ADV Films

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

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ADV Films distributes anime in both North America and Europe. In Australiasia their products are released via Madman Entertainment.

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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, were the first North American anime licensor to use all-digital video mastering and transfer (specifically D2 digital video tape), 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.

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No one knows for sure what the A.D. in ADV stands for, but it is suspected to mean "ADvanced", mainly because of the title A.D. Police.

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