Mayday

Age: 24
Gender: Male
Role: Main protagonist

Personality: Sarcastic, tired, goofy, awkward, and generally unlucky. Mike tries to joke through stressful situations, but underneath the humor, he's genuinely struggling and cares deeply about music and the people around him.

Voice direction: Natural and conversational. He shouldn't sound like a stereotypical superhero protagonist. His humor should feel spontaneous, with vulnerability underneath it.
Looking for:

• Natural comedic timing

• Sarcasm

• Emotional range

• Ability to sound exhausted without sounding monotone

Age: 23
Gender: Female
Role: Main character

Personality: Sweet, shy, respectful, helpful, brave, and compassionate. Macy isn't weak or helpless. She's simply gentle by nature and becomes surprisingly courageous when someone she loves is in danger.

Voice direction: Macy: youthful, soft and gentle, with a slightly nervous tone. She speaks quietly and politely, but shouldn’t sound weak or childish. Her voice should have a natural warmth to it, with enough emotional range to become confident, scared, angry, or heartbroken when the situation calls for it

And I’d avoid making her sound overly high-pitched or babyish. She’s shy, not a human squeaky toy.

Looking for:

• Gentle delivery

• Emotional warmth

• Quiet confidence

• Ability to become serious when necessary

Name: Lin Watanabe
Age: Adult
Gender: Male
Role: Demon Overlord / Major Character

Personality:
Lin is confident, ambitious, intelligent, and determined. He's a natural dreamer who genuinely believes in his ambitions and the future he wants to create. Despite his position and intimidating reputation, Lin isn't constantly serious or angry. He can be charismatic, sarcastic, stubborn, playful, and surprisingly goofy, especially around people he trusts.

He has a softer side that doesn't come out often, but when it does, his voice should be able to show genuine warmth and vulnerability.

Voice Direction:
Male, young-adult sounding, with a medium-low pitch rather than an extremely deep voice.

His natural voice should feel calm, confident, conversational, and mature. He doesn't need to sound intimidating all the time. In fact, Lin is often more intimidating when he's quiet and controlled rather than when he's yelling.

The actor should be comfortable letting Lin's personality come through. He can be charming, excited about his ambitions, sarcastic, amused, annoyed, or genuinely goofy. When the situation becomes serious, however, his voice should be able to become colder and more threatening without becoming overly dramatic.

Looking For:

• Strong vocal presence

• Natural, conversational delivery

• Confident and charismatic tone

• Dry humor and comedic timing

• Ability to sound genuinely excited and ambitious

• Emotional range and subtle vulnerability

• Controlled delivery during serious scenes

• Ability to become threatening without yelling

• A voice that can shift naturally between goofy, warm, serious, and intimidating

Avoid:
An overly deep or booming voice, exaggerated “villain” delivery, constant anger, or a completely emotionless/monotone performance.

Most importantly: Lin should sound like a person with dreams, flaws, humor, and emotions, not just an intimidating demon overlord.

PS: Please don't make him sound like Shadow the Hedgehog. We already have enough unhappy meals in this world.

Form: Childlike appearance
Gender: Female
Role: Ancient divine entity / antagonist

Personality: Playful, manipulative, curious, attention-seeking, and deeply unnatural. She can appear innocent while understanding things far beyond what a child should.

Voice direction: This one needs RANGE. Sweet and innocent one moment, ancient and terrifying the next.

Looking for:

• Childlike delivery

• Creepy undertones

• Sudden tonal changes

• Ability to sound genuinely threatening without simply screaming

Age: 24
Gender: Female
Role: Inventor/antagonist

Personality: Cocky, intelligent, theatrical, competitive, and obsessed with her inventions. Ivy has a huge ego and enjoys performing the role of the brilliant villain.

Voice direction: Energetic and expressive. She should sound like she's having the time of her life even when she's doing something terrible.

Looking for:

• Strong comedic timing

• Theatrical villain energy

• Confidence

• Ability to switch into serious menace

Species: Satyr
Gender: Male
Role: Supporting character

Personality: Friendly, energetic, sarcastic, and occasionally chaotic. He's comfortable joking around but can become serious when things actually matter.

Voice direction: Energetic and natural. Avoid making him sound like a stereotypical fantasy creature.

Looking for:

• Comedic timing

• Friendly energy

• Sarcasm

• Emotional range

Animator

Role: Animator

Description:
I'm looking for an animator who can help bring Mayday to life. The animation style is cartoon-focused, expressive, and character-driven, with a mix of comedy, action, emotional moments, and occasional darker scenes.

The animation should feel lively and readable rather than overly detailed or realistic. Characters need expressive faces, strong poses, and good comedic timing. The project may also include visual effects, action scenes, background movement, and more dramatic moments.

Looking for:

• Strong 2D animation skills

• Good character acting and facial expressions

• Understanding of timing, posing, and comedic movement

• Ability to work with an existing character/art style

• Comfortable animating both comedy and serious scenes

• Good communication and willingness to collaborate

• Experience with cartoon-style animation is preferred

Style:
Cartoon / 2D / expressive / character-focused.
Not looking for an overly anime-style approach.

Experience:
Beginner animators are welcome to audition! I'm more interested in seeing your animation skills and style than having a huge professional résumé.

Audition:
Please provide a short animation sample or demo reel. Character animation is preferred, but any relevant 2D animation work is welcome.

Note:
This is an independent passion project, so please include your expected rate and what kind of workload you are comfortable with.

Writer

Role: Writer

Description:
I'm looking for a writer to help develop the scripts and dialogue for Mayday, an independent animated series focused on character-driven storytelling, comedy, action, emotional moments, and darker themes.

The world of Mayday has a large cast and its own mythology, so I'm looking for someone who can help turn those ideas into engaging scenes and episodes while keeping the characters feeling distinct and believable.

Looking for:

• Strong dialogue-writing skills

• Good understanding of character personality and development

• Ability to write comedy without making every character sound the same

• Experience with emotional and dramatic scenes

• Ability to structure scenes and episodes

• Good pacing and storytelling instincts

• Willingness to work with an existing world and characters

• Able to give and receive constructive feedback

• Comfortable helping develop ideas rather than simply rewriting existing material

Writing Style:
Character-focused, conversational, comedic, emotional, and occasionally dark. The dialogue should feel natural and memorable without making every character constantly sound like they're delivering a dramatic monologue.

Experience:
Begin (if you need help im a bit of a writer myself with pilot scripts mkay :3)

Audio Engineer

Role: Audio Engineer / Sound Designer

Description:
I'm looking for an audio engineer to help bring Mayday to life through sound. The project includes dialogue, music, sound effects, action scenes, comedy, and darker atmospheric moments.

The goal is to make the audio feel immersive and polished while still fitting the show's cartoon style.

Looking for:

• Experience editing and mixing dialogue

• Noise reduction and voice cleanup

• Sound effect editing and placement

• Basic audio mixing and mastering

• Good understanding of volume levels and clarity

• Ability to make dialogue clear over music and sound effects

• Creative approach to sound design

• Good communication and willingness to collaborate

• Experience with animation, games, or cartoons is preferred

Sound Style:
Mayday can jump between comedy, action, emotional scenes, and darker moments, so the audio should be able to change with the scene. I'm looking for sound that feels expressive and cinematic without becoming overly complicated.

Responsibilities may include:

• Cleaning and editing voice recordings

• Mixing dialogue, music, and sound effects

• Creating or editing sound effects

• Helping establish the show's overall sound

• Adding atmospheric/background sounds

• Balancing audio for finished scenes

• Preparing final audio for episodes or videos

Experience:
Beginner and aspiring audio engineers are welcome to audition! Professional experience isn't required. A demo reel, previous project, or short audio sample is preferred.

Audition:
Please provide an audio sample, demo reel, or previous sound-design/mixing work. Animation, game, film, or voice-over examples are especially welcome.

Estimated Workload:
The workload will depend on the scene. Audio work may be handled one scene or sequence at a time rather than requiring someone to work on the entire project alone.

Important:
This is an independent passion project. Please include your expected rate and what type of workload you are comfortable with.

Background Designer

Role: Background Designer / Environment Artist

Description:
I'm looking for a background designer to help create the environments and locations of Mayday. The series takes place across different locations and dimensions, so backgrounds can range from ordinary human environments to strange, fantastical, and unsettling places.

The backgrounds should support the characters and storytelling without distracting from them. I'm looking for someone who can make environments feel interesting, lived-in, and consistent with the show's visual style.

Looking for:

• Strong 2D environment and background art skills

• Good understanding of perspective and composition

• Ability to create both realistic and stylized environments

• Strong sense of lighting and atmosphere

• Ability to design interiors and exteriors

• Comfortable creating ordinary locations as well as fantasy/dimensional environments

• Able to follow an established art direction

• Good communication and willingness to collaborate

Style:
Cartoon / stylized 2D / expressive environments. The style should feel compatible with Mayday and its character designs without becoming overly anime or hyper-realistic.

Responsibilities may include:

• Designing backgrounds for scenes

• Creating environments based on descriptions or storyboards

• Designing interiors, streets, buildings, landscapes, and dimensional locations

• Creating background layouts and establishing shots

• Developing environmental details that help tell the story

• Keeping locations visually consistent between scenes

Experience:
Beginner and aspiring artists are welcome to audition! Professional experience isn't required. I'm more interested in seeing your ability to create appealing environments and work with an established style.

Audition:
Please provide a portfolio or a few examples of your background/environment artwork. Both finished backgrounds and sketches are welcome.

Estimated Workload:
The workload will depend on the episode and number of locations. Artists may work on individual backgrounds or groups of related environments rather than being expected to create every background for the entire series.

Important:
This is an independent passion project. Please include your expected rate and what type of workload you are comfortable with.

Producer

Role: Producer / Production Coordinator

Description:
I'm looking for a producer to help organize and coordinate the development of Mayday, an independent animated series.

The producer would help keep track of the project's progress, coordinate with different members of the team, organize deadlines and tasks, and help make sure everyone knows what they are working on.

This is a collaborative role. I'm looking for someone who can help turn the ideas and creative work behind Mayday into an organized production without taking control of the creative vision.

Looking for:

• Strong organization and communication skills

• Good time-management skills

• Ability to keep track of multiple tasks and team members

• Comfortable coordinating with artists, writers, animators, voice actors, and audio workers

• Ability to create realistic schedules and deadlines

• Good problem-solving skills

• Reliable and communicative

• Understanding of animation or indie production is preferred

• Respectful of the creator's creative direction

Responsibilities may include:

• Organizing production schedules

• Tracking progress on scenes and assets

• Coordinating between team members

• Keeping production documents organized

• Helping set realistic deadlines

• Communicating updates to the team

• Identifying production problems before they become giant problems

• Helping organize auditions and collaborations

• Assisting with planning future episodes and releases

Experience:
Beginner producers and people with experience organizing creative projects are welcome to apply. Professional animation-production experience isn't required.

I'm especially interested in people who have experience coordinating projects, managing teams, organizing online collaborations, or working on indie games, animations, or similar creative projects.

Audition:
Please provide examples of projects you've helped organize or explain how you would approach organizing an independent animated project with multiple artists and departments.

Estimated Workload:
The workload will vary depending on the stage of production. This is primarily a coordination and organization role rather than a full-time creative position.

Important:
The producer will collaborate closely with the creator and other team members. The role is to help organize and support the production, not override the creator's creative decisions.

Please include your expected rate, availability, and the type of workload you are comfortable handling.

Role: Composer / Musician

Description:
I'm looking for a musician or composer to create an original piece of music for the end credits of Mayday.

The end-credit song should feel like it belongs to the world of Mayday and reflect the show's emotional identity. It can be energetic, melancholic, strange, hopeful, or a combination of those depending on the direction of the project.

Since music is an important part of Michael Weller's character and the story, I'd like the end-credits music to feel memorable rather than simply being background music.

Looking for:

• Strong musical composition skills

• Experience creating original music

• Ability to work with a specific mood or theme

• Good understanding of melody, rhythm, and instrumentation

• Comfortable taking creative direction and feedback

• Ability to deliver clean, usable audio files

• Experience with animation, games, or film music is preferred but not required

Musical Style:
Open to different styles, but the music should fit Mayday's overall tone. Rock, alternative, indie, electronic, orchestral, or combinations of different styles could work depending on the piece.

Responsibilities

Role: Storyboard Artist

Description:
I'm looking for a storyboard artist to help visually plan scenes for Mayday, an independent animated series.

The storyboard artist will take scripts and story ideas and turn them into clear visual sequences that can be used as a guide for animation. The goal is to make each scene easy to understand while giving the characters strong acting, expressions, poses, and comedic or dramatic timing.

Looking for:

• Strong understanding of visual storytelling

• Good knowledge of camera angles and composition

• Ability to storyboard character interactions and action

• Strong sense of timing and pacing

• Ability to communicate movement clearly through drawings

• Good understanding of facial expressions and body language

• Comfortable working from scripts and written descriptions

• Able to take feedback and make revisions

• Animation or film/storyboarding experience is preferred but not required

Style:
Cartoon / expressive / character-focused. The storyboards don't need to be highly polished illustrations. Clear posing, staging, expressions, and camera direction are more important than detailed artwork.

Responsibilities may include:

• Creating storyboards from scripts

• Planning camera shots and transitions

• Blocking character movements and acting

• Planning action and comedic sequences

• Creating rough thumbnails and storyboards

• Making revisions based on feedback

• Working with the director, animator, and other artists to keep scenes consistent

Experience:
Beginner and aspiring storyboard artists are welcome to apply! Professional experience isn't required. I'm more interested in your visual storytelling ability than having a professional résumé.

Audition:
Please provide storyboard samples, animatics, thumbnails, or sequential art. A short scene showing character acting and camera movement is preferred.

Estimated Workload:
The workload will depend on the episode and number of scenes. Artists may work on individual scenes or sequences rather than being expected to storyboard the entire series alone.

Important:
This is an independent passion project. The storyboard artist will collaborate with the creator and other members of the team to develop the visual direction of each scene.

Please include your expected rate, availability, and the type of workload you are comfortable handling.