ADV Films
ADV Films is a
Houston,
Texas based international
multimedia entertainment company, active in
home video production and distribution, broadcast
television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and
comic book publishing and is the largest
anime company in
North America. It was founded in 1992 by
anime fans John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. Since then, the company has grown immensely in size and diversified with several subsidiary companies such as
Newtype USA (considered the bible of
anime), the
Anime Network which is America’s first all-
anime cable television network,
ADV Manga which publishes Japanese
manga (comic books),
ADV Music which publishes soundtracks from anime and other Japanese films and ADV Pro which is the company’s
anime production studio. The company maintains offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
The "V" in ADV stands for "Vision," as the company's name is actually "A.D. Vision." However, by their own admission, what the initials "A.D." stand for are a closely-guarded company secret.
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