A.D. Vision

Foundation date: 1992-08

Mailing address: 5750 Bintliff Dr.,
Suite 210
Houston, TX 77036 USA

About:

A.D. Vision is the parent company of ADV Films, The Anime Network and ADV Manga as well as the publisher of PiQ magazine (pronounced 'peek'). A.D. Vision also operated the SoftCel Pictures label, which released pornographic anime (hentai), however this label was closed down in 2005 and many of its titles transfered to The Right Stuf International's Critical Mass label.

From March 2002 to February 2008, A.D. Vision published Newtype USA, an English language version of the popular Japanese anime magazine. The magazine was canceled in early 2008 and replaced by PiQ.

A.D. Vision is one of two major anime companies that has its own in-house dubbing studio (the other company being Funimation). Their first in-house studio was named "Industrial Smoke and Mirrors" (ISM) and was operated in Houston. Their second dubbing studio, Monster Island, was opened in Austin, Texas. In 2005 Monster Island was closed down with all their dubbing centralized at ISM, which was renamed ADV Studios.

When the company was first founded in 1992, videos were released under the A.D. Vision label, however these were later moved to ADV Films.

Although company officials often joke that the initials are a secret, the A.D. in A.D. Vision stand for "Animation Dubbing."

Business-wise, A.D. Vision was partnered with Sojitz Corporation (through Japan Content Investments), Development Bank of Japan and The KlockWorx Group. In 2008, Sojitz Corporation withdrew their support of A.D. Vision, resulting in the transfer of 30 anime titles to FUNimation Entertainment.

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[en] ADV Court Documents Reveal Amounts Paid for 29 Anime Titles (Jan 30, 2012)

[en] Funimation Sues A.D. Vision, Sentai, Others for US$8 Million (Jan 13, 2012)

[en] ADV Sues Gainax Over Live-Action Evangelion Option (Aug 12, 2011)

[en] ADV Films Shuts Down, Parent Transfers Assets to Other Companies (Update 4) (Sep 1, 2009)

[en] ADV Adds Former CPM Title Darkside Blues (Jun 3, 2009)

[en] ADV Adds Grave of the Fireflies, Now and Then, Here and There (May 5, 2009)

[en] ADV Films to Distribute Princess Resurrection Anime (Nov 4, 2008)

[en] ADV Films to Distribute Anime for Sentai Filmworks (Update 2) (Oct 20, 2008)

[en] Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision Titles (Jul 4, 2008)

[en] Geneon USA to Cancel DVD Sales, Distribution by Friday (Sep 26, 2007)

Press Releases:

[en] A.D. Vision Inc Sells ADV Films Assets, Anime Network, Amusement Park Media (Sep 1, 2009)

[en] FUNimation Entertainment Awarded Rights to Titles Previously Held by AD Vision (Jul 4, 2008)

[en] ADV Films Founder Again Ranks on Cinescape's List of Most Powerful People in Genre Entertainment (Aug 10, 2003)

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[en] What's Happening with ADV Films (Sep 1, 2009)

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