ADV Films shuts down! Titles and staff now with Section23 Films.

Posted: September 1, 2009

Robert of Anime Corner Store has gotten in touch with ADV Films now-former employees and has confirmed that ADV Films Titles will all be transfered to the new company, Section 23 Films.

UPDATE: Just got off the phone with Mike Baliff, formerly of ADV Films who is now heading up Sales and Marketing at the new company Section 23 Films. Section 23 has acquired all of ADV's former licenses and most of the staff (including Chris Oarr, Destiny, Michelle, everyone formerly at ADV that mattered), and is picking up publication and distribution of all former ADV titles, so the DVD's will remain available and our orders will just be processed and filled by the new company, so the changeover will be pretty much transparent to you guys. This includes pre-order items in the pipeline but not yet released. They will still be coming out, and the schedule will not change. We'll be updating our catalog over the next few days to reflect Section 23 as the new publisher of ADV's (former) titles. I also think it's worth mentioning that John Ledford is not part of the new company. Thanks very much to Mike for calling me personally to walk us through the changeover. Mike and I go back a long way, maybe 10 or 11 years, and I feel like ADV's former licences could not have fallen into better hands.

Press Release: A.D.Vision, Inc. Concludes Series of Asset Transactions

HOUSTON, September 1, 2009 – A.D. VISION, INC. ("ADV" or the "Company") announced today that June 1, 2009, the Company concluded a series of transactions that are expected to result in seamless delivery of home video products and television programming to customers.

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Gatchaman release date gets pushed back.

Posted: August 24, 2009

Introduction: "Gatchaman," a new CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, will bring the long-running anime franchise to movie theaters around the world in early 2011.

Set in a future world grappling with environmental and technological issues, the story focuses on five reluctant heroes whose remarkable genetic code makes them Earth's only hope of defeating extra-terrestrial invaders. "Gatchaman" will be a big, effects-rich movie with some of the most ambitious action sequences ever seen in animation.

"Gatchaman" was created by Japan's Tatsunoko Production in the early 1970s as a television series called "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman." Aired in the U.S. as "Battle of the Planets" and "G-Force," it soon became one of the top syndicated shows. - Imagi International Holdings Limited