ADV Films
ADV Films is a subsidiary of AD Vision , which is headquartered in Houston , Texas . She specializes in publishing anime and tokusatsu productions as well as live-action material. The company sells anime in North America and Europe .
The company was founded in 1992 by movie fans John Ledford and Matt Greenfield . This was followed by the first licensing and release of the Devil Hunter Yohko series on video. Thus, they were the first anime licensees in North America to rely on completely digital video mastering and transfer ( D2 digital video cassette ) and soon began to include further publications in their repertoire. This included, for example, series like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Full Metal Panic! . In 1996 the first branch was founded in England and ADV Films also gained a foothold in Europe. In addition, they expanded their repertoire this year with series such as Andromeda to include live action and Japanese film productions.
In Germany, the ADV Films program is published through the distributor Universum Film .
The parent company itself announced in autumn 2009 that it was liquidating and taking over its various departments by other companies.
Program in Germany
The following anime have been published in Germany:
- Angelic Layer
- Aquarian Age
- Azumanga Daioh
- Burn Up W
- Chobits
- Dragon Half
- Elfen Lied
- E's Otherwise
- Final Fantasy Unlimited
- Full Metal Panic!
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
- Gilgamesh
- Guyver - The Bioboosted Armor
- King Bandit Jing
- Kino's Journey
- Lady Death
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
- Mahoromatic
- Mezzo
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Perfect girl
- Samurai Gun
- Shadow skill
- Sorcerer Hunters
- Utawarerumono - hero song
- Venus Versus Virus
Web links
- Former website of ADV Films Germany ( Memento from December 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Former website of ADV Films USA ( Memento of August 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )