AnimeVice.com is reporting that ADV, a long time distributor and translator of anime and other Japanese films for the US market has shut down, with the company’s AnimeNetwork.com service and some of it’s licences being transitioned to holding companies. Continue reading →
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Four Central Park Media Titles Rescued
Well, the first four of Central Park Media’s prior titles have been saved from near oblivion. AnimeVice reports that ADV has grabbed the licenses for Grave of the Fireflies, Now and Then Here and There, World of Narue, and MD Geist (the main character of MD Geist was the “mascot” for CPM’s “US Manga Corps” line. The status of other series such as Dominion Tank Police, Patlabor, Armored Trooper Votoms, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Project A-Ko, and Record of Lodoss War are still up in the air. Continue reading →