Longmao Dub (A YouShouYan Manhua Dub) - Cycles 3 and 4
Project Overview
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 3 and 4 right now, which consists of chapters 13-24. 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, Diting, appears in over 120 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. The Tertiary characters in this call, particularly WaMao and Baize, only appear in a very small amount of chapters, and may not be present for extended periods of time. While Earth was listed as a tertiary character, they may appear the most often as they are Diting's guiding voice, so Earth has a chance to appear anytime Diting does.
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.
Diting (Dee-ting)
Diting is the chief executive of hell, spending most of his time running the underworld. He is held to high honor by many of the ghosts down there, to which much of them are his employees. He holds a calm disposition, which can sometimes be broken with more exaggerated personality in times of extreme emotion. He spends most of his time working in the underworld, visiting the mortal realm on occasion for work and relaxation related reasons. He regularly plays mahjong with Sibuxiang. He's an obsessive fanboy of Baize, a ferocious lion-like character from the Fei Ren Zai manhua series.
- Occasionally Expressive
- deep
- male adult
- calm
(Narrating) Hello everyone, I'm Diting, the mount of Bodhisattva. I currently work in the underworld. There's free food and housing, plus the salary isn't bad.
(Admiring) Cute, wanna try...
(Excitement) I can't believe it actually works! I'll take ten!! Give them to me now!!!
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.
Earth is a feminine echoing voice that communes directly with Diting, offering advice whenever the chief executor of hell requires it. Earth does not appear in every Diting chapter, but I am unsure the exact amount.
- Echoing
- calm
- female adult
(Echoing) No no no no no
(Echoing) Yes yes yes yes yes
As a tertiary character, you are accepting that you may be needed infrequently. You can be on call and ready to voice this character at a moments notice, though this can realistically happen at any time.
The mother of Two Taels and Four Kilos! While she does not appear much at all in the manhua, she is often referenced as a supporting mother. Her main appearance, in the brothers backstory, showcases her as a bit crazy and obsessed with the dragon Ao Bing. She has some surprising strength, showcasing that by keeping the dragon down at earth! She's a hopeless romantic.
Pretty much everything you could learn about her can be found in this chapter: https://mangadex.org/chapter/2bf058b0-f83b-44b9-ba22-18cf9e04af0f/6
- female adult
- female young adult
- Obsessive
(Excitement) OKAY~!
(Desperation) DON'T GO MY PRINCE!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR AGES!!!
-Noises of happy sighing and lovey dovey cuddling idk how to describe it just look at the panel right before 'A Short and Bitter Loving Night'-
As a tertiary character, you are accepting that you may be needed infrequently. You can be on call and ready to voice this character at a moments notice, though this can realistically happen at any time.
(Personality Source: https://fei-ren-zai.fandom.com/wiki/Bai_Ze)
Bai Ze is a bookworm and a shut-in that prefers to stay indoors. Because of having too much books, he have no place to live as his home is cramped with books, books, and lots of books. He's self-assertive; yet he's actually the opposite from his (aspired) definition of himself. He's also utterly shameless of himself; his way of life, actions, and behavior.
In You Shou Yan, he acts as the victim of Diting's obsessive behavior.
- Whiny
- deep
- male adult
(Confusion) Why does my back feel hot...?
(Angry Confusion) WHAT THE HELL?! WHERE DID ALL THIS JOSS PAPER COME FROM?!?!
(Scared / Worried) Wait... Joss paper... Oh no! Is Diting that bastard here in the mortal realm?!
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. Since this character has more lines than typical extras, not all lines for the character are present in the audition, therefore, you will be cast earlier than other extras and will be expected to supply more lines for this role.
(Personality Source: https://youshouyan.miraheze.org/wiki/Ao_Bing)
From what is shown in the manhua and donghua he is a giant flirt with severe commitment issues, where he did mate with Lady Wamao the tile cat and birthed his two illegitimate sons, he flees as soon as they are about to hatch.
- sultry
- male adult
(Lowkey down bad) Eheheheee~
(Flirty) Oh beautiful mistress, would you care to spend the evening under this beautiful moonlight with a handsome dragon such as myself~?
(Screaming) I DON'T KNOW YOU!!!
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.
A wise elderly man trying to help his former mount Diting.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/e8ebc065-e80c-4c22-856e-5ca69bc9bd29/1
- male senior
(Proud) With this you can take a break without any worries~
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.
A human terrified as they are getting shocked.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/e8ebc065-e80c-4c22-856e-5ca69bc9bd29/1
- male adult
- male young adult
- female young adult
- female adult
-Scared and pained 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.
Generic train announcer.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/e8ebc065-e80c-4c22-856e-5ca69bc9bd29/1
- male adult
- female adult
(Announcing) This is the Difu train, bound for the mortal realm. The train is about to depart, please...
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.
A few little wispy ghost voices! Multiple different people will get cast for this role!
https://mangadex.org/chapter/e8ebc065-e80c-4c22-856e-5ca69bc9bd29/1
- female young adult
- male young adult
(Caring) Take care Master Diting!
-Startled noises-
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