Post-Production Podcast: SPIDER'S INTENTION

Post-Production Podcast
Ep. 3 - "The Spider's Intention"
~ DOWNLOAD HERE ~

Date Recorded: 3/25/12
Guests: Curt Rose (Claude), Samantha Ylagan (Alois), Faith Kelter (Director)
Host: Dylan Spencer
Closing Scene: BLACK BUTLER: The Spider's Intention

It's that time again, for another episode of the Post-Production Podcast! This evening, Curt Rose joins us for another round of fun, and Samantha Ylagan makes her P3 debut as we discuss 3DF's take on The Spider's Intention, based on the Black Butler II OVA of the same name. Topics include Sam's get-to-know-you, the wicked-fast creative process behind the project, the bleak future of Season 2 for 3DF, and...the "knock off" master and butler call out the original pair. ;)

DISCLAIMER: As always, 3DF is all-fun non-profit. We are not associated with Yana Toboso, A-1 Pictures or FUNimation. We do this alongside our fellow fans out of respect and adoration of the original.

FOR THE LOVE OF STELLA: Audio Edition

~ Download the full audio here
~ Read the story on deviantArt or Fanfiction.net

~ BONUS FEATURE: "Stella" Gag Reel (WARNING: Contains spoilers for "Stella" and the anime.)

3DF PRODUCTIONS

presents

FOR THE LOVE OF STELLA: 

The Audio Edition

~ Adapted from a fan-fiction by Faith Kelter, based upon characters appearing in the Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji series by Yana Toboso.

~ RATING: PG-13 for mild language and content. Discretion is advised.

The stunning artwork above is by the lovely Simply-Psycho on deviantArt. Please go visit her page here!

CAST

(In order of appearance)

GRELL SUTCLIFF

Curt Rose

STELLA

Samantha Ylagan & "Miles Sebastian"

RONALD KNOX

Vick Valentine

ALAN HUMPHRIES

Sukisho

ERIC SLINGBY

Jason Marnocha

QUENTIN HOWSHAM

Steven C. Phillips

WILLIAM T. SPEARS

Dylan Spencer

PIERCE

Erik Copper

KAT

Pam Larson

LUCI

Rina Adachi

Grell's CONSCIENCE

Curt Rose (S1) & Faith Kelter (S8)

MARY

Pam Larson

ALICE BROOKS

Rina Adachi

UNDERTAKER

James Hall

VICAR

Curt Rose

MUSIC
~ Kuroshitsuji & Kuro II Soundtrack
~ "Piano Bars," Sauver Mallia JRT Music Tele Music BMI SACEM
~ "Nearer my God to Thee," as heard in "Titanic"
~ "Bird," Yuya Matsushita


SOUND
~ Various from the anime
~ SoundDogs.com
~ FreeSound.org


DISCLAIMER: 3DF is a non-profit voice acting group. We are not associated with Yana Toboso, Square Enix, A-1 Pictures, or FUNimation. The only thing I claim is the story, but it would've been nothing without this great series. We make NO money off of this; this is solely a group of folks who love the series and what we do. Please, show the original sources some love and support. The manga books are available at your local bookstore; the anime is available on DVD and via streaming on must major video websites.

Premiere! BB: The Spider's Intention

Kuroshitsuji & Characters © Yana Toboso, A-1 Pictures 


~ Download full audio here!

Welcome to the estate of the "Queen's Spider," Alois, the Earl Trancy. At first glance, it appears to be the home of a young nobleman. But what lies inside is a dark past, an unstable soul...and an entire staff of Demons to nurture it, led by Alois' butler, Claude Faustus.

The Spider's Intention is based on the Season 2 OVA of the same name. Please note that it might contain spoilers for Black Butler II. But, at the same time, it makes a rather wonderful prelude to the anime-exclusive tale.

CAST
(In order of appearance)
Alois Trancy - Samantha Ylagan
Claude Faustus, his butler - Curt Rose


The Triplets
Timber - David Kelter, Jr.
Thompson - Curt Rose
Cantebury - Dylan Spencer

Hannah Annafellows, the maid - Rina Adachi
Luka Macken - Samantha Ylagan

SOUND EFFECTS
SoundDogs.com
FreeSound.org
The episode

MUSIC
Kuroshitsuji II Original Soundtrack

TRANSLATION
From the subtitles by "ppngai" (Please step forward!)

DISCLAIMER: 3DF is not associated with Yana Toboso, Square Enix, A-1 Pictures, or FUNimation. We are a group of fans who love the series and wish to share that love through our non-profit projects. That's right, no mula made. None. We do this for fun. We even encourage listeners to support the original source, as Black Butler II comes out in North America on April 3rd. Show it some love.

BLACK BUTLER: The Spider's Intention

Kuroshitsuji & Characters © Yana Toboso, A-1 Pictures


3/16 UPDATE: Our fan-presentation of The Spider's Intention will officially premiere on Monday, March 19th.

With Black Butler "Proper" slowly winding down, 3DF is starting to feel the Finale Blues. We have the upcoming For the Love of Stella coming up very soon, but some of us wanted one last hurrah with the series. And quite literally overnight came Black Butler: The Spider's Intention.

Based on the Season 2 OVA episode of the same name, The Spider's Intention is a short story that focuses on the anime-exclusive members of the Trancy household. If you thought the Phantomhive Estate was madness, just wait until you see a day in the life of a boy that has an entire staff of Demons.

The cast includes Samantha Ylagan and Curt Rose as Alois Trancy and his Demon butler, Claude Faustus; Rina Adachi as Hannah Annafellows; David Kelter, Jr. as Timber; and Dylan Spencer as Cantebury. Sam also voices Luka Macken and Curt plays the third triplet, Thompson.

Advisory: Please be aware that Season 2 is rated TV-MA as opposed to the TV-14 of Season 1. While this episode is rather tame, 3DF still strongly encourages discretion for language and content.

As always, 3DF is not associated with Yana Toboso, Square Enix, A-1 Pictures or FUNimation. We are simply a group of fans who love the series and do this entirely for fun, not profit. Black Butler II will be released in North America by FUNimation on April 3rd, and is currently available for pre-order. This episode, as well as another 3DF favorite, The Story of Will the Reaper, are part of that beautiful package. Show them some love and get a copy!

Post-Production Podcast: Jason Marnocha & Rina Adachi

Post-Production Podcast: Ep. 2 - FROM THE ASHES, Pre-Release
DOWNLOAD HERE
Date Recorded: 2/4/12
Guests: Jason Marnocha (Sebastian) and Rina Adachi (Ciel)
Host: Dylan Spencer
Co-host: Faith Kelter
Closing Scene: BLACK BUTLER: The Tale of Jack the Ripper


In the newest edition of P3, the 3DF team gets together on short notice to help pump up the excitement for the upcoming finale of "BB Proper", BLACK BUTLER: From the Ashes. "Butler" leads Jason Marnocha and Rina Adachi join Dylan and Faith for some very short questions and lots of chattery. Subjects include who really gets the credit for introducing Faith to Black Butler, Ciel becoming a director, cats, Halloween, and the further adventures of "Man with Cart."

DISCLAIMER: As said, 3DF is all-fun non-profit. We are not associated with Yana Toboso, A-1 Pictures or FUNimation. We do this alongside our fellow fans out of respect and adoration of the original.

WILL THE REAPER: Visual Edition - HOW many? O.O

*~ Photo belongs to A-1 Pictures ~*

A while back, I made a "visual edition" of 3DF's fan audio of The Story of Will the Reaper, the OVA from Kuroshitsuji Season 2. It's our most successful audio yet, probably due to the fact that, for a while longer at least, it's the only available English version. If you haven't heard it yet, go to the left side bar, and click the link. The visual edition is there as well.

[PS: In April, FUNimation is releasing Season 2 in North America on DVD, and the OVAs are a huge reason why I want to get it. So as with all 3DF projects, show your love for the original sources as we're just a bunch of fans who love what we do. I think it's currently available for pre-order.]

But anyway, I made a visual edition using the audio from our project and still imagery of the episode. Why still imagery as a lot of folks have complained about? For the following reasons:

1) 3DF will always, first and foremost, be about audio and listening. We have stated that we fight for the art of audio-drama, a media that has become lost in a sea of films and television. With still imagery (pictures over audio), a viewer still has to pay attention to the audio itself. The pictures are an added bonus.

2) Video dubbing is NOT easy, and I applaud professional and amateur voice actors who have done it. I made a full motion video dub once for Gyakuten Kenji 2, and it was the biggest pain in the rear ever. Not to mention, for Will the Reaper, as a radio-play style audio that took necessary liberties in adaptation, it doesn't match up directly to the video. A visual edition is a bonus from 3DF, a treat. And that's what it was always meant to be.

3) With all the insanity going on about YouTube and copyrighted materials, doing an actual video of the dub would probably not go over well. I go out of my way to constantly say "We're NOT making money off this! We just love what we do." It would kill me to put so much hard work into a project only to see it taken down because bots and suchery found matching material and doesn't know the different. Still imagery alone takes many hours between picking screen captures and then editing it all together in a crappy video editing program. To do so much work on a video itself only to see it taken down or silenced...I wouldn't be a happy camper.

With all this said, however, I'm quite honored to say that Part I and Part 2 of Will the Reaper have received over 10k and 12k views. And frankly, that's pretty damn epic. If you're one of those viewers, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. If you haven't seen it yet, please, go take a listen and watch!

A Christmas Gift 2011

Forgive any jumps/skips/volume issue. I am a victim of WMM. Evil. Pure evil. I lost this 3 times before I kept it more simple.

A little something special for all of our listeners and fellow VAs. Thank you for you continued support of our work this past year and here's looking forward to much more in 2012!

3DF PRODUCTIONS
A CHRISTMAS GIFT 2011

Directed/Edited by
Faith Kelter

Featuring appearances by
David Kelter, Jr.
Steven C. Phillips
Samantha Ylagan
Curt Rose
Dylan Spencer
James Hall
Jason Marnocha
Faith Kelter
Dave Kelter, Sr.
Denise Kelter

"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
From PEANUTS by Charles M. Schulz

Grell Art: "Playing Secret Santa"
by SweetLittleVampire
sweetlittlevampire.deviantart.com

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman"
SoundDogs.com
R.E. Morgan; DogCom Music Publishing; BMI

"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
SoundDogs.com
Craig Riley; SI Publishing; SOCAN

3DF is a non-profit voice acting group. We are fans doing it for the love of audio drama and the great sources we base our projects on. We are not affiliated with any of the corresponding companies: GYAKUTEN SAIBAN (Ace Attorney) belongs to Capcom; KUROSHITSUJI (Black Butler) belongs to Yana Toboso and A-1 Pictures. We bow down at their feet, and make no money in the process of doing so. All love, no mula.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

"Butler" Ep. 20 Fan-Dub Excerpt

3DF's Black Butler "Proper" series, as it's come to be known in the cast, is drawing to a close.  The finale, BLACK BUTLER: From the Ashes, will conclude our presentation next year.  But there's quite a jump between Rewritten's last episode, #18 and Ashes' first episode, #22.  I highly suggest checking them out.

[...] "But Faith, we love the 3DF cast, and can't wait 'til next year for more!"


Oh, well, in that case...



Some of the lovely folks in our cast have gotten together to not only perform an epic scene from Ep. 20, His Butler, Escaping, but they did it with visuals!  As usual, though, please be aware that Black Butler contains material that may not be suitable for all viewers, and this is certainly not an exception.

In this scene, Sebastian has been taken captive and brought to the Tower in Ciel's place after the boy earl is accused of drug trafficking.  After some time, a familiar enforcer greets him to offer him a deal...and administer punishment if need be.

Starring the voices of Jason Marnocha as Sebastian Michaelis, Lord Randall and the dungeon master; Krystal Donahue as Angela Blanc; and Rina Adachi as Ciel Phantomhive.  It was edited by Jason, and is hosted at Krystal's voice acting YouTube page.  (Please see the sidebar for links.)

BLACK BUTLER: Rewritten (Premiere)

BLACK BUTLER: Rewritten [Fan Audio-Drama] by 3DF2

BLACK BUTLER: REWRITTEN

A mysterious cult has begun gathering near Preston, and Her Majesty orders her loyal "guard dog," Ciel, to put an end to it.  But upon investigation, the ante rises on a supernatural level as Ciel and Sebastian face their greatest threat yet, and the boy earl comes one step closer to revenge.

~ Based on Season 1, Eps. 17 & 18 of the anime by A-1 Pictures

~ Download at the link above!

CAST

(In order of appearance) 

The UNDERTAKER - James Hall

GRELL SUTCLIFF - Curt Rose

SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS - Jason Marnocha

CIEL PHANTOMHIVE - Rina Adachi

ASH LANDERS - JohnofOrdo3

PLUTO - Faith Kelter

The GUARD - Krystal Donahue

The BOY - Faith Kelter

MATILDA SIMMONS - Krystal Donahue

The LEADER - Dylan Spencer

ANGELA BLANC - Krystal Donahue

VINCENT PHANTOMHIVE - Dylan Spencer

RACHEL PHANTOMHIVE - Rina Adachi

WILLIAM T. SPEARS - Dylan Spencer

Sound Effects - SoundDogs.com & FreeSound.org

Music - Various songs from the Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji soundtrack; Theme from Kuroshitsuji: That Butler, Friendship (Intro/Credits); "Sviatiy Bezsmertniy", Sofia Boys Choir ("Heavenly Choir"); "Epic Organ Prelude (Original Composition)" by Garritan Personal Orchestra* ("Angela's Entrance"); "May it Be" by Brad White ("Ciel sees his Parents")

* - Exact title unknown.

DISCLAIMER: 3DF is non-profit and not affiliated with Yana Toboso, A-1 Pictures, FUNimation, or any of the great minds behind Black Butler.  We are simply fans in this for the love of the series, and we receive no compensation for our work.  All fun, no mula. :)  Please see our right hand sidebar for links to the original sources to show support!

Regularly Scheduled Update

Well, not really, as I didn't have an update scheduled, but hey, I digress. :)

3DF has been a bit quiet lately, and that's normal for this time of year.  With fall arriving and winter very quickly approaching, there has been a lot of illness going around, and in addition to that, school has picked up the pace.  Many of our VAs are students and this is an extremely busy time for them.  So, be it fellow VAs or followers, we appreciate you sticking with us, particularly via the Facebook page.  (Link in the right-hand sidebar; come on over and play!)

In terms of productions, here's a quick run-down on what's going on behind the scenes:
1) The infamous Shangri-La - I'm waiting on ONE more set of lines.  If I don't receive them soon, I will be recording the remaining role myself.  Thank God it is female. XD  But that is chugging along.
2) Ace Attorney - Also moving along slowly.  I have received understudy lines, so I should have some time to work on that soon.  I do need to contact some more folks about it though.  Specifically with Apollo Justice, we're at a slight stand-still as one of the crucial characters might need a new VA.
3) Black Butler - Much happier news, this has been our main focus for some time.  Rewritten is in heavy mixing right now, and I'm waiting on a bit more line work.  Expect that in the very near future.
4) Christmas project - Followers of the Facebook page will have seen that while I'd love to do The Christmas Toy, it requires more work than I could chew.  I have actually found a pre-made script for the classic A Christmas Carol.  Currently in debate for doing that in some way or form.  Perhaps as a reading by some of your favorite 3DF veterans, at the very least.

And finally, one project about to go into heavy planning.  I just recently completed my very first writing venture for the Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler fandom, entitled "For the Love of Stella."  Yes, that is going to become an audio presentation. :)  Currently cast VAs include Curt Rose (Grell Sutcliff), Dylan Spencer (William T. Spears), Krystal Donahue (Alan Humphries), Gabriel Clarke (Ronald Knox), Jason Marnocha (joining "Team Shinigami" as Eric Slingby) and Samantha Ylagan aka "ichigoboba" as baby Stella.  Longtime veterans James Hall and Rina Adachi are in talks.

I hope to audition some folks for three brand new characters, a band of rogue Demons, 2F/1M.  More information on that soon.  If you would like to read the fan-fiction, you can find it online at fanfiction.net and deviantArt.

On a final note, congratulations to 3DF legend Jason Marnocha on achieving 2000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, LordJazor.  Go on ever there to see his video for the occasion!  He was epic enough to include video footage of line recording, one such set of behind-the-scenes being his recording lines as Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler!  (Please be aware, the video contains content that is not safe for work or kidlins. :3)

As always, we are not affiliated with our various sources (links can all be found to the right).  We are fans and hobby voice-actors who love what we do and sharing it with all.  We don't make any money off of anything whatsoever.

'til next time, Faith out! :) <3