Paranatural: A VHS Dubs Fandub!
Project Overview
Paranatural: the high energy comedy/action comic about a group of superpowered middle schoolers fighting evil spirits and investigating paranormal activity in their hometown. Now coming, Fully voiced and edited, to official VHS: Dubs video stores near YOU!
How to audition:
-- MUST BE 18+ --
- Please record in an AA BB CC format.
- Files must be sent in a .wav or .mp3 format.
- Audio must be free of background noise and we expect a standard to high Quality. Should you be upgrading after the deadline is up, please let us know!
- INCLUDE YOUR DISCORD in your audition, please.
Upon being cast:
You will be given lines and, especially larger roles, will be a mix of self-directing and live recordings with our Director, Raya Sunshine, where you will be directed.
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The Activity Club's ace. Cheerful, loves fighting spirits. Lives in a big dumb house with her big dumb grandfather and his disciples.
Asian/Hispanic VAs strongly preferred!
We are looking for a peppy, sort of boyish voice
Reference: Luz Noceda from The Owl House
- androgynous
- female teen
(Casual but exasperated) OK, so, preface- me and Issac save each others' butts, like, bi-weekly. His powers are neat, and he is my friend. But let's clear the table of all that sweet stuff, and get salty for a bit, cause I got a full plate of beef.
(Frustrated) You have friends, and people who care about you, don't you?? So why do you have to do anything alone?!
(Smug) Face it, you're not gonna last much longer if someone doesn't teach you some basic spectral self-defense techniques. which is to say…welcome to study hall.
A member of the Activity Club. His temper gets in the way of his pledge to do others no harm. Kept in the dark about the Activity Club's parent organization for unknown reasons. Possesses startling hair.
Looking for a slightly raspy higher pitched masculine voice
Reference: Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls or Finn from Adventure Time
- male teen
- male young adult
(Frustrated and a little pouty) It's not fair, King C. No one else gets angry like I do. Max gets mad and he's back to joking around in no time, but I get mad, and it buzzes in my head for hours and days and weeks. Forever, it just stays. So now, what, he wants me to apologize? Yeah him and EVERYONE ELSE.
(Overly serious and dramatic) Cut it out, Max "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry" and all that. The only physical manifestation of my possession is my hair, which is… SPIKY ALL ON IT'S OWN!!
(Trying his best to sound like a likeable and cool anime protagonist) Last night's mission got pretty wild, huh? So what do you think of that flower lady? The one we picked up. …Spender's friend.
A hyperactive kid in the Activity Club. Isabel's shadow, lives at her house. They're just so random, you guys.
Nonbinary VAs strongly preferred!
Looking for an energetic and nerdy androgynous voice.
Reference: Tails from Sonic the Hedgehog or Sprigg Plantar from Amphibia
- androgynous
- male teen
- female teen
(Desperate) Oh man, he's totally expecting me to say something helpful or inspiring…But I'm no good at that! W-what should I do?? […] NO GOOD I HAVE TO DIG DEEPER! WHAT WOULD MY FICTIONAL MENTORS SAY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS??
(Guilty) …Should I have stood up to Isabel's grandpa? He was real scary, but… Muse did I…do the wrong thing last night?
(Blissfully cheerful) Hey guys!! Happy Friday am I right??— Eeyikes, what's up with Issac? You didn't let him watch an AMV, didja?
Seventh-grade history teacher and leader of the Activity Club. He's run some tests and objectively determined himself to be incredibly cool. Mysterious, intellectual, athletic... these are 3 words that have nothing to do with Rick Spender.
Looking for masculine voice that can be equally incredibly dorky but also serious and brooding.
Reference: Simon Petrikov from Adventure Time or Paul from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
- male adult
(Contemplative) …we can deduce that Forge not only had a contact inside Mayview, but a means to open portals to the outside as well. In other words… …the barrier has already been breached. We're trapped in here with an enemy. Enemies.
(Cheerful) NO, I mean the outdoors! Free reign of the woods! The houseboat on the lake! And positive role models to keep me safe while I explored!
(Angry and Indignant) But I suppose you were too focused on the immediate good of…what, mangling a spirit? Escaping from me? You're selfish, You don't care about the future, you just want to feel good about your actions in the present. Well, that's not who I am
Goofy single parent of Max and Zoey and proprietor of the Corner Store. Grew up (physically if not mentally) in the town of Mayview.
Looking for a goofy and chill masculine voice.
Reference: Greg Universe from Steven Universe or Brett Hand from Inside Job
- male adult
(Absent Mindlessly) You'd better be ready by eight o'clock, Zoey. In Mayview, they send tardy kids to the mines.
(Concerned into deadpan) It's just… you seem stressed, Max. Between your arm, your scooter breaking, turning down a trip to see the Day twins…And there's nothing wrong with a monkey having cat nipples. You are a monkey, right?
(Patronizingly) Ha ha. You'll understand when you're smarter.
Max's li'l sister. Responsible, at least in contrast to the rest of the fam'.
Looking for a young feminine voice with a bit of a lisp.
Reference: Anais from Amazing World of Gumball
- lisps
- child
- female child
(Exasperated) It's 8:15, my bus isn't here yet, and you're a LIAR, Dad.
(Excited) Well I think it's kinda cool. My friends are gonna be jealous 'cause I'll be able to get candy and stuff whenever I want to.
(play fighting) Roguish fiend! I'll fight to the end and gut your knees, Father!
Delinquent scourge of the seventh grade. Punches rules in the face... by punching people in the face. One time he bullied his own reflection by mistake. Despite his rather violent tendencies, he has shown himself to be a relatively friendly bully.
Looking for an energetic rough sounding masculine child voice.
Reference: Tom from Star VS The Forces of Evil
- male child
- male teen
(With murderous intent) Why you creepin' in people's yards, ya weirdo? Is that how you get your kicks, prostratin' on strangers' lawns like some kind of pervert lizard? Have you considered instead getting your kicks in the form of actual kicks? Cuz I know a guy. It's me. I'm the kick guy. Let me kick you.
(Flustered) I'M STILL GONNA— CAN I STILL BULLY YOU SOMETIMES??
(Deadpan) Listen, we're not so different, you n' me. Like, our faces are very similar. Point is, Max, we live in a world of similar things. Lots of stuff is the same as other stuff. I forget where I was going with this but the takeaway is your parents don't love each other.
Wild, be-scarred underling of Johnny's, does whatever he says. Equal parts hyena and human. Very into conspiracy theories and the supernatural.
Looking for a slightly higher pitched spunky masculine voice.
Reference: Sokka from Avatar or Hunter from Owl House
- male teen
(Threateningly) My friends and I don't like things we don't understand! They scare us! So we lash out at them violently!
(Sagely) Why do you cling so desperately to your symbols, brother?
(Grumpy) Child labor is ILLEGAL, mom, but I guess the LAW's just another thing you only care about when it does what you WANT!
Johnny's gang. The Muscle. Also the Brains. Also the Heart. Willing to criticize Johnny, but that criticism ranges from "Don't punch that guy" to "You're not punching that guy hard enough".
Looking for a deeper and slow paced masculine voice, despite this being a younger Teen.
Reference: Fjord Stone from Critical Role
- male young adult
- male teen
(Soothingly) What's your favorite flavor of movie? Did you know that everything's going to be all right?
(Existential crisis) What genre of story did we just walk into, Oh my god, Are we even important characters?
(Serious and a little smug) Well, you can rest easy while you're here. Part of my job is makin' sure the Student Council doesn't get in. And I'm good at my job. And this rope barrier makes for a mean pair of nun-chucks.
Shadowy member of Johnny's gang. Eschews school rules, public speaking, the gender binary. Goes by they/them. Has eternal unspoken dibs on the shins of Johnny's victims. Their hood conceals Cool Hair... AND WHAT ELSE??
Nonbinary VAs STRONGLY preferred!
Looking for a rough and tough gender ambiguous voice
Reference: Lake from Infinity Train or Gumball Waterson from Amazing World of Gumball
(Assuring) We wouldn't ditch you, Johnny.
(Existential crisis) Do you think they were all Wonder Women?, Invisible... invisible jets...
(Clarifying, emphasis on "extremely") Irony is extremely metal.
Suzy's assistant. Writes copy, posts bail, whatever Suzy needs. But he WON'T be HAPPY about it.
Looking for a higher pitched, formal, and slightly whiny masculine voice
Reference: Elliot Craig from Trails of Cold Steel
- male teen
- male child
(Sarcastic and placating) Whoa, hey. No you're not. You're just a terrible person.
(Exasperated) My god, you're crazy like the rest of them.
(Deadpan) I'd shatter that sad illusion, but it's probably the only thing keeping you from blowing up his house.
A real laid back dude and member of the Journalism Club. Suzy enabler. Former Activity Club member, whats that story?
Black VAs STRONGLY preferred!
Looking for a calm but sharp masculine voice
Reference: Omar from Craig of The Creek
- male teen
(Deadpan) OK it's mostly static but I'm pretty sure I heard the words 'burning' and 'the governor' and 'in effigy'.
(Angry) Authority that lacks talent doesn't deserve blind compliance. Sacrifice ourselves for them?! We'll sacrifice them for us, and let their failure distract the enemy while we set up my superior strategy.
(Tired and a little nervous) Later, Peekaboo, I got a friend over right now, remember? …And all my stuff's in boxes. We already talked about this.
A strange seventh grader that runs the School Store. Knows all the goings-on at school.
Looking for a generally monotone sort of spooky feminine voice
Reference: Mandy from Bill and Mandy or Julie from Scott Pilgrim
- female young adult
- female teen
(Proper, maybe a little sarcastic) Oh, Violet, I must disagree. His gesticulations alone vastly expanded my vocabulary. You'll enjoy being up close, Max.
(Threatening) I'm sure you can understand, then, how we at the School Store feel about those who not only seek to obtain our hard earned hearsay without paying, but also recklessly share it with the entire student body in a free newspaper with poor grammar and no graphic design sense SUZY
(Loving but concerned) There are many things I admire about you, Violet. You're smart, and brave, and when something's wrong you're mad until it's right. So please, don't change, but… for me… be careful. Once you ask a question… you have to live with the answer.
A likeable kid in Max's class, with a few skeletons in the family closet.
Looking for a chipper masculine voice that can have a bit of an edge to it.
Reference: Okarun from Dandadan Dub or Chat Noir from Miraculous
- male young adult
- male teen
(Alert but chipper) Ah, hey, don't look now but… SOMEone's been staring our way for a while now. …I think maybe he likes me. …Okay Jeff I have to go carry the team! See ya later!
(From light hearted to cold) Even though I'm only half a monster, I still can't disobey commands from the vampire who "sired" me. Silly, right? I'm my father's son. Denying it's exhausting. I can play nice, but in my heart I really do want to punish you for Jeff. If it's for him and not for Dad, maybe I won't mind this as much.
(Pouty) Jeff must've worked really hard to get such powerful arms! Why can't you just be be happy for him?
Jeff enjoys frequently cracking jokes to others and has stereotypically geeky interests, he also highly values others' opinions of him.
Looking for a hyperactive if a bit nervous masculine voice that can also lean on a darker edge (for chapter 5)
Reference: Deku from My hero Academia. or KO from OK KO Let be Heroes
- male child
- male teen
(Excited) NNNNNZIGGAZIGGA-NEW-KID!? No way! No one told us or nothin'!
(Tearful) Oh, don't worry about it man. S'my fault. It's not like I can expect a cool kid who does flips to join our table after like one conversation. I didn't think we were tight or nothin' so it wasn't like you sitting elsewhere was a crushing blow to my psyche. ...Buddy.
(threatening) Way I figured, there's no rule against throwing a ball hard in gym class, but I think hurting someone a little in self-defense is fine too. And you're being awful rough…sorry miss Guerra. Shouldn't have lost your temper!
An Activity Consortium scientist that drops in and out of Mayview. One cool customer. Tamed the Ghost Train with unknown methods. Gets very, very curious very, very easily.
Muslim VAs strongly preferred!
Looking for a slightly lower toned smooth feminine voice with a little bit of edgePriyanka Maheswaran from Steven universe or Reagan Ridley from Inside Job
- female adult
(Sarcastic into prideful) Please, Patchworm. It's chartreuse. And if she could do it… …so can I!
(Deadpan) It only works on ghosts. The medicine you saw me use. Also you took the wrong one. That goo sublimates flesh.
(frustrated and flustered) She found me in the plaza, didn't she?? She! assembled! a very flattering outfit!! We don't know what she's capable of!!! […] WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING???
Seventh grade science teacher at Mayview Middle School. Tired practically all the time. Max once saw him floating in a stream on his way to school…weird.
Hispanic VAs strongly preferred!
Reference: Migeul O'Hara from Spiderverse
- male adult
- raspy
(Bored) ...so here's your textbook, and you can, Jeff get a haircut, finish this packet at your leisure so that you're caught up.
(Whispered threat to yelling) From the blighted womb of your worst nightmare, quivering on legs innumerable, soaked in the black ooze of your greatest fears. I rear back my heavy head, and howl: DETEEENTION...for AAAALLL three of you! I swear, I'm the only one around here that doesn't find threats and violence to be charming. Kids these days! Now scram! Go go go! OK, now listen up, punk-
(Calm and wistful) As for my mess…don't know how it ends, just why it hasn't. If I can reach her, then I owe the one's I can't. "Doctor Zarei" was skulkin around the school today, y'know. You two should make peace on the common ground of being stubborn dorks. Enjoy your spaghetti.
Seventh grade math teacher. Personality: stressed.
Looking for a feminine voice with a bit of edge to it
Reference: Frankie from Fosters home of imaginary friends
- female adult
- female young adult
(Concern) I guess what I really want to ask is… Gosh, there's no easy way to say this– You're not… getting beaten up by children, are you?
(Gleefully nonchalant) ...Y’know, between you and me, Mandrake, I actually do this Death Cult gig to meet people. And, like, whatever you are. So I’m really glad that we’re bonding like this.
(Cheerful and flirty) HEYYY, your UNHOLINESS!~<3 Look what the CAT dragged INNNNN!
English teacher, very bouncy. Gives out stars as prizes. Trades prizes for stars.
Looking for a cheerful, goofy masculine voice
Reference: Kinger from Digital Circus
- male senior
- male adult
(Excited) Tell me, student! Would you like to win a Starchman Star!? They can be exchanged for a plethora of prizes! Just answer one question! What... ...IS YOUR NAME??[…] THAT'S THE BEST NAME! You've earned a star!
(Shocked) Mr. Spender, about this blank piece of pape— OH MY STARS!
(Threatening) Do you want to know what we do to artists?
A timid ghost boy living (WELL NOT EXACTLY LIVING PER SE) in the Corner Store. Admires Max and his glamorous superhero lifestyle.
Looking for a timid and youthful masculine voice
Reference: Steven Universe (specifically season one)
- male child
(Excited but a little envious) You must think I'm pretty boring, huh? [...] You and those other kids from the other night, you're like superheroes, with special weapons and—and powers like spirits have! You're going on a superhero mission right now, aren't you!?
(Happy to creepy to excited) That's right! Watching your back!, From the shadows. Cause that's what friends do!
(Sullen) That's so cool! ...I've read a lot of comic books, y'know. I can tell. I'm not like you. I'm not important at all. […] Heroes don't die. Not before the story starts.
Bookish hermit of a spirit. Friend and mentor to Isaac, coaches him in his views of morality. His power lets him open up portals to any door, so long as he has the key. Serves an unknown master in their unknown agenda.
Looking for a lower tone, nervous ,but polite masculine voice (British preferred)
Please do not edit your audition with special effects.
Reference: Wheatley from Portal 2
- british
- robotic
- male adult
(Reassuring) I am always willing to serve...a true agent of justice. It is because your heart serves justice, Young Master, that small missteps as this trouble you so.
(Defensive) ...Isaac has a good heart. I can...do right by him.
(Nervous but combative) YOUR RETURN CHANGES NOTHING, SCHEMER. MY MASTER DOES NOT FEAR BROKEN GODS.
A wrathful storm spirit that resides within Isaac. His ideas about good and evil conflict with Isaac's. Has li'l swirly nipples.
Looking for a lower register, regal, masculine voice
Reference: King Andrias from Amphibia
- male adult
(Angered) No vessel of MY power will be some PUPPET'S PUPPET!!
(suspicious) We are MISSING something...we MUST be. This stillness...this PRESSURE...it's the CALM before a STORM.
(Chiding) FOOL! He LED you here, away from the HERD!! YOU'RE NOT THE HUNTER...YOU'RE THE PREY!
The spirit in Isabel's book. Eats words, controls paper. Chirpy. Objectively the cutest character in Paranatural.
Looking for a higher register cutesy but mischievous voice
Reference: Gangle from Digital Circus (episode 4 specifically)
- androgynous
- female adult
- alien
- male adult
(Dramatic) I am Eightfold, Devourer of Words! Gimme a kiss!
(Dejected but understanding) Having the instinct to help people is wonderful, but... ...if you've... learned to believe that someone's less than people... that can only go so far.
(Playful) Ahh, it feels good to stretch my legs again! ALL EIGHT OF THEM!!! GYEHEHEHEHHEHEH!!
The spirit in Spender's sunglasses, a stuffy old wizard of light. Shares a common mission with Spender, whom he treats like his apprentice and guides on the path of cold reason. Keeps the darkness in...Probably Not Literally Satan
Looking for a higher pitched masculine voice with a subtle growl to it
Reference: Mr. Nancy from American gods
- male adult
(Furious to wistful pleading) I was TOO LENIENT. Your emotions don't DISTRACT you. They RULE you, pull you EVERY DIRECTION but FORWARD. You're the same trembling, terrified boy I fished out of the lake thirteen years ago, THAT'S your PROBLEM!! ...Prove me wrong.
(Sarcastic) ANALOGous to onE MILLion dolLARS.
(Nonchalant into chiding) A nucleAR BOMB. 'SOME FREaky shadow spiRIT.' WorthlESS SCRAP. Who knows. I do knoW I'M THE ONLY THINg holding it bACK, so pleASE REthink that preDICTABLE PLan you've been stALLING FOR.
A stern old patriarch that teaches Activity Consortium agents how to manipulate spectral energy. Doesn't like people who rely on tools and spirits.
Looking for a stern and gruff masculine voice
Reference: Musashi Gouda from Mob Psycho 100 or Kratos from God of War
- male senior
- male adult
(Judging) You missed the target's center by nearly nine centimeters. You call that a spectral energy compression projectile burstshot??
(Shrewd into anger) As my granddaughter, you must master these techniques, and uphold the martial tradition of my style, Spectral Fist. […] DON'T YOU RAP AT ME, YOUNG LADY!
(Chiding) ...And of being a callous servant of evil. You'll perish choking on the words "greater good" with some hero's blade in your gut, mark my words.
Boss and leader of the Activity Consortium, the parent organization of the Activity Club. Seems to have some power over the dream world that is their base. Playfully torments her underlings.
Looking for a smooth but playful lower register feminine voice
Reference: Rose Quartz from Steven Universe
- female adult
(Cheerful to hissy and creepy back to cheerful) What matters is that I, like, you, am what's known as a "spectral", and a "medium" for a spirit of dreams, whose powers I used to INVADE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND and watch your dreams like a movie. You were in the area, metaphysically speaking, so—
(Amused) PFFFFT Hahahahahaha they actually WEAR them hahahaha" […] Psh, yeah, ironically. I make everyone else wear it as a joke
(Regretful into touched) When I asked Rick to take you kids on Mina's train, I didn't intend to lead you to harm. I always mean well, truly - Towards you, Rick, everyone. But I know... inhumane choices... can be made with the best- […] ...Thank you, Max. That's very kind of you.
Boss Leader's second-in-command. Very frank, hates lies and secrets. Often at odds with Spender. Has a day job as a cowboy or forest ranger or somethin'.
Looking for a deep masculine voice with a Texas Twang to it
- male adult
- texan
(Blunt) The doorknob, fool. "Pull my finger." You were thinkin' it was a set-up for a fart joke, wurntcha?
(Angry) Why were ya keepin' me in the dark about this? I put my full weight behind this Cousinhood nonsense!!
(Cold) I don't like ya, and I don't trust ya. I don't like how you won't let no one inside your room, not even the Boss. An' I don't trust yer word when y'say yer flocka lambs ain't got no wolves mixed in. Especially when you won't let no sheepdogs near your pasture.
Agent Day appears to have a reputation among her coworkers for being optimistic and naive, In truth, Agent Day is more intelligent than she lets on to others; she shows a passion for uncovering the secrets of Mayview.
Black VA's strongly preferred!
Looking for a bubbly warm feminine voice
Reference: Adria Lafayette from Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
- female adult
(Concerned) Oh! Please don't fall in love with me!
(Confused) Well, for most of it, I was on the ground, and also blind.
(Disappointed) Well, fudge. What's the point of walking down a whole mountain… if I don't get a ride home on a cute doctor's cool bike??
An ancient spirit of fire and blacksmithery. Stoic, powerful, single. Seems to be in cahoots with Doorman to some extent. Wants in past the barrier that surrounds Mayview.
Arabic accent and arabic speakers preferred
Looking for a deep stoic masculine voice
Reference: Batman from Batman the Animated Series
- arabic
- arabic (saudi)
- lebanese arabic
- egyptian arabic
- male adult
(Cold) 'He's gambling,' I thought, 'on being able to end me in time to save the train. The strong are always pushing their luck... betting others' lives.' But, I was wrong. You are weak. You gave up the train. Chose to stay and fight, not even sure you'd win. ...You yelled out 'kids.' Who was on the train? […] I see. I've put them in danger. I did not know there were kids. What's your excuse?
(Resigned) Perhaps there is justice... in an unjust end... I... I am ready.
(Regretful) Forgive me, boy. I used you to get into Mayview, and now I must use you again. I'm afraid nothing will ever be the same. ...Forgive me.
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