ADV Releases Madlax: Reality on DVD
ADV Films has released the final volume in anime’s #1 girls-with-guns thriller, MADLAX: REALITY, set to hit stores March 28, 2006. The series was produced by BEE Train, the makers of NOIR.
The show is the saga of two lives and the dark circumstances surrounding their mysterious connection. When the three books come together, the doorway is opened. It is a doorway that leads to reality. There, Madlax and Margaret Burton can not only discover their collective past, but they can also experience something much more powerful – the essence. It is what Friday Monday has fought so long and hard to reveal. It is more than a simple glimpse into the human psyche – it is the unrestrained embodiment of human nature. It is the will of mankind acting without question. It is what we are. It is the truth.
MADLAX: REALITY ($29.98) is an anamorphic DVD-only release including episodes 24-26, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles. Extras include design sketches, a Japanese packaging gallery, an “I’m Here” music video, “I’m Here” karaoke version, an Elenore memorial video montage, the alternate preview to episode 26, the original Japanese DVD commercials and “Conversations with SSS,” plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation, and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
The MADLAX COLLECTORS BOX is still available. This special collectors edition contains the first volume of MADLAX in a custom series art box with full color artwork sized to hold the entire seven volume series ($39.98).
In March, ADV Films also released new volumes of UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE, SHADOW SKILL, GENE RODDENBERRY’S ANDROMEDA, MACROSS, KALEIDO STAR: NEW WINGS, HAKUGEI – LEGEND OF THE MOBY DICK, WEDDING PEACH, GODANNAR, PRINCESS TUTU, YUGO THE NEGOTIATOR and E’S OTHERWISE.
UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE created by Kaishaku (STEEL ANGEL KURUMI) with characters designed by Maki Fujii (STRAWBERRY EGGS). When Princess Valkyrie of the planet Valhalla crashes her spaceship into Earth teenager Kazuto Tokino, she saves his life by giving him half her soul. Of course there are side effects, foremost being her ensuing transformation from mighty princess warrior to mischievous eight-year old dependent on Kazuto for bed and board. Now this pair of unlikely soulmates must withstand an ever-increasing barrage of intergalactic suitors, servants and rivals – and somehow find a way to keep the Tokino family bathhouse in business.
UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE: BEDLAM, BATHOUSE AND BEYOND ($29.98) is a DVD-only release including episodes one through four, presented in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. Extras include “Valkyrie World Notes,” messages from the original Japanese actors, a music video segment, the on-air opening for episode three and the original Japanese TV commercials, plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
SHADOW SKILL: THE CALL OF THE BLACK HOWLING is set in the warrior kingdom of Kuruda is home to the fiercest fighters in the world, men and women who live solely for the chance to fight and become the greatest in the world. Young Gau Ban dreams of becoming the warrior of his generation. The series is produced by Studio DEEN (MYTHICAL DETECTIVE LOKI RAGNAROK, GETBACKERS).
SHADOW SKILL: THE CALL OF THE BLACK HOWLING ($29.98) is a DVD-only release including episodes nine through thirteen, presented in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. Extras include a commentary track with Greg Ayres (Gua) and Christine Auten (Folli), plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
GENE RODDENBERRY’S ANDROMEDA SEASON 5 COLLECTION 4 collects episodes fifteen through eighteen of the award winning sci-fi series’ fifth season and including more than an hour of exclusive special features on two DVDs.
Starring Kevin Sorbo (HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS) as Captain Dylan Hunt and based on an original concept and unproduced stories found in the papers of STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, the show features i stories of genuine heroism laced with humor, action and spectacular visual effects.
The show is the saga of two lives and the dark circumstances surrounding their mysterious connection. When the three books come together, the doorway is opened. It is a doorway that leads to reality. There, Madlax and Margaret Burton can not only discover their collective past, but they can also experience something much more powerful – the essence. It is what Friday Monday has fought so long and hard to reveal. It is more than a simple glimpse into the human psyche – it is the unrestrained embodiment of human nature. It is the will of mankind acting without question. It is what we are. It is the truth.
MADLAX: REALITY ($29.98) is an anamorphic DVD-only release including episodes 24-26, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles. Extras include design sketches, a Japanese packaging gallery, an “I’m Here” music video, “I’m Here” karaoke version, an Elenore memorial video montage, the alternate preview to episode 26, the original Japanese DVD commercials and “Conversations with SSS,” plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation, and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
The MADLAX COLLECTORS BOX is still available. This special collectors edition contains the first volume of MADLAX in a custom series art box with full color artwork sized to hold the entire seven volume series ($39.98).
In March, ADV Films also released new volumes of UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE, SHADOW SKILL, GENE RODDENBERRY’S ANDROMEDA, MACROSS, KALEIDO STAR: NEW WINGS, HAKUGEI – LEGEND OF THE MOBY DICK, WEDDING PEACH, GODANNAR, PRINCESS TUTU, YUGO THE NEGOTIATOR and E’S OTHERWISE.
UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE created by Kaishaku (STEEL ANGEL KURUMI) with characters designed by Maki Fujii (STRAWBERRY EGGS). When Princess Valkyrie of the planet Valhalla crashes her spaceship into Earth teenager Kazuto Tokino, she saves his life by giving him half her soul. Of course there are side effects, foremost being her ensuing transformation from mighty princess warrior to mischievous eight-year old dependent on Kazuto for bed and board. Now this pair of unlikely soulmates must withstand an ever-increasing barrage of intergalactic suitors, servants and rivals – and somehow find a way to keep the Tokino family bathhouse in business.
UFO ULTRAMAIDEN VALKYRIE: BEDLAM, BATHOUSE AND BEYOND ($29.98) is a DVD-only release including episodes one through four, presented in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. Extras include “Valkyrie World Notes,” messages from the original Japanese actors, a music video segment, the on-air opening for episode three and the original Japanese TV commercials, plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
SHADOW SKILL: THE CALL OF THE BLACK HOWLING is set in the warrior kingdom of Kuruda is home to the fiercest fighters in the world, men and women who live solely for the chance to fight and become the greatest in the world. Young Gau Ban dreams of becoming the warrior of his generation. The series is produced by Studio DEEN (MYTHICAL DETECTIVE LOKI RAGNAROK, GETBACKERS).
SHADOW SKILL: THE CALL OF THE BLACK HOWLING ($29.98) is a DVD-only release including episodes nine through thirteen, presented in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. Extras include a commentary track with Greg Ayres (Gua) and Christine Auten (Folli), plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases.
GENE RODDENBERRY’S ANDROMEDA SEASON 5 COLLECTION 4 collects episodes fifteen through eighteen of the award winning sci-fi series’ fifth season and including more than an hour of exclusive special features on two DVDs.
Starring Kevin Sorbo (HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS) as Captain Dylan Hunt and based on an original concept and unproduced stories found in the papers of STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, the show features i stories of genuine heroism laced with humor, action and spectacular visual effects.
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