Though it seemed inevitable that the issues surrounding ADV in the US would eventually impact on their UK activity too, a report via AnimeOnDVD has formally confirmed that the following ADV UK…
News of ADV Films financial strife continues to twist and turn in the US with recent reports that they have further “discontinued” their anime DVD releases of Makoto Shinkai’s…
With the Los Angeles’ Anime Expo in full swing this weekend, several announcements are either forthcoming or have already been made. Worthy of note so far has been the activity of Funimation,…
While the likes of Funimation and Bandai continue to thrive, international anime publisher ADV Films appears to be undergoing something of a financial crisis. In the last few weeks alone, several…
According to reports posted on AnimeOnDVD and EyeOnAnime, ADV UK have cancelled all future separate volume releases of both Kurau Phantom Memory and Red Garden, opting to finish both series …
With the dust settling after this weekend’s London Expo, news of the UK anime industry’s exploits has gradually appeared online. In terms of new licenses, there was, unfortunately,…
ADV Films have hooked up with video-streaming website crunchyroll to offer fans an absolutely free viewing of their (English dubbed) satirical dark comedy Welcome to the NHK, an anime series…
‘Xcomp’s Yuuenchi’ blog has posted a fascinating (English translated) excerpt from Makoto Shinkai‘s online journal in which it’s revealed that the famous…
ADV have picked up the shonen action/fantasy with a card-game tie-in, Kiba, for release in North America. The series is 51 episodes long and aired in Japan during 2006. In other news, it seems the…
The protracted saga of ADV’s status in the UK appears to be at end with the switch over to their distribution partner, Lace Digital Media Sales, having been officially rubber-stamped earlier…
AnimeOnDVD are reporting (though no official source is provided) that ADV Films UK (now via Lace, following the recent closure of ADV’s London office) have circulated the following new…
A little over three weeks since ADV Films announced they were transitioning their in-house UK sales and distribution operations to a third-party company, they have today confirmed they’ve…
Following up our report on ADV halting their UK DVD sales and distribution while they transition to a “third party distributor”, the company has continued its back-stage revamps…
According to a press release received by our forum user darksaviour, ADV Films have halted sales and distribution of several of their newer UK DVD releases while they transition their “UK…
As a part of their switch over to a third-party distributor, ADV Films are selling all the DVDs remaining in their warehouse at bargain basement prices, with each volume of the likes of Azumanga…
“It is not the sword that will change the world. It is words.”
In the opening titles, we see first Saint Germain, then Robespierre writing words of power on thin air. And the words ‘revolution’ and…
Coming soon after yesterday’s news that ADV intend to cease publication of Newtype USA (as of February 2008), the company have already announced that they will be quickly replacing it …
According to wide spread reports, North America’s “Newtype USA” anime magazine is to cease publication as of February 2008. Owned by ADV Films, no reason has been provided…
We’re barely into 2008, yet the rather dramatic and convoluted issue of anime on UK TV has continued to twist and turn its way into the new year.
• Of course, the most saddening development…
Making this arguably the biggest ever Christmas period for anime on UK TV, RockWorld TV has joined Anime Central, Film4 and Channel 4 in broadcasting notable amounts of Japanese animation over…
