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Title: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 10:45 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/Fo0M8BO.png) (https://i.imgur.com/ya2IzDp.png)

At last, the time has come. As of today, we are officially taking auditions for the Legend of Xanadu dub, as a part of the larger Legend of Xanadu fan-translation project.

If you've been following the main project thread, you probably don't need much of an introduction and can head right to the character-list page (https://www.tg-16.com/The_Legend_of_Xanadu_Dub_Project.htm). You'll find everything you need to know to audition there. For some background on the games, we put together a quick little blurb that you might enjoy reading here. (https://www.tg-16.com/The_Legend_of_Xanadu.htm)

If you are interested in playing a part, fire away. As far as we're concerned, the more auditions, the merrier, so please don't hesitate to try out for anything you think you might be able to handle.

The initial casting period will end May 19th.

Even if you're absolutely certain that you can't play a part yourself, you can still do us an enormous favor by passing on the word to anyone in your community who seems like they could. There are literally dozens of roles to fill, and we're going to have to cast our net as widely as possible in order to get good actors in all of them.

We even made this dorky little intro aimed at non-gamers (https://www.tg-16.com/Intro_For_Non_Gamers.htm) to help you rope in your friends and family who otherwise would just be confused about what the heck this project is.

The fate of the translation is now in YOUR hands. Let's make this something incredible!

In the meantime, here are some pretty screenshots. (https://www.tg-16.com/Our_Portfolio.htm) and youtube videos of all of the voiced bits in Xanadu 1 (https://youtu.be/oGQHUiXM_qo) and Xanadu 2. (https://youtu.be/O15fwwMHifc&t) :mrgreen:

Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/07/2017, 10:54 AM
Woohoo, we're live! :dance:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: jtucci31 on 04/07/2017, 12:06 PM
Oh my god this is amazing!! I have a friend that does recording shit so I think I may try out for a part or two, that would be amazing. I'm so excited for this shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NecroPhile on 04/07/2017, 12:15 PM
CAW for Lykos!  :mrgreen:

I've no acting skills or recording equipment worth a poop, but I'm excited y'all are getting so close to a completion (happy ending?).  Good luck to everyone with their auditions!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 04/07/2017, 12:23 PM
Quote from: guest on 04/07/2017, 12:15 PMCAW for Lykos!  :mrgreen:

I've no acting skills or recording equipment worth a poop, but I'm excited y'all are getting so close to a completion (happy ending?).  Good luck to everyone with their auditions!
Same here >w>
But yeah, I too am very excited about this project! Can't wait to play Xanadu in English~♥♥
Good luck ^^
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: xcrement5x on 04/07/2017, 12:52 PM
Wow, the amount of time and effort you put into the audition listing alone is impressive!  I kind of want to try out myself but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of random characters!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: pixeljunkie on 04/07/2017, 01:03 PM
this is exciting! Gotta' get my pipes ready for this.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/07/2017, 02:02 PM
Line reading now...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/07/2017, 02:02 PM
Quote from: guest on 04/07/2017, 12:52 PMWow, the amount of time and effort you put into the audition listing alone is impressive!  I kind of want to try out myself but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of random characters!
Be careful folks ... if you haven't played the games yet, and you're not seriously thinking about auditioning, then you might want to skip reading the the Character List page, because there are some much-needed plot-spoilers in there to explain who the characters are.  :shock:

The other pages are worth reading even if you're not going to audition ... Esteban and SamIAm did a wonderful job on the website!  =D>
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: xcrement5x on 04/07/2017, 02:56 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/07/2017, 02:02 PM
Quote from: guest on 04/07/2017, 12:52 PMWow, the amount of time and effort you put into the audition listing alone is impressive!  I kind of want to try out myself but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of random characters!
Be careful folks ... if you haven't played the games yet, and you're not seriously thinking about auditioning, then you might want to skip reading the the Character List page, because there are some much-needed plot-spoilers in there to explain who the characters are.  :shock:

The other pages are worth reading even if you're not going to audition ... Esteban and SamIAm did a wonderful job on the website!  =D>
I meant the details with like, age, pitch, speaking style and the like.  Lots of good info.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: crazydean on 04/07/2017, 03:02 PM
I would love to try out but i haven't been accepted to the Game Sack School of Voice Acting yet.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Arjak on 04/07/2017, 03:18 PM
Audition sent! :dance:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/07/2017, 03:42 PM
Quote from: Arjak on 04/07/2017, 03:18 PMAudition sent! :dance:
Thanks, you're officially the first one to send anything in!  :D
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Gredler on 04/07/2017, 04:51 PM
http://kotaku.com/1794124718

Big league publicity!! First time I've read something related to our community on main stream news, congratulations!!!

This should raise the quantity and quality of submissions, eh?

Great job you guys
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/07/2017, 05:13 PM
Quote from: Gredler on 04/07/2017, 04:51 PMhttp://kotaku.com/1794124718
:shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  [-o<
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: CGQuarterly on 04/07/2017, 05:44 PM
I wouldn't mind taking a crack at "male narrator".  People tell me I'm pretty good at that.  I'll have to set my stuff up to record the VO for the next episode of my show, so I'll try to remember to do it then.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: seieienbu on 04/07/2017, 06:05 PM
This is fantastic.  As soon as I can figure out how to get a good quality recording I'm going to audition for at  least a couple of roles.  Thanks for all your hard work!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/07/2017, 06:50 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/07/2017, 03:42 PM
Quote from: Arjak on 04/07/2017, 03:18 PMAudition sent! :dance:
Thanks, you're officially the first one to send anything in!  :D
I'm not sending anything in until this snoterfall is done cascading out of the left side of my noggin...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 10:08 PM
They're starting to roll in. This is really exciting!  :D
Title: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 04/07/2017, 10:21 PM
The post at Kotaku is a good thing, indeed.

:)



More importantly, I am glad that this announcement has been generating interest in auditions.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 10:47 PM
Would anyone with a NeoGAF account be willing to make a post there on our behalf? Elmer and I have both tried registering there, multiple times in my case, but they're just so darned strict.

PM me if you're up for it.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/07/2017, 11:26 PM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 10:47 PMWould anyone with a NeoGAF account be willing to make a post there on our behalf? Elmer and I have both tried registering there, multiple times in my case, but they're just so darned strict.

PM me if you're up for it.
I would but after 3 accounts, I'm not bothering making a 4th.

I'd leave them out of this project, personally.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 11:33 PM
It's all about exposure. If posting on a forum gets us one more actor, it's worth it. Those 50+ parts aren't going to fill themselves, after all.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/07/2017, 11:52 PM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 11:33 PMIt's all about exposure. If posting on a forum gets us one more actor, it's worth it. Those 50+ parts aren't going to fill themselves, after all.
Hit up Reddit and other outlets, Neogaf will pick it up on it's own.

I think you'll find people easier than you think, but of course time will tell.

I'd do it if I could.


Edit: Might have us a lady actor type person, woohoo
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/08/2017, 12:26 AM
I wonder what the best reddit subforms for this would be?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Vimtoman on 04/08/2017, 05:38 AM
I think https://www.reddit.com/r/TurboGrafx/ is the only one currently being updated daily.

I've asked my daughter if she want to try out a voice.
Her boyfriend has recording facilities.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/08/2017, 06:01 AM
QuoteI've asked my daughter if she want to try out a voice.
Her boyfriend has recording facilities.
Awesome.

The brutal reality is that we will probably be starved for actresses. We received thirteen auditions in our first day, and while we are always happy to get an audition from anybody, it's a tad alarming to see that every one so far is male.

I won't do this on other forums (much), but here on PCEFX...I shall repeatedly implore all of you to ask female friends and family if they would be up for participating in this. There are many female roles that are on the order of ten seconds of total talking time, and also that are ADPCM-based in the game, meaning that a high-quality microphone isn't necessary at all. I'm literally considering asking my mother and my sister if they would like to try a couple of parts, and I can't even believe I'm saying that.

This kind of community cooperation is probably going to be necessary for us to produce a complete dub.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/08/2017, 09:41 AM
Really awesome to see this project coming so close to completion after all these year! Getting auditions for the female roles was a problem with the Ys IV dub as well. We ended up getting a lot of our actresses from contacting people directly that I had heard in various fan projects at the time and even then some of the actresses ended up playing multiple roles, but even professional dubs often have actors/actresses play more than one part. I'm sure once more people hear about this project you'll start to get more auditions from actresses. Anyway, good luck guys and godspeed.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: TheClash603 on 04/08/2017, 10:28 AM
In my former life as a talk radio show host I was all about recording, but as I've gotten older, less technologically savy, and more anxious, I will wait to hear what the young bucks on this forum can do.

Good luck getting some ladies, may I recommend Tinder?

Can't wait to play!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: PukeSter on 04/08/2017, 06:13 PM
Might want to promote the game on 4chan's /vr/ board. Plenty of Falcom fans there, though they tend to hate dubs.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: spenoza on 04/08/2017, 07:24 PM
I will ask on Racketboy. We have a couple lady-members there.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/08/2017, 07:56 PM
Quote from: guest on 04/08/2017, 07:24 PMI will ask on Racketboy. We have a couple lady-members there.
Excellent, thanks!

We did finally have some ladies audition today, and they're all pretty good ... but we're going to need a *lot* more!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 04/08/2017, 08:47 PM
I made a post about this with a link to the audition page on my deviantArt, I don't know how much it will help, but spreading the word is the least that I can do!
It's here (http://michirin9801.deviantart.com/journal/Hey-you-Yes-YOU-Wanna-star-in-a-TurboGrafx-game-673751385) in case anyone wants to read it...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/08/2017, 11:58 PM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 04/08/2017, 08:47 PMI made a post about this with a link to the audition page on my deviantArt, I don't know how much it will help, but spreading the word is the least that I can do!
It's here (http://michirin9801.deviantart.com/journal/Hey-you-Yes-YOU-Wanna-star-in-a-TurboGrafx-game-673751385) in case anyone wants to read it...
Thank you, and thanks for the link!  Everything helps! :D

I hadn't visited the deviantart site for far-far too long ... so many beautiful creative-types hang out there with such wonderful artwork. I really have to visit there more often.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/09/2017, 12:04 AM
Quote from: guest on 04/08/2017, 07:24 PMI will ask on Racketboy. We have a couple lady-members there.
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 04/08/2017, 08:47 PMI made a post about this with a link to the audition page on my deviantArt, I don't know how much it will help, but spreading the word is the least that I can do!
It's here (http://michirin9801.deviantart.com/journal/Hey-you-Yes-YOU-Wanna-star-in-a-TurboGrafx-game-673751385) in case anyone wants to read it...
Fantastic!

You guys may not know it, but this kind of thing makes a huge difference. There are lots of people out there who have the skill and the interest to do this dub, but we don't know how to connect with them.

I hate asking such things of people, but if you are interested in our Xanadu translation project as a whole and have a connection to communities that elmer and I don't, please consider sharing our dub-site. If you would like one us to come and ask on our own, all you have to do is invite us.

At this turn, the quality of the translation is going to result from how many people we can reach, so we will do whatever it takes to reach as many as possible.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/09/2017, 09:12 AM
I know that the VAA is no longer around, which I only discovered this week, but have you guys thought about posting your project on the Behind the Voice Actor's Casting Call? I'm very familiar with the site's voice actor wiki but I don't know a lot about the Casting Call. However, a lot of amateur actor/actress seem to audition for projects there. Might be worth a shot. Here is the link to the site: http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/casting-call/
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/09/2017, 09:44 AM
You know, I made a post there, but it's stuck waiting for moderator approval. I actually accidentally submitted it twice, too. Hope that doesn't make them upset!

Seriously, it does look like a good site and community. I really hope they let it through.

Do you know what happened to VAA? I could swear I was there just the other week myself.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/09/2017, 10:11 AM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/09/2017, 09:44 AMDo you know what happened to VAA? I could swear I was there just the other week myself.
I was on there not long ago too. I did some causal searches and it seems the site got infected with viruses (or something) so the site owner shut it down and it doesn't seem like it will be coming back.

Also I contacted some actors/actresses directly, telling them about this project and linking them to your site. They are just some people I heard in various fan projects over the years that I thought sounded good and that might be willing to work on a fan dub. Hope that helps.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: destructive cactus on 04/09/2017, 08:14 PM
I have a female friend who's very interested - I can have her send in auditions from her laptop with the promise that she can use my good mic over here if she gets a part. I'm also going to send the link to various people (youtubers, etc) who I think have great voices and would be interested.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/10/2017, 11:25 AM
Quote from: destructive cactus on 04/09/2017, 08:14 PMI have a female friend who's very interested - I can have her send in auditions from her laptop with the promise that she can use my good mic over here if she gets a part. I'm also going to send the link to various people (youtubers, etc) who I think have great voices and would be interested.
That is wonderful. Thank you so much! I'll be eager to get your friend's audition, and I'm happy that more people will know about the project's existence. :D
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/10/2017, 06:03 PM
I'm really very, very impressed with some of the auditions that are coming in!  :D

It's still early days, and we're going to need a *lot* more, though.  [-o<

I know that we seem to have a bad rap for being unfriendly here ... but jeez, some of the other places out there!  :shock:

Apparently we must have hidden SamIAm's Pronunciation Guide for the character names really well,
because judging by the auditions, almost nobody has actually managed to find it!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Gredler on 04/10/2017, 06:27 PM
I wont be able to audition because of recording equipment restrictions, but I wonder if someone auditions for one role and you feel they are more appropriate for another, will you offer them that other role?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/10/2017, 06:46 PM
Quote from: Gredler on 04/10/2017, 06:27 PMI wont be able to audition because of recording equipment restrictions, but I wonder if someone auditions for one role and you feel they are more appropriate for another, will you offer them that other role?
Absolutely! SamIAm has already suggested that a few people put in some extra auditions for other roles.

At this point, having worked on the game and the scripts for so long, we each have a pretty good idea in our own heads of how we'd like certain characters to sound, and it wouldn't be fair to expect everyone else out there to immediately get that.

The character descriptions are a great starting-point for people, but voice-actors won't have the chance to get a really-good feel for the characters until they see the full scripts and get a better idea of how they all interact.

Well ... that's for the main characters, the one-line Boss monsters really don't get fleshing-out!  :wink:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/10/2017, 07:08 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/10/2017, 06:03 PMI'm really very, very impressed with some of the auditions that are coming in!  :D

It's still early days, and we're going to need a *lot* more, though.  [-o<
It is awesome to hear that you guys are getting some quality auditions! Don't be afraid to ask some actors/actresses if they would be willing to play multiple parts, my brother did that with the Ys IV dub and many professional productions do it all the time. Don't have one person play several huge parts but it won't hurt to have them maybe play one sizable role and another smaller part with only a handful of lines.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 01:31 AM
Oh wow, I was gonna ask why Voice Acting Alliance wasn't used since that's what helped for the Ys IV dub. Seems the site got flagged as unsafe, and then they went down totally.

I have a NeoGAF account, I tried the Create Thread option, but it seems I don't have enough posts. I only had about 9 since registering. Yeah, they're pretty strict, forced me to find my ISP's assigned email address and register with that.

BTW, is this esteban's web work to set up dub recruitment ?

https://www.tg-16.com/Our_Portfolio.htm

Amazing, great that you managed to get him involved in a project somehow!

Especially this:

https://www.tg-16.com/How_To_Record.htm

WOW, a lot of tedious work went in to put a good guide like that together!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/15/2017, 09:37 AM
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 01:31 AMOh wow, I was gonna ask why Voice Acting Alliance wasn't used since that's what helped for the Ys IV dub. Seems the site got flagged as unsafe, and then they went down totally.

I have a NeoGAF account, I tried the Create Thread option, but it seems I don't have enough posts. I only had about 9 since registering. Yeah, they're pretty strict, forced me to find my ISP's assigned email address and register with that.

BTW, is this esteban's web work to set up dub recruitment ?

https://www.tg-16.com/Our_Portfolio.htm

Amazing, great that you managed to get him involved in a project somehow!

Especially this:

https://www.tg-16.com/How_To_Record.htm

WOW, a lot of tedious work went in to put a good guide like that together!
There is a PCE topic in the community section of  NEOGAF, it might be a bit buried but it's there.

here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=543411&page=86

drop info in there, and maybe someone like piggychan will make a topic in the main forum.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/15/2017, 11:33 AM
There actually already is a thread on NeoGaf about the dub that was created a day after the site launched: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1359015

Most people in the thread seem excited about the project.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 01:28 PM
Ah, so there is one. I searched for Xanadu and dub, but couldn't find it - didn't wanna embarrass myself with a repeat thread. Xanadu Next results interfered, gave me pages to sift through and then I found I can't make a thread anyway due to low post count I guess.

Gotta hand it to esteban, that's great looking web work and somebody finally recruited him to help for fan translation projects! I think he could make a great script editor too!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 04/15/2017, 05:04 PM
^ You are too gracious, Comrade NightWolve :)

Sam chose all the images/wrote all the text, so he did 99.99% of the work.

:)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 06:01 PM
Ah. Stand corrected.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 04/15/2017, 06:36 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 06:01 PMAh. Stand corrected.
I only wrote the the page you linked to (Our Portfolio)...and of course I recycled stuff.

:)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 07:16 PM
Somebody on Kotaku asked what kind of performances the team was looking for.

QuoteExcellent! What kind of bad-good voice Turbografx acting are they looking for? Final Zone II levels of quality dubbing? "Oh OHHHHH!!" "You are... an able soldier.... someone might hate you.... just for being so good...." "I don't like the sound of these... bio monsters..."
Answer: They're looking for Last Alert [TG-16 CD] type performances! Everything properly captured and honored that you see here: http://youtu.be/nvl4qqwf9Pk :)

Sadly, I never caught anything as good or funny by gameological as that...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Psycho Punch on 04/15/2017, 07:51 PM
I do a pretty good Dr. Garcia imitation, let me know if you want to add cheese to the fandub lol.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 09:05 PM
Hm, this guy from the NeoGAF thread just shared these and some seem pretty good. Looks like he's experienced.

wayback.soundcloud.com/user-678162878/sets/legend-of-xanadu-voice-demos (https://web.archive.org/web/20190509174605if_/https://soundcloud.com/user-678162878/sets/legend-of-xanadu-voice-demos)
By: https://soundcloud.com/user-678162878
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/15/2017, 09:45 PM
That guy has not emailed us for some reason even . Nightwolve, would you mind telling him that one of the directors has heard his stuff and thinks its good but doesn't know how to reach him, so please write to him at xanadudub@gmail.com?

And if we get a tidal wave of crappy auditions because of your post, I'm going to be very upset.  :evil:  :wink:  :D
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 09:59 PM
I think people get it's sarcasm on the Last Alert style. ;)

Sure, I can PM that guy now.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/15/2017, 10:22 PM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/15/2017, 09:45 PMAnd if we get a tidal wave of crappy auditions because of your post, I'm going to be very upset.  :evil:  :wink:  :D
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 09:59 PMI think people get it's sarcasm on the Last Alert style. ;)
Yeah ... I get that that was what you meant ... but that's because I know you, and know that you know us, and the work that we've put into the project.

But when you post like that on NeoGaf, where folks don't know us, don't know the project, don't know your sense of humor, and just see that you're an "authority" on what's going on ... then nope, IMHO it just comes across as though we're wanting to do a parody dub to mock Falcom's lousy writing.

We're not, we're trying to do an as-close-to-professional dub as we can, and that means attracting the sort-of-folks that might look at your post and turn-away because they weren't interested in being involved in that sort of mocking of other-professional's work, particularly when the original company is still in business.


<edit>

Apart from that, thanks for posting there, we really appreciate you helping out and keeping the thread there alive!  :wink:

P.S. Perhaps I'm being overly serious and just worrying pointlessly, but humor is such a very personal thing, and parodies are actually legit forms of dubs ... for gawd's sake, Falcom did their own drama/parody CD with the LoX characters and cast.

But that was a separate thing from the game itself, which is a serious story, but with it's own deliberately-humorous moments.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 10:44 PM
I edited in a clarifying "as-close-to-professional dub" disclaimer and an "/end sarcasm," etc. for you, ya sour puss. ;)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/15/2017, 11:22 PM
Truly, one of the reasons why elmer and I have such a great working relationship is that we are equal parts sourpuss. Also, equal parts worry-wart.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/16/2017, 01:10 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/15/2017, 10:44 PMI edited in a clarifying "as-close-to-professional dub" disclaimer and an "/end sarcasm," etc. for you, ya sour puss. ;)
Thanks!  :D

Yeah, OK, I know, I know ... I'm a sour-puss and a worry-wart!  :oops:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/16/2017, 11:06 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/15/2017, 10:22 PMApart from that, thanks for posting there, we really appreciate you helping out and keeping the thread there alive!  :wink:
Yeah, and thanks to that voice actor, the thread got back on its intended purpose. A tangent was taken well before I got there after someone voiced an opinion that they felt betrayed by Falcom when they were forced to focus on development for consoles/portables starting with Ys 7 (after Ys Origin) given market conditions in Japan cost them their PC distributor, etc. He wants "Falcom to fail" although he has somewhat walked back this bitterness, which ironically is what I have been hoping for when it comes to XXXSEED Games... ;) But let's not derail this thread with that stuff either!

That voice actor would have seen my PM and post by now, and as of a second ago, nobody else posted in that thread pertaining to tryouts, but that guy does seem like somebody you could use at least for one of the roles, definitely! Really is a shame about Voice Acting Alliance too, about the only thing I could've recommended, and how unlucky is it that it went down recently... :/

EDIT: I'd get in touch with BurntLasagna, his brother is in this thread, LentFilms, and ask for his contacts, like the female actresses he found for Ys IV (with VAA at the time) since you're indicating there's a shortage there (understandable).
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/17/2017, 07:44 AM
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/16/2017, 11:06 PMEDIT: I'd get in touch with BurntLasagna, his brother is in this thread, LentFilms, and ask for his contacts, like the female actresses he found for Ys IV (with VAA at the time) since you're indicating there's a shortage there (understandable).
I actually already directly contacted a small number of the actors/actresses that worked on Ys IV as well as some new people that I've heard in random fan projects over the years. I haven't heard back from anyone but that is understandable since I made it clear that I wasn't involved in the Xanadu dub and was just making them aware of the project, so they may have just sent some stuff to Sam or are just not interested. The thing is that a lot of people seem to have moved on to other things, are not that active online anymore or I have no way of contacting them since VAA is no more. My brother may be able to send some emails but those addresses are almost 5 years old at this point and may not be used anymore.

Not exactly sure how the auditions have been doing lately but last I heard Sam was getting swamped with auditions so hopefully trying to get old actors/actresses to return from Ys IV will be unnecessary.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/21/2017, 12:37 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 04/17/2017, 07:44 AMNot exactly sure how the auditions have been doing lately but last I heard Sam was getting swamped with auditions so hopefully trying to get old actors/actresses to return from Ys IV will be unnecessary.
The auditions are definitely going well, but as-always, the more, the merrier!

We've had a couple of great older-actors audition, but I think that we're going to need more of both sexes in order to fill the cast.

I'm absolutely amazed that we're getting mentioned in some very-unusual places ...

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/04/casting_call_-_fan_translation_of_legend_of_xanadu_now_holding_auditions

That's wonderful in terms of getting people's attention, but the worry-wart in me is starting to get concerned that we might eventually attract the wrong attention!  8-[
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esadajr on 04/21/2017, 12:52 PM
Mondo tubuloso compadres! I can only send my positive vibes from here. Best of lucks with this.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/21/2017, 03:24 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/21/2017, 12:37 PMI'm absolutely amazed that we're getting mentioned in some very-unusual places ...

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/04/casting_call_-_fan_translation_of_legend_of_xanadu_now_holding_auditions

That's wonderful in terms of getting people's attention, but the worry-wart in me is starting to get concerned that we might eventually attract the wrong attention!  8-[
If you're thinking that all this attention might attract a C&D from Falcom I honestly don't think there is a chance of that happening. This almost never happens to fan translation projects and the two most recent examples I can think of were because the patches had copyrighted material in them, the Type-0 translation having the entire game in its patch and the Dragon Quest VII 3DS patch re-using the script from the PS1 game. These two examples were also cases where the copyright holder, Square Enix, was planning to officially localize the games around the same time the fan translations were being worked on.

With Legend of Xanadu I & II being such old titles at this point, over 20 years-old, I don't think Falcom would pay much attention to a fan translation being released. Plus they don't have a history of shutting down fan projects like Square or Nintendo.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 04/21/2017, 07:35 PM
I've been hit hard with allergy season, did some recording but I wasn't happy with em, soon as this clears I'll have my goods submitted.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/21/2017, 07:38 PM
Good call on registering and making our intentions clear in the comments.  :D

As for the potential for a negative response from Falcom, while I'd just as soon not have them know about the project until it's done, two interviews with the company president always make me feel better.

The first is this. (http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ysinterviews/ysinterviews.htm)

QuoteJS: English speaking fans are so passionate they've made unofficial translations of Ys - what does Falcom think of this?

TK: We're really honored that people are interested in the Ys world so much. However, at the same time we always felt guilty for not being able to bring an official product to their hands. We're very pleased that after a long time we were finally able to bring over an official English version for this audience.
The second is this. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-02-14-falcom-vs-the-fans)

QuoteYou might be the only hardcore gamer who started with a fan website and then became president of the company you were championing! Can you tell us how that came to be, how you met Falcom founder Masayuki Kato, and how you managed to take over his position?

TK: I had a school assignment to create an introductory website for something, which became the fansite for "Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch" (Known as "White Witch" in Japan - EG). There was an offline gathering and I was able to meet many passionate Falcom fans. Within the group, there were some people who worked in the game industry and by talking to them, after graduation, I thought about applying at Falcom. However, I was an economics student, so I applied for a position in the finance department. Once I entered the company, because I had some experience with the internet, I was placed in a position that dealt with the web. In order to create things like game introductions and manuals, I started test playing the games. This lead me to be closer to the development team and I was able to offer my input. Afterwards, I actually was able to take a position within the development team and after some time doing project and product management I found myself as the president - the position I occupy today. Apparently, the founder of Falcom, Mr. Kato, took a look at my fansite after I joined the company and wanted to teach me many things about the company philosophy and game development.
So the president of the company got his start as "one of us" and he didn't condemn fan translations when he had the clearest possible opening to do so.

I'm trying to find it right now and can't, but one of Square's lawyers said some really nasty things about fan translators, including the people who did Seiken Denestsu 3.

We are probably OK.
Title: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 04/21/2017, 07:54 PM
Falcom :)

Also, I am glad Nintendolife (and hopefully more) websites have been spreading the word.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/22/2017, 03:35 PM
Interesting, I didn't know that about Falcom's president, genuinely inspiring. What he said about the Ys fan translations has been around for a while though and obviously they wound up profiting from them given what XXXSEED did, so it'd be pretty hard to walk that back all of a sudden.

It does remind me however that Falcom deserves to know the whole truth about what XXXSEED did in their name so it never again happens to another fan team... I need to write a summary, get it translated to Japanese, and send it along to Falcom emails so it hopefully reaches him and/or those responsible for licensing... At least something in my favor has happened in 2017 with Falcom handing off Ys to a new US partner, NIS America, Inc. instead of XXXSEED!

For the next 4 years, every day that Tom Lipschultz wakes up, he has to wrestle with accepting the reality that Donald Trump is the president of the United States and that his despicable company lost the licensing rights to Falcom's flagship Ys series given an aggressive competitor... May I humbly gloat just a little bit, do you guys mind ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/23/2017, 02:12 PM
Quote from: Dicer on 04/21/2017, 07:35 PMI've been hit hard with allergy season, did some recording but I wasn't happy with em, soon as this clears I'll have my goods submitted.
Don't worry, you've still got plenty of time until May 19th!  :wink:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: in99flames on 04/23/2017, 03:36 PM
Im definitely going to do an audtition. This is exciting stuff!!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/23/2017, 06:37 PM
Back in the Ys IV dub period, I wondered if I should try out myself, if not to add some novelty to the project, but I don't have any acting experience, didn't wanna embarrass myself with a Last Alert-esque performance and like most, I kinda hate my voice, heh, so I figured I should just let the best willing members of the public take on all the roles, preferably those with some experience, etc. hence I didn't raise the idea with BurntLasagna.

So, will elmer and/or SamIAm be heard in this dub by chance ? ;) Don't be shy like me!

Quote from: SamIAm on 04/21/2017, 07:38 PMSo the president of the company got his start as "one of us" and he didn't condemn fan translations when he had the clearest possible opening to do so.

I'm trying to find it right now and can't, but one of Square's lawyers said some really nasty things about fan translators, including the people who did Seiken Denestsu 3.

We are probably OK.
If you're actually feeling nervous, even after something like the Ys IV project being fully completed (and I shared a translated screencap on Falcom's Twitter once) and how their US partner XSEED hijacked the PC Ys translations, I can understand as I went through that period myself many years ago, but it's really rather silly now letting a little paranoia get the better of you...

At worst it'd result in a C&D, which may have happened in S. Korea by a localizing partner for Ys VI in 2003/4-ish. But in that circumstance you had a competing Korean fan team trying to localize the same game on the same platform against a legit publisher (the publisher caused it!). It was always high risk in my case to take on modern PC games that could get localized by pros, but very low risk for other fan translators taking on defunct/dead console games/systems no longer manufactured like NES/SNES/PC Engine/etc.

Interesting if what you say about Seiken Denestsu 3 is true. Neill Corlett was the main hacker for it who I had in my #rigg chatroom for a few years, and is the reason I was successful in my PC projects, not to mention he helped make the "Ys IV: Dawn of Ys" PC Engine fan project possible - we dumped the Ys IV script together after partnering up and sharing experience/info/etc. We have him to also thank for the "Bahamut Lagoon" fan project. Incidentally, he wound up working at Sony for a while, but last I said hello to him 2 years ago, he was at Yahoo - the Yahoo Finance app for Android is partly coded by him. He mentioned he doesn't care about restoring his old website that had his Playstation Sound Format stuff hosted for a while which is too bad.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/23/2017, 07:52 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/23/2017, 06:37 PMSo, will elmer and/or SamIAm be heard in this dub by chance ? ;)
I remember in the old Xanadu II dub, Sam did the voice for Daimos and I thought it sounded pretty alright, although a little monotone. It would be fun if Sam and Emler put their voices in the dub somewhere, even if they just played a minor role like Townsman #1 & 2 or a voice in the backround during a crowd scene.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/23/2017, 09:08 PM
Oh god, I'm embarrassed to even think about the fact that I tried Daimos right now.

Suffice to say, we have much better options this time than to use my voice. Thanks for the "pretty alright" though.  8-[ :D

I don't even know what elmer sounds like, and I don't think he's interested in being in the final product...unless he's been secretly submitting auditions under a pseudonym!?  :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 04/23/2017, 11:04 PM
Honestly I'm pretty embarrassed by some of the stuff I recorded for that original dub too  :oops:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 04/24/2017, 03:06 AM
I'm planning on doing auditions as well, might try my hand at most of the males, maybe eve some of the females just for kicks! :D
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/26/2017, 12:57 AM
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 04/24/2017, 03:06 AMI'm planning on doing auditions as well, might try my hand at most of the males, maybe eve some of the females just for kicks! :D
Good luck!  8)


Looks like the dub project is beginning to get YouTube notice now ...


http://youtu.be/RrwgUMzNUjE
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: JoshTurboTrollX on 04/26/2017, 10:21 AM
Curious.  Would it be satisfactory to record audio for multiple characters and upload it to an unlisted/private youtube video and just send a link to that for the audition?

I've done that in the past and it's worked out well.  Then if you like what you hear we can move forward with a more professional style of recording.

:D
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 04/26/2017, 11:27 AM
I don't care too much about quality in the audition phase if you have access to better equipment later on, but it's 100x preferred that you just send us wav files of your stuff at every phase. The address is on the site. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/26/2017, 12:43 PM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/26/2017, 11:27 AMbut it's 100x preferred that you just send us wav files of your stuff at every phase
Yep, definitely!

It would just be too hard to juggle all the different roles, actors, revisions and individual files if we start adding YouTube links into the whole process.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 04/26/2017, 12:51 PM
Quote from: elmer on 04/26/2017, 12:57 AMLooks like the dub project is beginning to get YouTube notice now ...

http://youtu.be/RrwgUMzNUjE
It seems a little strange/surprising to me the effort is getting this much notice (this did not happen with Ys IV). I guess the PC Engine circle of fans is much bigger than what I would gauge in the past beyond this forum and the few Facebook groups. Kudos to you I guess operating as a well-oiled machine.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: spenoza on 04/26/2017, 01:39 PM
I wonder if the democratization of streaming and podcasting has provided a boost to folks' interest in auditioning.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 04/26/2017, 03:41 PM
I imagine that the continuing rise of social-media, the added awareness of "retro" gaming, and the idea that we're not currently in the middle of a scary recession probably all help.

I don't know what you Ys IV guys did to attract non-gamers, or English-only gamers ... but I've got to say that I'm really impressed with the website that SamIAm and Esteban came up with!  :D

It really gives the impression that the whole project is well-run (ha!), and that this is a worthwhile game for actors to work on.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/07/2017, 09:06 PM
OK, time for a bump!  :wink:

There is a little less than 2 weeks left for anyone to get in their audition for the dub.

Even if you don't want to be a part of the dub yourself, please consider mentioning the project to anyone that you know who has an interest in voice-acting, especially middle-aged and older folks, of whatever gender.

We've had quite a few semi-pro or better actors/actresses send in auditions, and we have a decent *chance* of doing a good job on this ... but at-the-end-of-the-day, it really will depend upon the quality of the voice-talent that we can find to volunteer.

One of the roles in particular that I should mention is that of Areios's Grandfather.

That role doesn't even need "acting" ability as such ... it just needs the right voice of someone's friendly old Granddad who loves telling stories to his grand-kids.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 05/07/2017, 09:46 PM
I'd love to help spread the word a little more, but the only thing left for me to do would be to make a YouTube video about it, but that would take a while and I'm kinda busy with other stuff...
Doesn't help that I don't know any old people who could volunteer >~>';

Still, good luck with the auditions! I'll be cheering you on in the background ^^
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 05/08/2017, 11:46 AM
If you need more actors/actresses of a certain voice type or want to hear more auditions for a specific character then I would highly recommend bumping all your threads on the voice acting fourms you have your project on and giving everyone an update. It is a good way to keep the project more lively on those fourms and potentially attract more volunteers. It was something my brother tried to do once a week with the Ys IV dub and we always got a few more auditions every time we gave an update, plus it helps people focus on parts that need more auditions.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: johnnykonami on 05/08/2017, 12:38 PM
I want to try to get in on this before the deadline, I also have a friend who who is very good at voices who might  be interested who I'll pass this along to.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 05/08/2017, 03:10 PM
This is not a very realistic idea but what if you asked Mike Reynolds to read the lines of Areios's Grandfather? Reynolds is an old-school anime actor that did a lot of work for Streamline Pictures as well as many other companies in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. I've been a fan of his voice for a long time and I think he would be perfect for the role. He's even done some work with Falcom properties in the past, playing one of the main characters in the old Legend of Heroes OVA from the 90s.

If you have no idea who I am talking about watch this small montage of his older work: https://youtu.be/jnHU4SJsMKw

I don't think he does a lot of voice work now-a-days but maybe he would be willing to read a few lines for Xanadu. He has a Linkedin page so maybe you could contact him through that, I don't know for sure since I can't look at his full profile because I don't have an account. The worst he could say is "no".

His Linkedin page is located here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-reynolds-2030a39
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/09/2017, 09:21 PM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 05/07/2017, 09:46 PMStill, good luck with the auditions! I'll be cheering you on in the background ^^
You've already been a huge help with your post on your blog!

At-least one of your followers there has auditioned, and who-knows how many more. That's highly appreciated!  :D


Quote from: johnnykonami on 05/08/2017, 12:38 PMI want to try to get in on this before the deadline, I also have a friend who who is very good at voices who might  be interested who I'll pass this along to.
Excellent, thanks! You've got some time left, but not a whole-heck-of-a-lot!  :wink:


Quote from: LentFilms on 05/08/2017, 11:46 AMIf you need more actors/actresses of a certain voice type or want to hear more auditions for a specific character then I would highly recommend bumping all your threads on the voice acting fourms you have your project on and giving everyone an update. It is a good way to keep the project more lively on those fourms and potentially attract more volunteers.
SamIAm has been crazy-busy with real-life, but I hope that he'll have the time to do that in the next day or so. It's a good idea, thanks!


Quote from: LentFilms on 05/08/2017, 03:10 PMThis is not a very realistic idea but what if you asked Mike Reynolds to read the lines of Areios's Grandfather?
...
His Linkedin page is located here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-reynolds-2030a39
Cool, I think that I know the voice, but didn't know the name, or even think about spamming folks like that.

It's a really interesting idea, thanks again!

I've checked that linked-in, and it's not 100% certain that it's the same guy, and he's looking really-really-old from his photo there, and he hasn't updated the page since about 2010, so I'm not even sure if he's still alive!

My linked-in account can't send emails, but I might sign up for their free trial and try to get in touch with him.

Definitely out-of-the-box thinking!  =D>
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 05/09/2017, 11:02 PM
Quote from: elmer on 05/09/2017, 09:21 PMI've checked that linked-in, and it's not 100% certain that it's the same guy, and he's looking really-really-old from his photo there, and he hasn't updated the page since about 2010, so I'm not even sure if he's still alive!
I'm almost certain that that is his actual Linkedin page. Also, I think Reynolds is 87 year-old now and not dead from what I can tell  :lol:
It would be a real long shot to get Mike Reynolds to be in the dub but if this was a professional production I think he would be a perfect fit for the role.

If anyone wants to watch an old-school anime where Reynolds plays one of the main characters I would recommend Lily C.A.T., it is a decent Alien rip-off that you can watch on Crunchyroll: http://www.crunchyroll.com/lily-cat
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: seieienbu on 05/13/2017, 07:47 PM
I just sent in my girlfriend's auditions.  I'm not done recording the ones I'm shooting for yet so I'll probably bump the thread again later this week.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 05/15/2017, 09:02 PM
Maaaaaaaaan, I haven't gotten around to recording my attempts, I hope I can somehow do it in the next few days.  Trying to take advantage of my wife being on a business trip to do some super cleaning/organizing of the house, including my office where I do all my music & voice stuffs.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/15/2017, 10:05 PM
Quote from: guest on 05/15/2017, 05:20 PMPlease choose me for lead female role!
I look forward to receiving your audition ... we've had a couple of other transgender candidates.

Are you post-op, or just on the hormones?  :wink:


Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 05/15/2017, 09:02 PMMaaaaaaaaan, I haven't gotten around to recording my attempts, I hope I can somehow do it in the next few days.
I can only say ...


http://youtu.be/vVr5Rv6n7PQ
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: spenoza on 05/16/2017, 10:27 AM
I will have to record some auditions at work, either today or tomorrow, because I don't have any time at home right now for anything I'm not actually obligated to do. Once I have an obligation it's a little easier to carve out time.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/17/2017, 01:11 AM
I have absolutely no idea how we got this much interest ... but we got our 1,000th audition today.  :shock:

That's counting by actor/actress & character, and not just actor/actress ... most people (as expected) send in auditions for multiple roles.

The next few days are probably going to be really crazy!  8-[
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Mathius on 05/17/2017, 01:26 AM
Quote from: elmer on 05/17/2017, 01:11 AMI have absolutely no idea how we got this much interest ... but we got our 1,000th audition today.  :shock:

That's counting by actor/actress & character, and not just actor/actress ... most people (as expected) send in auditions for multiple roles.

The next few days are probably going to be really crazy!  8-[
That's insane! Better eat your Wheaties.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 05/17/2017, 02:00 AM
I feel like I'm John Candy trying to eat the Old 96'er.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: crazydean on 05/17/2017, 11:16 AM
Quote from: elmer on 05/17/2017, 01:11 AMI have absolutely no idea how we got this much interest ... but we got our 1,000th audition today.  :shock:

That's counting by actor/actress & character, and not just actor/actress ... most people (as expected) send in auditions for multiple roles.

The next few days are probably going to be really crazy!  8-[
Amazing! Sounds like you have a lot of sorting to do!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 05/17/2017, 11:43 AM
Quote from: elmer on 05/17/2017, 01:11 AMI have absolutely no idea how we got this much interest ... but we got our 1,000th audition today.  :shock:

That's counting by actor/actress & character, and not just actor/actress ... most people (as expected) send in auditions for multiple roles.

The next few days are probably going to be really crazy!  8-[
That is insane! I just sent in some more auditions, so I guess I've added a few more to that pile. Good luck you guys, can't wait to hear the final product :)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/17/2017, 09:33 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 05/17/2017, 11:43 AMI just sent in some more auditions, so I guess I've added a few more to that pile.
Thanks! Yep ... judging by today's emails, we're definitely getting that "last-minute-rush".  :wink:


Quote from: SamIAm on 05/17/2017, 02:00 AMI feel like I'm John Candy trying to eat the Old 96'er.
Honestly ... I don't know how-on-Earth you do it.  ](*,)

I'm just helping with the organizational tasks ... you're the one that's giving all of the detailed feedback.

I'd be gibbering in the corner of a padded-room by now, if I were you!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 05/18/2017, 03:35 AM
A buddy of mine are going to record tonight all the roles on my equpiment.  My wife & his wife might try out for female & kids roles, but it won't be in time for the deadline.  I told them females are more scanty, so you might be willing to take more of em' after the deadline.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/18/2017, 01:12 PM
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 05/18/2017, 03:35 AMA buddy of mine are going to record tonight all the roles on my equpiment.  My wife & his wife might try out for female & kids roles, but it won't be in time for the deadline.  I told them females are more scanty, so you might be willing to take more of em' after the deadline.
Excellent, thanks!  :)

Yep, I suspect that you're right about the female and kid roles, especially for the smaller one and two line parts where we'd like to have a new voice, and not just over-use one of the small core of top-tier female applicants that are willing to commit considerable time to the larger roles.


Quote from: guest on 05/18/2017, 12:22 AMMaybe anearth will be made great again. Xanadu's chance for greatness will likely pass by. :(
Apparently, Anearth doesn't need a dub. All of the spoken dialog is duplicated in message boxes. Yippee!  [-o<

So ... if your genius isn't available for Xanadu, we may all have to wait for the Spriggan Mark 2 dub before we can become your adoring fans!  :wink:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: CrackTiger on 05/18/2017, 01:53 PM
Tengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den also has all of the extensive voice acting duplicated in the dialogue window.

If the game doesn't use a challenging type of compression, hopefully that will make a translation more attractive to teams in the future. It's one of the most appropriate games to keep the Japanese acting in and one of the best games most epic RPGs in the library.

With that said, you could still take it a step further and dub everything that is spoken once the main characters arrive in London and Zeami casts a spell so that they understand and speak English. :)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Gypsy on 05/18/2017, 02:17 PM
Quote from: guest on 05/18/2017, 01:53 PMTengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den also has all of the extensive voice acting duplicated in the dialogue window.

If the game doesn't use a challenging type of compression, hopefully that will make a translation more attractive to teams in the future. It's one of the most appropriate games to keep the Japanese acting in and one of the best games most epic RPGs in the library.

With that said, you could still take it a step further and dub everything that is spoken once the main characters arrive in London and Zeami casts a spell so that they understand and speak English. :)
This would excite me. The more fan translations the better.

Fantastic to hear how many submissions have been made on the voice acting...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/18/2017, 02:38 PM
Quote from: guest on 05/18/2017, 01:53 PMTengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den also has all of the extensive voice acting duplicated in the dialogue window.
AFAIK, at this point, "Tom" over at romhacking.net is the Tengai Makyou expert, and has already expressed his desire to translate all of the TM games on the PCE ... eventually. It doesn't seem to make much sense (to me) to just do one of the games, so he's the guy to watch.

If you don't hang out over there, you might not know that his TM Zero translation is finally finished and being beta-tested now, thanks to the involvement of a whole bunch of veteran SNES hackers joining forces and deciding to just make-it-happen.

Tom has apparently been slowly working on Ziria for years with EsperKnight, which doesn't exactly lead me to expect that much will happen on that project in the foreseeable future, without a similar kind of "intervention" at some point. But perhaps I'm wrong.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Gypsy on 05/18/2017, 04:15 PM
Quote from: elmer on 05/18/2017, 02:38 PM
Quote from: guest on 05/18/2017, 01:53 PMTengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den also has all of the extensive voice acting duplicated in the dialogue window.
AFAIK, at this point, "Tom" over at romhacking.net is the Tengai Makyou expert, and has already expressed his desire to translate all of the TM games on the PCE ... eventually. It doesn't seem to make much sense (to me) to just do one of the games, so he's the guy to watch.

If you don't hang out over there, you might not know that his TM Zero translation is finally finished and being beta-tested now, thanks to the involvement of a whole bunch of veteran SNES hackers joining forces and deciding to just make-it-happen.

Tom has apparently been slowly working on Ziria for years with EsperKnight, which doesn't exactly lead me to expect that much will happen on that project in the foreseeable future, without a similar kind of "intervention" at some point. But perhaps I'm wrong.
Unfortunate. Thanks for the information though, because I do not frequent those forums. Too much drama typically, I'll just play the translation when it's released. :)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Mathius on 05/18/2017, 07:37 PM
Tengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den has one of my favorite intros of any JRPG in existence. It's so atmospheric and funny but the main game is way too full of Kanji for every menu option that it makes it inaccessible for idiots like myself.

But I'm so glad that people like Elmer are spearheading work to get some of these games like Xanadu into western hands finally. Thanks again, my brothers.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 05/20/2017, 07:02 AM
Good news :)

QuoteUPDATE: The deadline for initial submissions has passed!

However, we will continue to communicate with auditionees over the coming weeks to ensure that everyone has had a chance to respond to feedback and show us everything that they can do.

We have received over 1,000 individual character auditions from nearly 200 individual people. If you auditioned and are waiting for your first round of detailed feedback, we are deeply sorry for the delay.
While we can't promise responses by any particular time, we are sending out many responses on a daily basis, and we intend to give feedback to everyone before deciding on the cast.

The response exceeded our expectations, and we are delighted to say that this is shaping up to be a very good dub indeed. Thank you very much to all who have auditioned, and to the many others who have helped spread the word about this project.

Again, thank you.

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Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 05/20/2017, 09:30 AM
Wow, 200 individuals sent in auditions for the dub!? Congratulations you guys! I don't know the exact numbers but I think only about 30 or 25 actors/actresses auditioned for the Ys IV dub back in 2012. Picking out the cast from so many people is going to be a lot of work but it is amazing the number of auditionees that have sent in their performances!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/20/2017, 12:59 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 05/20/2017, 09:30 AMWow, 200 individuals sent in auditions for the dub!? Congratulations you guys!
We definitely got lucky!  :dance:

195 actors/actresses, sending in 1,300 first-auditions for different characters.

And the updates-based-on-feedback keep on rolling in.

Poor Sam is crushed under an avalanche of audio files! :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 05/20/2017, 11:15 PM
Glad to know that the auditions went well ^^
I'm SO looking forward to hear this dub!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 05/21/2017, 06:19 AM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 05/20/2017, 11:15 PMGlad to know that the auditions went well ^^
I'm SO looking forward to hear this dub!
Well...things could have gone a bit smoother.

The problem is that one individual (nulltard) sent in 300+ auditions, which artificially inflates the audition numbers by 30%.

So, although there were *technically* 1,300+ auditions, it is more honest to say there are 1,000 auditions, since Nulltard used a very distracting Ukranian accent in nearly all of his submissions.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Dicer on 05/21/2017, 09:24 PM
Guess I'm glad I never got around to submitting, between illness and not having proper gear, I would have certainly been passed over anyway...

Get to work and get sorting, that's a lot of listening.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 05/22/2017, 12:04 AM
Quote from: esteban on 05/21/2017, 06:19 AM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 05/20/2017, 11:15 PMGlad to know that the auditions went well ^^
I'm SO looking forward to hear this dub!
Well...things could have gone a bit smoother.

The problem is that one individual (Nulltard) sent in 300+ auditions, which artificially inflates the audition numbers by 30%.

So, although there were *technically* 1,300+ auditions, it is more honest to say there are 1,000 auditions, since Nulltard used a very distracting Ukranian accent in nearly all of his submissions.
I understand, but hey, 195 people is still quite a bit huh? ;3
That might be enough to assemble a decent dub ^^
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 05/22/2017, 12:44 AM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 05/22/2017, 12:04 AMI understand, but hey, 195 people is still quite a bit huh? ;3
That might be enough to assemble a decent dub ^^
Haha ... I think that you may have taken esteban's joke seriously!  :lol:

Nope, we didn't get spammed by Nulltard, and there really are 1,300 first-takes, with a couple of hundred re-takes to go through.  :shock:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 05/22/2017, 01:24 AM
Quote from: elmer on 05/22/2017, 12:44 AM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 05/22/2017, 12:04 AMI understand, but hey, 195 people is still quite a bit huh? ;3
That might be enough to assemble a decent dub ^^
Haha ... I think that you may have taken esteban's joke seriously!  :lol:

Nope, we didn't get spammed by Nulltard, and there really are 1,300 first-takes, with a couple of hundred re-takes to go through.  :shock:
I did >w>
I fell for it...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/03/2017, 10:25 AM
Trying not to be that guy that always asks for updates but is there any news on how the auditions are going?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: incrediblehark on 06/03/2017, 10:38 AM
Wow, this is amazing news! When I was last on here the Xanadu translations were still WIP and now you guys are doing the dub?! The number of submissions for audition really surprised me, its good to see that many people passionate about the PCE. I can't imagine the turnout would have been as many 10 years ago.

Really exciting news and looking forward to finally being able to play these games in English!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 06/03/2017, 11:28 AM
Quote from: LentFilms on 06/03/2017, 10:25 AMTrying not to be that guy that always asks for updates but is there any news on how the auditions are going?
Instead of casting 50 actors for 50 roles, it has been decided to cast three latter-day Mel Blancs to perform the voices of 50+ characters.

Also, the in-game will be bi-lingual, with options for English and Welsh (a big THANK YOU! goes out to Gwalchgwyn for the Welsh translation!)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/03/2017, 01:40 PM
Quote from: esteban on 06/03/2017, 11:28 AMInstead of casting 50 actors for 50 roles, it has been decided to cast three latter-day Mel Blancs to perform the voices of 50+ characters.

Also, the in-game will be bi-lingual, with options for English and Welsh (a big THANK YOU! goes out to Gwalchgwyn for the Welsh translation!)
Dang ... you weren't supposed to tell people, it was going to be a surprise!  :evil:

Now we'll just have to go back to the original plan.  :roll:


We do have a couple of nice entries for the gag-reel ... thanks to Paranoia Dragon for your contributions to that!  :wink:

And I really loved the one guy who sent in Kermit The Frog reading for Daimos's part.  :lol:


Quote from: incrediblehark on 06/03/2017, 10:38 AMThe number of submissions for audition really surprised me, its good to see that many people passionate about the PCE.
It would be really nice to believe that, but I suspect that most of the people auditioning don't even have the faintest clue what the PC Engine is.

The mentions on Kotaku and NintendoLife definitely helped us bring in general Falcom-fans and game-fans from other platforms.

And the posts on voice-acting boards brought in a few of the best people.

http://voiceacting.boards.net/
http://www.voiceacting.space/
http://www.castingcall.club/


Once people had somehow got the word, then the excellent web pages that SamIAm and Esteban put together really helped to drag them in further and decide to actually audition.

Honestly, I think that the sales-job that was done to attract people is really what pushed things over the edge.


Quote from: LentFilms on 06/03/2017, 10:25 AMTrying not to be that guy that always asks for updates but is there any news on how the auditions are going?
They're definitely moving forwards ... slowly.  :-({|=

We've been concentrating on the large roles first, and they're either all cast, or down to one or two finalists.

I'm afraid that for anyone who sent in auditions for the main characters, then if you haven't already heard from us ... we were lucky-enough to find someone who fit the role better than you. Proper emails of thanks will go out to everyone later on.

If you did apply ... don't feel bad about not being picked, there were some really, really good auditions from people here.

But we were lucky-enough to have a few professional VO-actors who work on anime and games apply, and a lot of other excellent actors with VO and/or stage and commerical experience. Seriously ... those folks just slaughter the competition when they're in the running for a part, and that's without even considering their professional recording equipment or access to a friend's recording studio.

A couple of the pros also sent in links to their websites and demo-reels, and wow, it's amazing to hear the variety of different voices and styles that the top-talent can convincingly pull off.

The secondary and minor characters are still being cast, and we're only a short way into that list ... there are so many of them!!!

I think that there are only going to be one or two roles that we may have to eventually consider running a 2nd casting-call for.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/03/2017, 02:08 PM
Thanks for the update Elmer!

Very excited to hear that you got some professional actors/actresses to play some of the main characters. I actually remember seeing Kira Buckland responding to a question SamIAm had on the Voice Acting Club forums. She was the actress that recently played 2B in Nier Automata and also did some other roles in Trails of Cold Steel. Not sure if she actually auditioned for anything but it was cool to see some recognizable anime/video game performers looking at the project.

Anyway, keep up the awesome word guys!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/03/2017, 03:39 PM
Kira was the Goddess Ishtar in Sam's old LoX2 dub back before fame-and-fortune beckoned, so she's definitely familiar with the project.

Her recordings from back then are absolutely excellent, as you'd expect, but they can't be used in the current dub, because there have been too many subtle-but-important refinements to the scripts, and to the tone of the Goddess's lines.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/03/2017, 06:07 PM
Oh wow is that right? I heard her lines in that old version of the dub but I had no idea it was Buckland, she was using a screen name at the time. I liked her line reads for the Xanadu Goddess so I actually ended up contacting her on VAA in 2012 and asked her if she would like to audition for the Ys IV dub. She ended up playing one of the Goddesses in that dub too. Crazy that I never made that connection.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 06/03/2017, 06:45 PM
Wow, I briefly skimmed to catch up, that's overwhelming how much volunteers joined the attempt! :)

All the best man! It's all very impressive!!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 06/03/2017, 09:11 PM
Gag reel, eh?  Makes me wish I kept more of my goofing around!  BTW, I was thinking, by the time I auditioned for the dragon, my voice was trashed, & I know I can do deeper & scarier on it.  Should I bother to do a re-audition?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/03/2017, 09:22 PM
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 06/03/2017, 09:11 PMGag reel, eh?  Makes me wish I kept more of my goofing around!
I don't think that we'll be sharing it, but the Kermit take really does make me wish that we could do a whole Sesame Street version of one scene!  :wink:

QuoteBTW, I was thinking, by the time I auditioned for the dragon, my voice was trashed, & I know I can do deeper & scarier on it.  Should I bother to do a re-audition?
Only if you want to do it for pure fun. The role has already been cast, and the actor has confirmed.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: JoshTurboTrollX on 06/07/2017, 11:19 AM
Congrats to the awesome cast you guys have!  It's going to be a stellar event when this is all released for the masses!!  :D

Thanks to all the hard work you guys have already done!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/19/2017, 05:47 PM
Gawd ... it's been a really long couple of weeks, but I think that we've nearly got the casting done.  ](*,)

Then we'll send out messages to the huge crowd of folks that didn't get picked in the end.

Sorry to everyone here that sent in auditions, but didn't actually get a part ... you were up against some absolutely-amazing competition!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/19/2017, 11:40 PM
Awesome news and thank you guys for all your hard work, can't wait to hear the dub. Have you guys started recording anything yet or are you just focused on getting the parts cast at the moment?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/20/2017, 12:14 PM
We've received preliminary recordings from a couple of people, but we've not had the time to give them the attention that they deserve, yet.

Casting is very nearly done, with a couple of important roles decided yesterday.

Focus is starting to turn to recording, and SamIAm is going to be doing a live internet recording session with one of the professional VO actors today.

Getting his lines "in the can" will be a big jump forward for the dub, and will help set the quality-bar for everyone else.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/20/2017, 12:59 PM
Quote from: elmer on 06/20/2017, 12:14 PMFocus is starting to turn to recording, and SamIAm is going to be doing a live internet recording session with one of the professional VO actors today.
Very cool, I would love to watch that. Where is this going to be available and which character is being recorded? Unless I'm misunderstanding and you mean he is doing a private Skype call and not a live stream for people to watch.  :oops:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/20/2017, 03:02 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 06/20/2017, 12:59 PMVery cool, I would love to watch that. Where is this going to be available and which character is being recorded? Unless I'm misunderstanding and you mean he is doing a private Skype call and not a live stream for people to watch.  :oops:
Hahaha ... yeah, I think that SamIAm is going to be nervous enough as it is without there being an audience! :lol:

I sure-as-heck wouldn't be wanting to do it, the whole idea makes me break out in a cold-sweat.

Nope, it's private ... it's just like a professional version of Skype for broadcast/recording artists.

Unlike Skype (I believe) it can hook directly into recording software for measuring line-durations.

It's something that the actor introduced us to as a way of remote-directing and getting instant feedback so that the recording process is as efficient as possible.

You can google ipDTL or SourceConnect.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/20/2017, 03:55 PM
Okay, that's what I thought. Felt pretty dumb right after posting my comment. Anyway, I hope everything goes well with the recordings. Good luck guys!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 06/21/2017, 01:05 AM
Well, we did it. That was my first-ever live session. Was it a little nerve-racking at first? Sure, but it was also pretty damned fun. The actor I was working with was incredible, and I found myself grinning like an idiot as he did take after high-quality take of each line. Back when we revived this translation project in...October 2015?...I never imagined that it would lead to me having the privilege of giving direction to professional-level actors.

Although "giving direction" is a grandiloquent way of putting it. I mostly laid back, let him do his thing, and said things like "One more time, a little more slowly."

Anyway, I can't wait to do that again. This dub has been a lot of work - you may not know it, but the past two months have been by far the busiest of the project - but it's also been a pleasure all its own. I think I'm going to be sad when it's over.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 06/21/2017, 07:07 AM
This is very good news, indeed. :)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: spenoza on 06/21/2017, 09:15 AM
How on earth did you get pros interested in this project? Can they provide work for free if they are union labor?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: SamIAm on 06/21/2017, 10:33 AM
Luck and word of mouth, mostly. I think that that website helped a lot.

There are a lot of people who get paid for voice work who aren't members of SAG. It's quite a different world from TV and movies.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Michirin9801 on 06/21/2017, 12:37 PM
Quote from: SamIAm on 06/21/2017, 01:05 AMI think I'm going to be sad when it's over.
I know I'll be very happy when it's over because I'll get to play it ;3
I'm SOOO Looking forward to that!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Mathius on 06/21/2017, 09:25 PM
I am too! These are some of those games that I tend to just boot up and admire the intro. In the near future that will all change and I'll finally be able to play Falcom's "sister" series to the Ys franchise. Thank you all so so much!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: blueraven on 06/24/2017, 12:15 AM
Quote from: guest on 04/07/2017, 12:15 PMCAW for Lykos!  :mrgreen:
Two months late but thanks for the bigup. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Keith Courage on 06/24/2017, 03:51 AM
In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished :)

LegendOfXanaduCase.jpg
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Mathius on 06/24/2017, 05:52 PM
Quote from: Keith Courage on 06/24/2017, 03:51 AMIn anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished :)
LegendOfXanaduCase.jpg
Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.
Title: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: esteban on 06/25/2017, 08:48 AM
Quote from: Mathius on 06/24/2017, 05:52 PM
Quote from: Keith Courage on 06/24/2017, 03:51 AMIn anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished :)
LegendOfXanaduCase.jpg
Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.
Mathius, I believe that is actually a QUAD-CASE (salt-n-pepper variant).

It holds up to 4 standard discs.

Or 13 mini-discs.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: seieienbu on 06/25/2017, 06:17 PM
Quote from: Keith Courage on 06/24/2017, 03:51 AMIn anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished :)
LegendOfXanaduCase.jpg
I'd actually thought about this particular conundrum.  The First game has the space but the second game hates me and everything I stand for and is only a single disk game!  ](*,)

I think I like your solution so much that I'll likely do the same myself.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Keith Courage on 06/25/2017, 11:11 PM
QuoteRockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.
I found a bunch of completely empty double CD cases at my local goodwill a few years back. All in fantastic shape.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: LentFilms on 06/26/2017, 10:52 AM
I don't have a custom case but I still have my copy of The Legend of Xanadu II that I purchased when I was recording voices for the old dub back in 2011. Maybe I should complete my set and get a copy of Xanadu I before the translation comes out.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: elmer on 06/26/2017, 06:00 PM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 06/21/2017, 12:37 PMI know I'll be very happy when it's over because I'll get to play it ;3
I'm SOOO Looking forward to that!
Quote from: Mathius on 06/21/2017, 09:25 PMI am too! These are some of those games that I tend to just boot up and admire the intro. In the near future that will all change and I'll finally be able to play Falcom's "sister" series to the Ys franchise.
Thanks, everyone's support and interest really helps!  :D

We're really looking forward to these being released, and getting people's feedback about the differences between the two games.

Everyone always loves the beauty of LoX2, and has difficulty battling through LoX1 with just a walkthrough and no idea of what's going on.

I'm curious if LoX1 will get more love when people can actually experience the full story, and the incredible detail that Yoshio Kiya and his team put in there.

I actually find it fun to go around the towns speaking to the NPC characters.

Falcom seemed to have generally put a lot more effort into making the towns interesting in both LoX games, compared to what Hudson did in their ports of the Ys games.


Quote from: Keith Courage on 06/24/2017, 03:51 AMIn anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished :)
...
I found a bunch of completely empty double CD cases at my local goodwill a few years back. All in fantastic shape.
That's really neat!  8)

I know that I threw away a bunch of spare dual-cases, years ago. I feel like an idiot, now!


Looks like you can still buy the old dual-cases on eBay. You just have to search for "chubby cd case"

There seem to be 21mm thick cases that hold 2 CDs, and 24mm thick cases that hold 4 CDs.


I hope that we're going to be able to do both translated manuals and case-liners like esteban made for Zeroigar.

I know that we'd like to provide a ton of supplemental materials, like level maps and, of course, a copy of that LoX1 map of the 32-levels in the tower.

I wouldn't have had the patience to finish LoX1 if it hadn't been for that map that Falcom provided.

I scanned it, and printed it massively-enlarged, so that I could trace where I'd been, and mark down where all of the connecting doors and passages were.


Quote from: LentFilms on 06/26/2017, 10:52 AMI don't have a custom case but I still have my copy of The Legend of Xanadu II that I purchased when I was recording voices for the old dub back in 2011. Maybe I should complete my set and get a copy of Xanadu I before the translation comes out.
You'll want LoX1, for the map, if for nothing else!

I suspect that it wouldn't be hard to make enough printable materials to have the translations justify being put in their own cases!  :wink:
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Post by: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 01:33 PM
Quote from: elmer on 06/26/2017, 06:00 PMEveryone always loves the beauty of LoX2, and has difficulty battling through LoX1 with just a walkthrough and no idea of what's going on.

I'm curious if LoX1 will get more love when people can actually experience the full story, and the incredible detail that Yoshio Kiya and his team put in there.
A funny thing to me about the first game is that it is so cheap!  It's criminally undervalued; if you have any interest in picking up a physical copy I'd say buy it immediately.  You can buy it off of ebay for less than $15 shipped. 

Unlike most games I can think of for the system, the first Xanadu has gone down in price over time.  I assume what's off putting to people is, of course, the language barrier.  I actually expect it to go up in price after your translation finishes.

Quote from: elmer on 06/26/2017, 06:00 PMI know that we'd like to provide a ton of supplemental materials, like level maps and, of course, a copy of that LoX1 map of the 32-levels in the tower.

I wouldn't have had the patience to finish LoX1 if it hadn't been for that map that Falcom provided.

I scanned it, and printed it massively-enlarged, so that I could trace where I'd been, and mark down where all of the connecting doors and passages were.
Lol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.
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Post by: LentFilms on 06/28/2017, 01:48 PM
Quote from: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 01:33 PMA funny thing to me about the first game is that it is so cheap!  It's criminally undervalued; if you have any interest in picking up a physical copy I'd say buy it immediately.  You can buy it off of ebay for less than $15 shipped. 

Unlike most games I can think of for the system, the first Xanadu has gone down in price over time.  I assume what's off putting to people is, of course, the language barrier.  I actually expect it to go up in price after your translation finishes.
I was thinking the same thing so I purchased a copy the other day for $13. Now I'll be fully prepared for the release of the translation patches :)
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Post by: elmer on 06/28/2017, 02:44 PM
Quote from: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 01:33 PMLol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.
Yep, just unfold it carefully ... then get out a very large magnifying glass!

The detail in there is great, and it's a real help.

I just can't imagine people seeing all of the tower, or getting all of the items in it, without using a map. You'd have to have an incredible memory!

Did you actually manage to finish the game without it?
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Post by: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 03:39 PM
Quote from: elmer on 06/28/2017, 02:44 PM
Quote from: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 01:33 PMLol, I take it that's what's in the manual pages that are folded backward so you have to open them yourself.  It's been like 20 years and I never did open that.  Every time I look at the book I've been a little bit curious but I've never wanted to actually cut the pages apart.
Yep, just unfold it carefully ... then get out a very large magnifying glass!

The detail in there is great, and it's a real help.

I just can't imagine people seeing all of the tower, or getting all of the items in it, without using a map. You'd have to have an incredible memory!

Did you actually manage to finish the game without it?
:lol: I wish.  This game has been on my bucket list for decades now.  In college I was able to read stuff well enough to figure out what people wanted me to do and got several chapters in.  I had to take a break for a while for whatever reason that I don't recall.  When I went back to it some years later I had to start over and I got stuck in the second chapter iirc. 

This probably doesn't count, but I did finish it with a save file I downloaded just to watch the ending a few years ago.

I have beaten the much more straightforward sequel twice if memory serves.
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Post by: elmer on 06/28/2017, 08:54 PM
Quote from: seieienbu on 06/28/2017, 03:39 PMThis probably doesn't count, but I did finish it with a save file I downloaded just to watch the ending a few years ago.
Hahaha ... nope, that definitely doesn't count!  :lol:

If you've not spent hours/days fighting your way up that darned tower, you're still just an amateur-gamer!  :wink:
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Post by: Arjak on 07/01/2017, 02:05 PM
I'm glad things are going well! At first, I was disappointed that I couldn't participate (my Mic decided to break at the WORST possible time), but it may be for the best. I have trouble doing voices besides my own standard anyway. I'm now just happy that Sam got the publicity and talent to make this the best possible dub it can be.

Can't wait to see and hear the final results, Sam! That will definitely be a day long remembered! :D
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Post by: elmer on 07/01/2017, 03:26 PM
Quote from: Arjak on 07/01/2017, 02:05 PMAt first, I was disappointed that I couldn't participate (my Mic decided to break at the WORST possible time), but it may be for the best.
I never got to hear the old dub, but I hope that everyone had fun making it!

We got amazingly lucky with all of the VO and Stage actors/actresses coming forward, and I'm so sorry for everyone that was a part of the old dub and got knocked-out this time around, I know it must be really disappointing.  :(
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Post by: seieienbu on 07/02/2017, 03:51 AM
In the Dub casting email a couple of roles are still pending, do you have voice actors in mind for those parts?
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Post by: SamIAm on 07/02/2017, 05:05 AM
One of the pending roles is the Grandfather who narrates the intro. Although we have one back-up for him who sounds quite good, we're continuing the search for a genuine old-guy actor. Our back-up understands and is sympathetic to the situation.

The other one, for the Chapter 3 Sister, is just a case of an actress who hasn't responded to our emails offering her the part. We'll give her about another week.

The "private" listings are all filled.
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Post by: LentFilms on 07/02/2017, 08:29 AM
Just read through the email thanking me for participating. Kind of already guessed that I won't get a part but I'm not not bothered by it, especially since it looks like you guys got some real awesome talent for the project. I was also happy to see that one or two of the actors/actresses I contacted about the project at the beginning of the auditions actually got cast as a few characters.
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Post by: elmer on 07/02/2017, 02:02 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 07/02/2017, 08:29 AMJust read through the email thanking me for participating. Kind of already guessed that I won't get a part but I'm not not bothered by it, especially since it looks like you guys got some real awesome talent for the project.
Both SamIAm and I feel bad for everyone that we know from here that wanted to be a part of the translation, but just didn't make it into the final cast list.

One thing that we're thinking about doing is to get volunteers from here to record themselves to be in the big crowd scenes that are in LoX1 (when the Capital of Ishtaria goes dark, and magic stops working), and in LoX2 (at the beginning, when Areios returns to the Capital).

Everyone's recordings would be mixed in to provide the background of all the people talking.

That would be a way to allow everyone that has supported the translations for so long to be in the games, at-least in a small-but-important way.


QuoteI was also happy to see that one or two of the actors/actresses I contacted about the project at the beginning of the auditions actually got cast as a few characters.
Thanks for doing that, it obviously helped a lot since we've included them in the final cast!  :wink:

You'll have to PM me the names so that I can thank them, personally.
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Post by: LentFilms on 07/07/2017, 02:19 PM
I got my copy of The Legend of Xanadu and I thought I'd go ahead and scan the tower map that elmer mentioned for anyone that doesn't have the game or the poster it came with.

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OG: https://tinyurl.com/yawlrsct
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Post by: LentFilms on 09/12/2017, 09:55 AM
Gonna be that guy again but how has the dub been coming along? Was a voice for Areios's Grandfather ever decided on? Just curious to know if there are any updates worth sharing.
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Post by: dejan07 on 09/12/2017, 12:19 PM
I am gonna join you in being that guy. What Elmer and Sam are pulling of here can be compared to only to Working Designs Arc the Lad collection or Growlanser Generations.
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Post by: elmer on 09/12/2017, 02:10 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 09/12/2017, 09:55 AMJust curious to know if there are any updates worth sharing.
Yep ... Burning Man was awesome again this year, but bloody hot (record temperatures, I believe)!  :wink:


Quote from: LentFilms on 09/12/2017, 09:55 AMGonna be that guy again but how has the dub been coming along?
After losing all of August and the first two weeks of September to my little trip, I'm trying to catch up with the world and find that out myself.

It looks like things have really slowed down during the last couple of months with the cast's Summer commitments getting in the way.

On top of that, it looks like poor SamIAm's time has been severely restricted due to the realities of life with a wife and a very young child.

I've had to manage developers in his situation before, and I'm not-at-all surprised that he's had far less free time than he used to enjoy as the bachelor that he was when we started translating games.


Now that my time is open again, I'll be looking to add whatever help I can in getting this all pulled together.


Quote from: LentFilms on 09/12/2017, 09:55 AMWas a voice for Areios's Grandfather ever decided on?
I think that we'll be going with the gentleman who has already recorded an excellent performance of the lines for us.

His voice is a little bit younger than we'd like to have as the ancient Grandfather figure, but there's no problem in changing one palette color in the intro graphic a little and making the picture of him look a tiny bit younger.

There's never any mention made in the game that the character really is Areios's Grandfather, and it's not important to the story (it's the only time that you see him), so I have no problem with him being Areios's Dad or even a Village Elder.

Having said which ... if we somehow run across an actor with an old voice, then it would be nice to keep the same audible-age as the original Japanese actor.


Quote from: dejan07 on 09/12/2017, 12:19 PMWhat Elmer and Sam are pulling of here can be compared to only to Working Designs Arc the Lad collection or Growlanser Generations.
The dub is a huge amount of work, and honestly, I'd really recommend that translations avoid doing one, if possible, it's just too big a commitment unless the leads involved can dedicate almost-fulltime work to it.

I'm absolutely amazed at what Burnt Lasagna and his Ys IV dub team achieved!  :shock:  =D>
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Post by: Gredler on 09/12/2017, 04:39 PM
So glad you had a fun and safe trip! It hasn't been the same without you sir.  [-o<

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Post by: LentFilms on 09/13/2017, 11:05 AM
Thanks for the update Elmer! Happy to hear you had a good trip and I hope Sam is doing alright with his family.

Quote from: elmer on 09/12/2017, 02:10 PMI think that we'll be going with the gentleman who has already recorded an excellent performance of the lines for us.

His voice is a little bit younger than we'd like to have as the ancient Grandfather figure, but there's no problem in changing one palette color in the intro graphic a little and making the picture of him look a tiny bit younger.
If this is the same actor we spoke about through PM than I think the part is in good hands, he can do a great "old man" voice. But even if he sounds a bit younger than you wanted, or that the original Japanese sounded like, I don't think it would be a good idea to alter any of the graphics to make the character look younger. I don't think it would make the performance more convincing and it could potentially ruin the look of the original artwork.

Quote from: elmer on 09/12/2017, 02:10 PMThe dub is a huge amount of work, and honestly, I'd really recommend that translations avoid doing one, if possible, it's just too big a commitment unless the leads involved can dedicate almost-fulltime work to it.

I'm absolutely amazed at what Burnt Lasagna and his Ys IV dub team achieved!  :shock:  =D>
Yeah, my brother pretty much spent the better part of a year doing almost nothing else with his free time except work on that dub. It is indeed a lot of work. All the more reason your dub project is so impressive, I can't imagine what it must be like creating a dub for two games at once.

Keep up the awesome work guys :)
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Post by: Michirin9801 on 09/14/2017, 10:55 PM
Quote from: elmer on 09/12/2017, 02:10 PMHis voice is a little bit younger than we'd like to have as the ancient Grandfather figure, but there's no problem in changing one palette color in the intro graphic a little and making the picture of him look a tiny bit younger.

There's never any mention made in the game that the character really is Areios's Grandfather, and it's not important to the story (it's the only time that you see him), so I have no problem with him being Areios's Dad or even a Village Elder.
Didn't you say something along the lines of not wanting to alter the original game's vision or something like that? Or at least, wanting to alter as little as possible...
A little arrow on the menu or a slightly better-looking map screen is one thing, but changing one of the characters is going a little too far I'd say...

Sorry, I don't wanna impose my opinion or anything, but it's just something I felt was worth saying...
Keep it up!
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Post by: elmer on 09/15/2017, 12:06 AM
Quote from: Michirin9801 on 09/14/2017, 10:55 PMDidn't you say something along the lines of not wanting to alter the original game's vision or something like that? Or at least, wanting to alter as little as possible...
Yep, and that's why the change almost-certainly won't be made, even if the voice sounds a little bit younger than the original.

I imagine that SamIAm would have an honest-to-goodness heart-attack if I actually went ahead and changed the hair-color!


Quote from: Michirin9801A little arrow on the menu or a slightly better-looking map screen is one thing, but changing one of the characters is going a little too far I'd say...
OTOH ... to play Devil's Advocate ...

He never says that he's Areios's Grandpa, Areios never refers to him as Grandpa, nor even ever mentions that he has any living relatives.

We have no idea at all what his actual age is. Heck, we don't even know what Areios's age is!!!

Nothing in what "Grandpa" says is specific to him being a close family-member.

It's a matter of absolute irrelevance.

What "vision" is there in his hair being whitish-pink instead of brownish-pink? What difference would it make?

Would Star Wars be a different story if Uncle Owen's hair was blonde instead of brown?


Quote from: Michirin9801Sorry, I don't wanna impose my opinion or anything, but it's just something I felt was worth saying...
Keep it up!
You absolutely weren't imposing your opinion, and it was worth saying.

I've tried the hair color change, and I actually think that it looks damned good.

But, as-you-say, it feels like a step-too-far, just like some of the other things that we've tried-and-rejected.
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Post by: LentFilms on 11/17/2017, 08:16 PM
The topic looked like it was in danger of leaving the first page so I decided to bump it. How goes the dub guys? If there isn't any news worth sharing, I apologize for the update begging.
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Post by: elmer on 11/20/2017, 01:39 PM
Quote from: LentFilms on 11/17/2017, 08:16 PMHow goes the dub guys?
It keeps on moving forwards ... but at a very slow speed.  :roll:

Both SamIAm and I have been distracted with Real Life (tm), as have a lot of the cast.

But, on the positive side, SamIAm has sent the core cast some early mixes of a number of the LoX1 scenes so that they can hear very-roughly what things are going to sound like.  :D

They clearly point out to me that I'm going to have to do a *LOT* of messing around with the timing of the visuals in order to make each scene sound natural and not like it was assembled from a bunch of separately-recorded cuts (which it is, of-course, being assembled from).  ](*,)

To my great sadness, there's not a hope-in-heck that the dub will be done and released this year.
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Post by: ashrion on 11/21/2017, 01:59 PM
And not is posible , out one version, only subs, and in future dub version?.
Long time out, only dub version is a big risk, the important is a version subs in english out...
It is not the first time that by staying more and more and more, in the end unexpected things happen and it is never completed.
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Post by: elmer on 11/22/2017, 12:47 PM
Quote from: ashrion on 11/21/2017, 01:59 PMAnd not is posible , out one version, only subs, and in future dub version?.
I'm not sure that we're using the same language here. In my head, "subs" refer to subtitles ... i.e. adding subtitles to the cutscenes.

We cannot technically do that in the LoX games and run on a regular PCE.

Dubbing is our only choice to have the games run on a normal console.


The translated-games themselves have been basically-finished for nearly a year now, and could be released in a week or two (maybe a month or two with a full beta-test cycle).

Both SamIAm and I have complete toolsets for patching the games from the original CDs, and he has my complete source code for the toolsets.

If one of us got run over by a bus, the translated games could still be released.

I don't see much danger in these translations totally disappearing. The worst that would happen is that they'd be released with the original Japanese cutscenes, and SamIAm's very-professional-looking dub script.
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Post by: LentFilms on 11/22/2017, 05:05 PM
Sorry to hear that things have slowed down but I guess that is to be expected with the holidays season upon us. Again, keep up the awesome works guys and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the States.
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Post by: seieienbu on 11/24/2017, 03:55 AM
I'm oddly unsurprised that this portion is taking a super long time.  You've got cool hackers and sweet translators doing their thing and stuff is going great.  Then you've the task of dubbing over and matching voices while organizing a hundred people into doing recordings.  Tangentially related to both tasks but as it isn't directly related to either of your skillsets I wouldn't be surprised if you somehow wind up spending more hours between you on this than either the hacking or translating of the games.

I'm always excited to read the threads on these games but even when there's no updates that's not a problem.  Take your time, please.  It's been over 2 decades; as much as I want to play these games I think I can wait a little bit longer.  Thanks for putting in all of the work.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on 11/24/2017, 12:38 PM
Quote from: ashrion on 11/21/2017, 01:59 PMAnd not is posible , out one version, only subs, and in future dub version?.
Long time out, only dub version is a big risk, the important is a version subs in english out...
It is not the first time that by staying more and more and more, in the end unexpected things happen and it is never completed.
I understand your concerns and with most groups I would agree. It's a massive project. This isn't their first rodeo though, they'll get it done. It's a 20 year old game, so I can wait.
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Post by: SamIAm on 11/28/2017, 12:12 AM
Dubs are indeed quite an undertaking. When I was translating only the printed dialogue in the text boxes, it was just me and a bunch of plain text files. Later, when I was play-testing and editing via emulator, it was still a very contained thing that I could stop and start very easily, all by myself.

With a dub, there is both a lot more communication to do and a lot more to process along the way. I won't even get into all of the particulars. Anyway, things are moving forward. Thanks for checking in on us.  :)

I really, really wish I had met elmer about seven years ago. God, I had time then...
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Post by: wyndcrosser on 12/07/2017, 10:19 PM
As always, I'm impressed looking forward to this and if PCe star sherrif ever gets released.
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Post by: cccmar on 12/08/2017, 02:54 AM
I can see where you're coming from. Just hacking/translating the written dialogues is literally nothing compared to the VA, unfortunately - which I'd assume is one of the reasons why not too many PCE-CD have been fan-translated up until now. There are some CD games which have subs for all the VA (vide Dragon Knight 1 and 2), but they're few and far between.
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Post by: NecroPhile on 12/08/2017, 09:44 AM
Quote from: wyndcrosser on 12/07/2017, 10:19 PM... and if PCe star sherrif ever gets released.
Heh, I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by: LentFilms on 03/03/2018, 05:08 PM
I'm doing it again (sorry) but how are things coming along with the dub?
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Post by: tobasoft on 03/05/2018, 03:59 PM
I've been looking forward to this for some time
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Post by: SamIAm on 03/07/2018, 12:54 AM
Quote from: LentFilms on 03/03/2018, 05:08 PMI'm doing it again (sorry) but how are things coming along with the dub?
Sooner or later, it will be finished.

A lot of things happened both at home and at work, and I've had to do some re-prioritizing in my life. I think elmer has a lot going on that he didn't at this time last year, too. Anyway, we're still in touch with all of the actors, and really, it's just a few large parts that need doing.

Thanks for checking in. It's always nice to see people interested in the project. :)
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Post by: LentFilms on 03/09/2018, 03:58 PM
Thanks for the update Sam, it sounds like you and elmer both have a lot going on in your personal lives right now. I wish you guys the best and I look forward to hearing/playing the results of your work eventually.
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Post by: tobasoft on 03/13/2018, 01:28 PM
I've been looking forward to this for a long time. I hope we see something soon.
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Post by: pixeljunkie on 03/13/2018, 02:23 PM
Yes, thanks for the update/hope

Very excited about this!
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Post by: tobasoft on 03/20/2018, 02:57 PM
I'd love to be one of the dub voices for this.
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 03/20/2018, 11:06 PM
The dubs are already taken care of.  Tryouts were maybe some 10 months ago, & there ended up being some professional voice actor's who are going to lend a hand for free!  I wanted to be in the game as well, but it's also really cool that there's professionals involved, bitter sweet if you ask me! :derpcat:
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Post by: Mathius on 03/21/2018, 12:46 AM
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 03/20/2018, 11:06 PMThe dubs are already taken care of.  Tryouts were maybe some 10 months ago, & there ended up being some professional voice actor's who are going to lend a hand for free!  I wanted to be in the game as well, but it's also really cool that there's professionals involved, bitter sweet if you ask me! :derpcat:
Yes that is very exciting! I'd definitely rather it be more Ys Book 1&2 than Dragon Slayer: LOH haha
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Post by: tobasoft on 03/23/2018, 04:01 PM
I kinda dug dragonslayers cheesy dialogue.  :cry:

soooo that sounds rather promising, coming soon then??

I'm like a little kid with these two, I've been wanting english versions since I had a turbo back in the 90's
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on 03/24/2018, 03:05 AM
Believe me, we all are like kids in a candy store wanting these games in english, but we gotta wait, no matter how many decade....err years it takes!   :derpcat:  Seriously though, I have faith in this project, it'll be incredible when it's totally done!  A lot of blood, sweat, & tears is being put into it.
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Post by: tobasoft on 03/26/2018, 04:13 PM
by the way, I just wanted to offer my services to any translating group that would like a spanish translation. I'm a native speaker and a translation project is just the kind of thing that would help keep my skills sharp.
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Post by: dejan07 on 04/17/2018, 08:26 AM
As you guys are waiting for Xanadu series Tom and his team have finished english translation of Last Bible III a Super Famicom RPG by Atlus.  Give it a chance!

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3545/
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Post by: tobasoft on 05/09/2018, 12:59 PM
Last Bible is pretty cool actually. Neat battle/recruitment system
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Post by: tobasoft on 05/23/2018, 01:16 PM
hey guys, any news on this?
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Post by: dejan07 on 05/26/2018, 06:42 AM
I imagine they decided to include AnEarth Fantasy Stories into the mix and publish all 3 games at once. They are silent because they know how mindblowing will it be.

This is total speculation on my part though, don't take it seriously.
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Post by: elmer on 05/26/2018, 01:35 PM
Sorry folks, we've been quiet for a long time.

The dub is moving forwards, but at a glacially slow pace.

SamIAm gets very little time to work on it now that he's the father of a young child. That's just Real Life (tm) getting in the way of hobbies, no matter how much we both want to get this all finished and released.

If you're a parent, then you know that's just how it's got to be.
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Post by: dejan07 on 05/26/2018, 02:46 PM
Elmer haven't denied my theory so the hope of RPG trilogy still lives!  [-o<
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Post by: Bernie on 06/11/2018, 12:05 PM
Good to see some action on this project still.
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Post by: tobasoft on 06/14/2018, 12:03 PM
any chance there could be a text only release, and then perhaps a dub release at a later date when ready?
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: ashrion on 06/15/2018, 05:03 AM
I said that a long time ago, of course not f*cking the case, the reality, losing months and months and months maybe years because of the folly of doubling it, that if anything happens and the translation is lost, when we could already be playing for a long time .

I would not mind paying to be able to play it in English at least, and I will not play, I will pass it on, but in the end it is repeated a thousand times, it covers more than what is possible, and things end badly. It starts very well translating the zeroiger, then something much more ambitious is done and then we put in doubles, result, lost absurd time, risk of leaving, and when it is not for one thing it will be for another

There are also simple things, I do not want dubbing in English, I want the voices, PROFESSIONALS, MADE BY PROFESSIONALS AND IN THE LANGUAGE WITH WHICH THE GAME WAS CREATED, THAT FOR ME IS RESPECT, the mania of bending things that do not have to be bent, it seems an insult to the original work.


If I can lift 50kg well I do not get to lift 200kg because I break and go to the hospital and talking about aneath de emerald, in short, I appreciate the effort, but if you count the times to do this, projects have never finished ...

And not only that without the folly of dubbing, as well as the xanadu s they would have done, so if the anearth or the emerald are two of the best rpg in 16 bits, but hey, at the end of the year I will come back here, and it will be, we are very slow and we continue advancing ... or, a virus has entered us and we have run out of translation ...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 06/15/2018, 08:47 AM
Wow, how NOT to motivate/encourage/support a fan translation team!!! Thanks much Ghost of RegalSin...  :roll:

Reminds me of what Gideon Zhi was dealing with on Twitter not that long ago, swarms of impatient bitter brats with an uppity entitlement complex...
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Mathius on 06/15/2018, 06:24 PM
Holy crap, dude. So what you're saying is that those of us who do not speak or read Japanese we should just deal with it? The original work still stands strongly for purists, but people like me in the above category can only benefit by a well done, professional translation/dub. If you take time to research the team behind this project you will see many professional coders and professional voice acting talent.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Emerald Rocker on 06/16/2018, 02:32 AM
Much respect to anyone who loves Legend of Xanadu enough to do a translation/dub for it.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Slainmonkey on 06/16/2018, 07:44 AM
Chris almighty that's rude, it's not like you're paying for this fan translation. While I'd love to be able to play it for myself soon, it's one of those things that takes as long as it takes. I think most of us here actually want the dub due to our inability to understand Japanese.....and if that's not good enough for you, well maybe you should work on your own translation for the game!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: tobasoft on 06/18/2018, 02:22 PM
yeah that's going way too far. there's plenty of other games to play while we wait for this one to get wrapped up.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: pixeljunkie on 06/25/2018, 02:45 PM
Ahahah noisy, stupid, little brats. Ignore him/them.

I'll never understand people like this, complaining about awesome people sacrificing their time for free.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 06/26/2018, 05:12 PM
Quote from: pixeljunkie on 06/25/2018, 02:45 PMAhahah noisy, stupid, little brats. Ignore him/them.

I'll never understand people like this, complaining about awesome people sacrificing their time for free.
It's not the first time he's done this, but the pattern is the same, drops a troll post and bails to seemingly avoid the fallout!

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?msg=511497

He thought "only the Spanish PCE forums" were full of stupidity, immaturity, children, idiots, etc. but irony, self-awareness, hypocrisy is lost on him apparently...

It's one thing to offer your opinion on what you would do, it's quite another to try to bully/browbeat a team into doing what you want to do!!!

elmer/SamIAm simply want 100% perfection, this is a 100% English localization job, that's what they want, no Ifs, Ands or Butts about it! Don't like that ? Tough noogies! No leaks, no BETAs, no ALPHAs, they'll let you know when it's 100% finished (just sit tight, don't harass them!).

elmer worked professionally in the game industry during the 8/16-bit era where you had to finish a game 100% for ROM/cartridge production and had to live with any bugs that made it into the final batch. However, developers had higher discipline back then as a result of the situation, so bugs rarely made it into production versus the release-and-patch-later mentality of today given the convenience of the Internet and integration by most modern consoles that update their own BIOS systems as well... That experience probably factors into his thinking and I speculate that SamIAm just wants perfection from a general work-ethic standpoint as is his right!

Both "Legend of Xanadu I & II" were totally developed/published by Falcom, no outsourcing/partnering to Hudson Soft or anybody else! This piece of Falcom PC Engine history DESERVES the best fan translation effort, and it is getting it with this team! Deal with it, buddy [ashrion]! ;)

Now I understand how the crybaby feels: simply because the team reported their progress, that the textual script is all finished/working, only the English voice-acting/dubbing remains, he feels that he could be playing the games RIGHT NOW, and given that he's one of those Japanophiles that absolutely hates dubs, views it as a crime against the source material, "What I would do!" easily transitions into "WHAT YOU SHOULD F'ING DO TO SATISFY ME NOW! RAWR!!" complete with profanity! See:
Quote from: ashrion"of course not f*cking the case, the reality, losing months and months and months maybe years because of the folly of doubling dubbing it"
Quite a charmer this guy!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: pixeljunkie on 07/02/2018, 02:57 PM
I'm just thankful there are enough of us sane folk to make sure the people who work on these projects know they are appreciated and we are indebted to them for bringing these translations to us. :adol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: PsionicNinja on 07/03/2018, 03:36 PM
I think they are doing an awesome job and look forward to whenever it gets finished. There's plenty of games to play in the meantime.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: dejan07 on 07/08/2018, 06:55 PM
I had a great time reading through ashrion post and Nightwolve responses. Many memorable quotes as well   :thumbsup:


swarms of impatient bitter brats with an uppity entitlement complex...


Don't like that ? Tough noogies!

Deal with it, buddy [ashrion]! ;)

WHAT YOU SHOULD F'ING DO TO SATISFY ME NOW! RAWR!!  :lol:
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 07/09/2018, 12:47 AM
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Although that was a bit toned down from what I normally would've said in response to that attitude problem... Don't really wanna cause another self-deletion... ;)
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Vimtoman on 07/20/2018, 02:25 PM
Spoilt kids will always be spoilt, They just don't have the patience to wait.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 08/19/2018, 03:56 AM
Quote from: SamIAm on 04/07/2017, 10:45 AMFor some background on the games, we put together a quick little blurb that you might enjoy reading here. (https://www.tg-16.com/The_Legend_of_Xanadu.htm)
Incredible web work by Le Esteban!! I don't remember really checking these pages out when they first went live, but I am impressed as usual by the quality in appearance and promotional writing! And how far he went to create that dubbing guide, the attention to detail, man, it must've taken him quite a long time to pull that off AND make it look good too!

(https://www.tg-16.com/images/Marukatsu.png) (https://www.tg-16.com/images/onepage.png)
Classic estebano tactic to tilt the image crooked giving it some fabulous flare, heh!

(https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX2_13.png) (https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX2_14.png)
(https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX2_15.png) (https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX2_6.png)
(https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX_NG9.png) (https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX_NG10.png)
(https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX_NG7.png) (https://www.tg-16.com/images/LoX_NG8.png)

(https://archives.tg-16.com/images/gk_9403_02_Xanadu6.png)

Gonna be one hell of an epic celebration when the these projects are completed!!!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: tobasoft on 08/21/2018, 01:31 PM
damn that is beautiful. my retropie is sooo ready
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Slainmonkey on 08/22/2018, 12:02 AM
I know there's still likely quite a wait ahead, but that's still very exciting!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: pixeljunkie on 08/27/2018, 11:58 AM
hnnngggggg my body is beyond ready
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Thunderjos on 01/04/2019, 10:48 AM
Hi Xanadu fans :)

Does anyone know if this project is still in progress?

Thanks!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: NightWolve on 01/04/2019, 10:56 AM
Yes, Sam provided some kind of an update recently.

Quote from: SamIAm on 12/28/2018, 12:14 AMTo anyone waiting for the Xanadu translations: Thank you for your patience. After a long and much needed down-time, elmer and I have been making regular and meaningful progress on the dub for weeks now. The project has never been dead, and will never be dead. These things just take time. We hope you'll all be excited to play the translations when they're finished.
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: Thunderjos on 01/05/2019, 11:06 AM
These are SO great news!  =D>

Thank you for the advice, NightWolve!
Title: Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted
Post by: JohnnyPhantom on 10/13/2021, 04:35 PM
Can't wait for this!!