky.
The reason behind a cycle being completed a few weeks before its release is to account for unforeseen situations or any potential delays. Not including the scriptwriting, a cycle will typically be completed within two weeks, or 14 days, and will account for two weeks worth of video releases. One on Monday, one on Wednesday, and one on Friday, all weekly.
As for how that relates to casting, there will be a new casting call every four weeks that will feature characters, whether main, secondary, tertiary, alternates, or just outright extras. These casting calls will account for the next two cycles worth of newly introduced characters and extras! It is designed this way so that newly casted VA's will not have to wait long to get started! The earlier of the two cycles would start their VA work within a week of the casting call completing, and the latter of the two cycles would start two and a half weeks after being cast.
How will these roles work for you?
There are four different types of roles, each that would cater to different availability types.
Main Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in over 150 chapters throughout the manhua! There are no main characters being cast in this call.
Secondary Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in 20-149 chapters throughout the manhua! These characters can often be considered main characters in certain arc's of the manhua, but are not always on the screen. The only secondary character in this casting call, Tubaoshu, appears in over 70 chapters!
Tertiary Characters are classified as characters that have appeared in 2-19 chapters throughout the manhua. This can mean many things - either they are recently introduced and on their way to becoming a secondary character, or they were really only important for a certain amount of chapters. This could even extend to a background character showing up more than once throughout the manhua. There are no tertiary characters being cast in this call.
Extras are speaking roles that are likely only needed for one chapter, or maybe two. Once they have submitted their speaking lines, they are not needed to complete that role any longer.
Guidelines:
Please add your discord handle to your audition
Audio quality should be high or decent, with minimal background noise
This is a long-term project. If it kicks off, production may continue for months, or likely years. Please keep that in mind when considering whether to audition or not.
If you are cast, you are expected to join the discord server where production will occur.
Optional Guidelines:
You may apply for multiple character roles, though it is unlikely you will receive multiple roles, at least early on in the projects lifespan.
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As a secondary character, you are accepting that you may be needed in short bursts. With such a large cast of secondary characters, there may be bursts where you are important to the releases and needed frequently, as well as bursts where you are not needed for an extended period of time.
Tubaoshu (Tube-ow-shoo)
(Personality Source: https://youshouyan.miraheze.org/wiki/Tubaoshu)
Tubaoshu is a sweet, gentle, and generous mythical beast, wishing to help others, believing her purpose and mission is to help the mortals across the world. Though her generosity can be her downfall, such as when she was willing to risk her health in order to endlessly provide jewels for Tianlu, as it makes the both of them happy.
Ever since starting her online store/cult following, she has grown to be adept in her marketing skills, as well as being a fair and adequate leader to her employees.
Audition lines are cited from Chapter 28 of the You Shou Yan Manhua, right here: https://mangadex.org/chapter/75abc20c-6fc2-4352-8e0a-2d7ad9d4b2d7/1 [Please utilize this when reading lines to get best direction for voice lines]
For the spitting out jewel noises, a perfect example of what we're looking for comes straight from the Donghua! https://youtu.be/wmFC6GnP0PE?si=wF5hKfRNbRB8l6Me&t=240 right at the 4:00 mark!
- female young adult
- Vomiting Sounds
- female adult
- calming
- soft
(Narrating) Hello, I'm the jewel spitting mongoose, but you can call me Tubaoshu. An unknown sickness has afflicted me, so I came to Deermans looking for help.
(Love At First Sight) Ah~ Such a passionate mythical beast~!
-Spitting Out Jewel Noises-
This is an extra role. This role is one-off, appearing in maybe one or two manhua chapters. You will not be needed again after this role is fulfilled. Additionally, this extra role has so few lines that it is planned to use the direct auditions for the final video, and will be cast at the time of editing the specific chapter as opposed to beforehand. You will be contacted upon being chosen asking for crediting details, and will be offered an invite to the server if you wish to look into future roles.
In Chapter 25 of the Manhua, Two Taels and Four Kilos are seen babysitting their younger siblings, the young tile cats! The voices here are more background noise, as the kittens do not have any outright voice lines.
Audition lines are cited from Chapter 25 of the You Shou Yan Manhua, right here: https://mangadex.org/chapter/e0898d1d-cc16-41d4-a77b-1b0af7d6138a/1 [Please utilize this when reading lines to get best direction for voice lines]
- cat meow
- Kitty Mews
-Simple Mewing and Meowing-
-Playful Mewing and Meowing-
-Falling-
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