The Legend of Xanadu (PCE-CD) Dub Project - Auditions Wanted

Man this sounds awesome, unfortunately I'm an ESL peasant with a nasal voice and no experience in voice acting.
I know there are some youtubers that would gladly lend their voices to such a project however.
cr1tikal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwGsooVELY8
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CowTNBv0LSBXoLMv3aSJg/videos jobby
Sorry if this doesn't help, can only wish you luck on this

Huh. Never thought I'd find a job offer here on /vr/.

>>3912717
>but a dub is the only way people will be able to experience the The Legend of Xanadu in a normal way.
Knowing Japanese is not normal? I get that some people are too lazy to learn to read but the voice acting in these games is really not hard to follow.

>>3912717

Hats off.

Back in the mid 90s, my best friend spent a lot of time playing LoX 1 and other RPGs such as Ys I & II.

He finished these games even though he couldn't read or speak Japanese (which I always thought was a bit stupid because RPG == story).

I bet he'll be massively happy to learn there's a translation in the works.

Even though I won't be playing the game myself, I really appreciate the amount of work and dedication that goes into these projects.

Thanks!

PS: To get the message out you could try Voice Acting subreddit or any communities to do with indie games perhaps?

>>3912879

Thanks!

I've posted in a subreddit, but a lot of places are paid-work only. Really, I'm trying to spam as many retro-gaming-related sites as possible to cast a wide net.

By all means, let your friend now that a translation is coming. We've been working on it for a while, and we'll be happy to have anyone who is interested play it!

>>3912745

Yeah, youtube is an avenue I need to explore. It sounds like it's pretty common for amateur voice actors to accept invitations through their channels.

I'll have a look at the links you recommended. Thanks!

>>3912861
>Knowing Japanese is not normal?
No, it fucking isn't.

>>3912886
Yeah man, it's pretty tough trying to find quality actors that are willing to work pro bono.

>>3912879
Y's 1 & 2 was one of the few games to get official localizations back then, there would be no reason to play it in jap.

>>3912891
At least for people interested in retro games.

>>3912717
> We'll release the scripts
While I'm unable to lend you my voice, I'd be happy to proofread the project in my spare time.

Xanadu II opens with a massive spelling error in the middle of the screen.
You'll be fixing that, right?

>>3912717
Yeah /vr/ is not the place to advertise this shit.

There are appropriate sites to shill your project with a bunch of wannabe voice actors.

Just remember, free work is worth just what you paid for it.

>>3912717
Hey, OP, I happen to have been involved with the online voiceacting scene back in the day. You might wanna try this place for auditions if you haven't already:

http://voiceacting.boards.net

I'd also recommend the Voice Acting Alliance (VAA), but it looks like their site is currently down from some kind of cyber shenanigans.

Too bad I sound like shit.

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>dub

Sounds nice at first, but the truth is that every fandub I've tried so far has been kind of shit. Hopefully this one will be better.

>YO, AYDAWL!

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> Anonymous 04/09/17(Sun)11:22:00 No.3913281
> Xanadu II opens with a massive spelling error in the middle of the screen.
> You'll be fixing that, right?

Yep, we caught that! See the attached screenshot for the new font and new version.


> Anonymous 04/09/17(Sun)11:38:30 No.3913307
> Yeah /vr/ is not the place to advertise this shit.
> Just remember, free work is worth just what you paid for it.

I'm sorry that you feel that the English translation of Nihon Falcom's first 2 CD-ROM games, 20+ years old now, and never released outside Japan, would have no interest to an English-speaking retrogaming community.


> Anonymous 04/09/17(Sun)13:56:11 No.3913549
> http://voiceacting.boards.net

Thanks! We've posted on a number of Voice Acting boards, looking for help, including that one.

We're waiting for confirmation that it's OK to post on that particular site, because they have a policy against most fandubs (but game translations seem to be an exception to that rule).

Yep, it looks like VAA died recently.

>dub

> Sounds nice at first, but the truth is that every fandub I've tried so far has been kind of shit. > Hopefully this one will be better.

We're going to try our very-best, and we've already had some excellent submissions. But we have lots of parts to fill.

Having the project mentioned on Kotaku probably helped us.

But, at the end of the day, it's all going to be about the quality of the voice-actors that we can get to volunteer.

Which is why we're trying to get the word out as far and wide as possible, so that people can volunteer themselves, or mention it to friends/family that might not normally hang around on retrogaming sites.

One suggestion / request would be to have an example reel for the voices - Some of them you can see on Youtube but others I wasn't able to find.

I'll have to listen to some of the dialog more. Honestly I don't know if I can act for shit, but people that actually listened to our podcast liked my handsome man voice.

I'm in. Might have to sit in my truck to record though.

>>3913741
It would better if you guys finish the translation, and THEN make a version with a fandub.

>>3912745
>cr1tikal
He can't voice act for shit.

I'll put in my audition sometimes this May. At least a couple of the characters play to my strengths, not that I think I'm a pro-tier VA. Maybe Sean Chiplock of Rean Coldsteel fame will sneak something in, lol.

On a related note, these games are awesome. Legend of Xanadu II's a better Ys title than Ys V from that same year, and one of the best-produced Falcom adventures ever audiovisually. They represent many of the best qualities of the late PC Engine CD era, alongside titles like Emerald Dragon and Sapphire.

>>3913740
Ys IV dub's not amazing but I find it decent enough. It's necessary for these games if only because subtitles can't be hacked in for technical reasons.

>>3914330

As it says in the original post ... we HAVE finished the translation.

It could be released next week ... except that without a dub you'd be missing important parts of the story. The dub is the last thing to do.

>>3912717
>implying any autistic faggots hete have the capability to fucking act

OP quit being retarded and go to your local community theater or scout an acting class.

>>3914306
Record under some bedsheets in your room. Don't fucking record in a car.

>mentioning the project on reddit and fucking kotaku

Holy shit, why

>>3913741
this posting style
Nigger how fucking new are you?

Oh shit it's SamIAm and elmer, I lurk over on pcfx, good luck with the project guys, as someone who works in professional game localization you guys are actually my heroes

>>3913741
>I'm sorry that you feel that the English translation of Nihon Falcom's first 2 CD-ROM games, 20+ years old now, and never released outside Japan, would have no interest to an English-speaking retrogaming community.
They don't seem to care about most other Falcom games.
Xanadu gets ignored even though it doesn't need a translation.

They should provide an example of the original voices.

>>3916446
I'd asked for this earlier too but for whatever reason they ignored it.

Might want to contact Vinesauce. He's pretty good and this sounds like something up his alley.

>>3912717
please check this work
Cast
Lloyd: Nick Eriksen
Genis: Lucia Lobosvilla
Colette: Victoria McMullen
Kratos: Ryan Hoyle
Raine: Lucia Lobosvilla
Sheena: Adrienne Cox
Noishe: Dalton Broback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrEeVy9JAoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfuiW_Qn40k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2YxcLjsyLM

>>3916542

I just noticed that Sam forgot to post these links in his first message ...
Xanadu 1 cutscenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQHUiXM_qo

Xanadu 2 cutscenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O15fwwMHifc&t

OTOH ... we really, really don't want people to get hung-up on trying to imitate the sound of the original Japanese actors. That'll just lead to bad acting.

The character descriptions on the audition site give personal background, age and voice style for each character ... then the English actor gets to "sell" how they believe that person should sound.

We'd really like to get "actors", and not "mimics", or else the dub will sound awful.

Tried the narrator and Areios's Grandfather for the lulz.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Ows9KBboSr
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1o39ZTU6l7X
Of course, I can do it better with some preptime.

>>3916678
Thanks for those, you have an interesting voice, and sound a bit like a Persian friend of mine.

We're probably going to end up with a mostly continental-American-English sounding cast for the 1st game, but the 2nd is set in a totally-different continent, and accents would be most-welcome there.

May I suggest that you try out for Landis and Markasto, and possibly-even Boreas?

>>3916714
Hmm... maybe. I'll try.

>sound a bit like a Persian friend of mine.
The accent or the voice?

>>3914817
Shut the fuck up faggot, at least he's doing something interesting. What are you contributing to literally anything?
Let me guess you shitpost on /vr/ and make an audiable screech whenever someone mentions an "e-celeb". Fuck off.

>>3912717
>>3913740
Can't get worse than this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bangt7d9vGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zygDzAkothQ

And if it does, I'll have to play it.

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I'm willing to lend my voice to such a noble cause!

>>3917097
Suffer like G did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZs1LSgsSU

>>3917105
I think I need to practice a bit before I submit anything.

I threw together a few sample files. I'll see if I can't refine them before making official submissions.

>Teo
http://picosong.com/iktB/
>Male Narrator
http://picosong.com/iktz/
>Boreas
http://picosong.com/ikta/
>Areios' Grandfather
http://picosong.com/iktH/

Hey this sounds pretty cool. What's the best way to audition here? Submit .wav files? Do you have some sample scripts?

>>3917235
See
http://tg-16.com/The_Legend_of_Xanadu_Dub_Project.htm

It covers everything.

>>3917097
Arc Rise's dub is the perfect kind of bad and becomes rather enjoyable, really helps get your mind off the incredibly lame and generic story

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>>3912717
This is it, the holy grails of the PC Engine CD. Fucking awesome stuff guys.

>>3921202
I know man I'm stoked as hell to play it

>>3912717
>dub

PLEASE NO. Kill yourself please asap.

>>3921568
they tried to hack in subtitles but it's just not possible on the hardware

this is why the ys-iv translation had to be dubbed as well

>>3912717
Awesome stuff guys. Can you pleeease release the translation patch first, and then the dub later on? I'm so keen to play this and i'm sure lots of us will be fine with just having a text file translation of the cutscenes until the dub is finished.

>>3912717
Cheers, OP!

https://youtu.be/4siEWXsZBHM