Christine Auten

~ Thanks for doing this interview with me Christine, it's a real honor. Now, let's go back to the beginning when you started with ADV. What led you to audition with them in the first place?

Christine: Well, way back in the dark ages, circa 1998, I was in a theater group with Brett Weaver and Amanda Winn. They talked about this strange thing they worked on called “Anime”. They were quite secretive about it, but I wanted to know more. I had gotten my degree in theater in 1991 and had been working in the years since as a professional actor doing theater, film and commercials, but any working actor is always looking for new opportunities. I pushed for more information and eventually got a company name and a contact. I also did some research to find out exactly what anime was. So I put together a demo tape, which included a song, and sent it to ADV along with my resume and head shot… and heard absolutely nothing back. At this time ADV was very small, producing only one or two shows at a time, and the actor pool was a very small, closed group. It was even more difficult to get in there then than it is now. But I was determined, and every few months resent my promotional packet. And still I got no response.

Then, about a year after I had sent in my first tape, Matt Greenfield called me in to do a few lines on Galaxy Frauline Yuna Returns. I had a blast and he called me in again to do a small part in Compiler/White Compiler. I didn’t know it at the time, but Matt was actually testing me out for a new show he was going to start recording soon, Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040. He had me do an audition, I got the part of Priss, and the rest is history.

~ So, take us into your world so to speak... what is a typical (or whatever passes for typical for you) day for you like?

Christine: One common misconception about anime voice actors is that we do it every day. In truth, there are very few voice actors working at ADV that come in to record on a daily bases. Even the actors that are in a lot of shows, like Monica, Hilary, Luci, Chris Patton and Greg Ayres, have spurts of heavy recording and then spurts of down time. I’m nowhere near that group. While I do have weeks where I might record for 14 or so hours, for the most part it’s more like 2 or 3 hours a week, or no hours at all. So