ADV Films has released three new anime DVDs on Nov. 30, 2004. The titles include: MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO: ESSENTIAL ANIME COLLECTION, VOLUME 2, SORCERER HUNTERS: ESSENTIAL ANIME COLLECTION and BASTOF SYNDROME: ENDGAME.
Voted the "Best Anime Show of All Time" by Japanese animation fans, MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO was produced by XEBEC (D.N. ANGEL, SORCERER HUNTERS) and features character designs by Keiji Gotoh (SORCERER HUNTERS, THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES). This new Essential Anime release from ADV utilizes advancements in subtitle technology to reveal previously unseen animation footage that was blocked by overlays in all previous ADV releases.
The crew of the Nadesico, the most powerful ship in the fleet, has to be ready to fight anywhere, anytime and at a moment's notice. From harrowing rescue missions to fierce deadly battles against evil foes like the Jovians, this team always fights with fury and might. But what will they do when their main computer develops a mind of its own? And then, when things couldn't get any worse, the Gekiganger team takes and turns the universe upside down as the truth about the Jovians is revealed.
MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO: ESSENTIAL ANIME COLLECTION, VOLUME 2 ($19.98) is a DVD-only release, includes two discs with nine complete episodes in both English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 language versions with English subtitles. Extras include: character bios, production sketches, commentary with John Swasye (Uribatake), Kelly Manison (Haruka), and Paul Sidello (Prospector), clean opening and closing animations and ADV previews.
Based on the hit manga by Rei Omisha and Satoru Akahori (Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi,), this series follows the misadventures of five extraordinary warriors as they hunt down and destroy the evil magic-wielding sorcerers that plague the fabled lands of the Spooner Continent.
SORCERER HUNTERS: ESSENTIAL ANIME COLLECTION (SRP $19.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release, including nine complete episodes on two discs in both English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 language versions with English subtitles. Extras include: commentary with Tiffany Grant (Chocolate) and Jason Douglas (Marron), clean opening and closing animations and ADV previews.
BASTOF SYNDROME is ADV Films' first Korean produced anime series. The series takes place in the ultimate videogame where players battle it out with giant robotic warriors. However, when damage happening inside the game is somehow bleeding over to the real world, the Dream Team, three of the best gamers, must solve this mystery.
BASTOF SYNDROME: ENDGAME ($29.98) is a DVD-only release, including four complete episodes in both English 5.1 and Korean 2.0 language versions with English subtitles. Extras include: clean opening and closing animation and ADV previews.
In the 12 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of anime for the North American market and has also developed a leadership position in the U.K. ADV Films' library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company's FARSCAPE, the nationally syndicated GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA and the Saturn Award-nominated MUTANT X.
Parent company, A.D. Vision, Inc., encompasses a multitude of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
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