ADV Films - Definition and Overview

ADV Films is the video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. It is a publisher of anime videos, and other live-action material. ADV Films is the largest distributor of anime outside of Japan.

ADV distributes anime in North America and the UK.

Founded in 1992 by film fans John Ledford and Matt Greenfield, they started out by licensing and releasing the Devil Hunter Yohko series on video, and soon began acquiring an extensive library, culminating in the licensing of the influential and controversial television series Neon Genesis Evangelion. By 1996, ADV Films had opened its UK division, and diversified into the realm of live-action with series such as Andromeda and Japanese films in the Gamera series.

Live-action material distributed by ADV Films

• Beastmaster TV series
• Conduct Zero (Pumhaeng Zero) (Korean film)
• Farscape TV series
• Gamera - Attack of Legion, Revenge of Iris
• Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda
• Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict
• Gun Crazy
• Guns & Talks
• Jail Breakers
• Jungle Juice
• Marrying the Mafia
• Mutant X TV series
• No Blood, No Tears
• Public Enemy

Anime licensed by ADV Films

• 801 TTS Airbats
• Angelic Layer
• Aquarian Age
• Aura Battler Dunbine
• Azumanga Daioh
• Battle Angel
• Blue Seed
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
• Burn Up, Burn Up W, Burn Up Excess
• Chrono Crusade (Chrno Crusade)
• City Hunter
• Colorful
• Debutante Detective Corps
• Devil Hunter Yohko
• Devil Lady
• Dai-Guard
• Dragon Half
• E's Otherwise
• Ellcia
• Excel Saga
• Final Fantasy: Unlimited
• Fire Emblem
• Five Star Stories
• Full Metal Panic!
• Gad Guard
• Gantz
• Generator Gawl
• Get Backers
• Ghost Stories (Gakkou no Kaidan)
• Godannar
• Golden Boy
• Gunsmith Cats
• Hanappe Bazooka
• Happy Lesson
• Kaleido Star
• Kimagure Orange Road: Summers Beginning
• Kino's Journey
• Legend of Crystania
• Madlax
• Magical Play
• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
• Martian Successor Nadesico
• Metal Angel Marie (My Dear Marie)
• Najica Blitz Tactics
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• New Cutey Honey
• New Fist of the North Star
• Ninja Resurrection
• Noir
• Onto the North (Kita he - Diamond Dust Drops)
• Original Dirty Pair
• Papuwa
• Peacemaker Kurogane
• Petite Princess Yucie
• Pretear
• Princess Minerva
• Princess Tutu
• Puni Puni Poemi
• RahXephon
• Rail of the Star
• Robotech
• Saint Seiya
• Saiyuki
• Sakura Wars (OAV series)
• Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
  • Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal Director’s Cut
• Samurai X: The Movie
• Samurai X: Reflection
• Shuten Doji
• Slayers Movies, OVAs
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic OVA)
• Sorcerer Hunters
• Street Fighter II V
• Suikoden
• Sukeban Deka
• Tekken
• The Super Milk-chan Show
• Those Who Hunt Elves
• Voices of a Distant Star
• Wedding Peach
• You're Under Arrest the Movie, Mini-Specials
• Zone of the Enders

Original ADV Productions

• Lady Death
• Sin: The Movie

ADV plans to produce a live action feature film based on Neon Genesis Evangelion for release some time between 2006-2010.

External links

• http://www.advfilms.com/