ADV Films Archive

  • 12 Days Project, Day 6

    12 Days Project, Day 6

    Posted on December 19, 2008 | View Comments
    The details of ADV's demise had been greatly exaggerated. Sure, they were dealt a lethal blow with the Sojitz debacle, and for awhile there it didn't look like they'd recover.

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  • January '09 Solications – ADV Films

    January '09 Solications – ADV Films

    Posted on November 8, 2008 | View Comments
    ADV Films New Title Solicitations (Jan 09) via TRSI Eden’s Bowy Complete Collection (Re-release) – 650 minutes – $39.98 – 1/6/2008 Hello Kitty’s Paradise (Double Pack) – 180 minutes – $19.98 – 1/27/2009 Hello Kitty’s Paradise (El Paraiso De Hello Kitty) (Double Pack – Spanish) – 180...

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  • ADV Films to distribute Princess Resurrection

    ADV Films to distribute Princess Resurrection

    Posted on November 4, 2008 | View Comments
    The North American company A.D. Vision will be localizing and distributing the Princess Resurrection horror comedy anime for the licensing company Sentai Filmworks. The Madhouse anime studio adapted Yasunori Mitsunaga’s manga about a boy named Hiro who comes to a decrepit mansion to meet his...

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  • December '08 Solicitations – ADV Films

    December '08 Solicitations – ADV Films

    Posted on October 11, 2008 | View Comments
    If we could only get ADV to release an Aura Battler Dunbine thinpak and a complete Mazinkaiser set similar to their recent re-release of Devil Hunter Yohko, it'd make me one happy otaku.

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  • Okay, I'm an artbox whore

    Okay, I'm an artbox whore

    Posted on October 3, 2008 | View Comments
    It started slowly, as these things often tend to do, as I browsed my recommendations on amazon.com. If you're willing to go for "previously owned" merchandise, you can score some amazing deals. I went ahead and bought the artbox editions of Chrono Crusade, Macross, and Gantz (which had two!) for under $10 each. What do I get out of it? The satisfaction of seeing my series in one nifty art-covered box - and some duplicate DVDs. The duplicates aren't a big deal. I just sell them on amazon's marketplace.

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  • See men, it's magical!

    See men, it's magical!

    Posted on September 13, 2008 | View Comments
    All ADV Films merchandise is on sale at TRSI, so I've been trying to sample as many titles as I can before deciding whether or not to place a few orders. Thanks to the wonders of the interweb, I've been able to sample the first episodes of Maburaho, Air TV, Jing, King of Bandits, and [L/R] Licensed by Royalty.

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