ADV's March 2nd Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES HOME VIDEO RELEASES FOR MARCH 2
HOUSTON February 18 2004?ADV Films the #1 producer-distributor of anime today announced March 2 2004 release dates for
Final Fantasy: Unlimited Mutant X Nuku Nuku TV Orphen 2 and Super GALS!.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited Phase 4 The fourth volume of Final Fantasy: Unlimited was inspired by the popular Final Fantasy role-playing video games.
Feeding on the hearts of those consumed by terror Chaos is finally revealed as the true force behind Earl Tyrant?s power. By destroying and swallowing up the outside worlds and then ensnaring their residents in the chaotic landscape of Wonderland Chaos grows ever more powerful. But even the enormous energy generated by the final destruction of Fungus? world is not enough to fill Chaos?s greedy belly.
Meanwhile Omega seems to be inexplicably drawn to the subway. Fabula intervenes and saves Lisa and the twins from Omega?s latest attack only to deposit them in a desolate ice land. Luckily they are saved by the Comodeen and they decide to join forces to stop the spread of Chaos and restore order to Wonderland. Setting off in Cid?s deep-sea submarine the group is soon entrapped in Pist?s deadly Ocean Puzzle an inter-dimensional maze. Each successfully completed cube will bring them closer to freedom but too many errors and they will be dropped to the bottom... where Chaos patiently waits to consume them whole!
Final Fantasy: Unlimited?s director Mahiro Maeda was recently hand-picked to direct two of the animated shorts included in The Animatrix the anime side project based on the hit feature film The Matrix. Producers for the series are SQUARE TV Tokyo (NOIR) and Dentsu (Princess Mononoke Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex).
The title?s sharp vibrant animation described as ?every bit deserving of the Final Fantasy name? by Anime-Review.net is from the brilliant team at Gonzo Digimation animators of Hellsing Full Metal Panic! Zaion and several more of anime?s most popular recent titles.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited?Phase 4 (SRP $24.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release containing four complete episodes. Includes both English 5.1- and Japanese 2.0-language versions 2.0 audio with English subtitles. Extras include: voice actor/actress commentary; production sketches; key animation backgrounds; reversible cover printed character booklet; clean opening and closing animation; and ADV previews.
Collector?s Edition Available! A collector?s edition of the series is available which includes the first volume of Final Fantasy: Unlimited and a custom series art box sized to hold the entire series (SRP $39.98).
Running Time: 100 minutes; Age Rating: 12+
Street Date: 3/2/04
Format SRP
DVD $24.98
MUTANT X: SEASON 1 DISCS 10?11 Mutant X: Season 1 Discs 10?11 a two-disc DVD release is from the first season of the hit syndicated television series Mutant X. Produced in association with Tribune Entertainment Marvel Studios and Fireworks Entertainment the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X stars John Shea as ?Adam? leader of a group of reluctant heroes unwitting victims of genetic experimentation with astonishing and sometimes deadly powers. They are thrust into situations and secret missions to help others when conventional methods have failed.
?Nothing to Fear? (Episode 119)
A powerful psionic mutant uses his mind-control powers to punish the Mutant X team because he believes they are responsible for his wife?s death.
?Deadly Desire? (Episode 120)
A dangerously seductive mutant casts a powerful love spell on Brennan putting him under her control.
?Dancing on the Razor? (Episode 121)
A journalist working undercover threatens to expose the reality of Mutant X to the unknowing world.
?A Breed Apart? (Episode 122)
The Mutant X team faces its biggest challenge yet: the super-mutant Gabriel a sociopath who seeks to destroy both Mutant X and Genomex.
Mutant X: Season 1 Discs 10?11 ($19.98 SRP) is two-disc DVD-only release in English 2.0 audio closed captioned. Includes four complete episodes: ?Nothing to Fear;? ?Deadly Desire;? ?Dancing on the Razor;? and ?A Breed Apart.? Presented in anamorphic widescreen format. Extras include: an extensive tour of the new Sanctuary set with John Shea (?Adam?); an image gallery; Adam?s Notes?The Double Helix; Original TV promos; and ADV Previews.
Running Time: 200+ minutes
Street Date: 3/2/04
Format SRP
DVD $19.98
ALL-PURPOSE CULTURAL CAT GIRL NUKU NUKU TV The first volume of the All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku TV series the television series tie-in to the fan-favorite OVA series All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku is based on a manga by Yuzo Takada (3x3 Eyes Blue Seed). Nuku Nuku TV guarantees thrilling action and sidesplitting humor as a teenaged boy juggles his new (and gorgeous) cat-brained android wild attacks from robotic home appliances and his parent?s on-going divorce.
There?s no need to fear! Nuku Nuku?s here! Meow!
To stop president ?Hell? Mishima of Mishima Industry from conquering the world home appliance market scientist Kyusaku Natsume creates the All-Purpose Cat-Girl androbot Nuku Nuku. Sweet as a kitten and strong as a tiger teenaged Nuku Nuku has no problem dispatching Mishima?s never-ending stream of appliance robots. Being human however is a different story!
Kyusaku?s son schoolboy Ryunosuke Natsume guides Nuku Nuku as best he can. But he has his own problems when schoolgirl Noriko Ishiyama decides she has to marry him! Then there?s Akiko Natsume Ryunosuke?s mother: By day she?s a mild-mannered Mishima executive but by night she?s the company president?s ruthless right hand nicknamed ?Bloody Akiko!?
For a while the students at Maneki High School are not sure about Nuku Nuku but that all changes when she saves class head officer Futaba Kaibara from a marauding washing machine! Curiosity won?t kill this cat!
ADV Film?s release of Nuku Nuku TV rounds out the company?s release of the Nuku Nuku franchise on DVD having already released the original OVA and the second OVA release All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!
All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku TV: Keep the Peace on Earth! (DVD $29.98 SRP) includes both English- and Japanese-language 2.0 audio versions with English subtitles. Extras in the title include clean opening and closing animation and ADV Previews.
Running Time: 100 minutes; Age Rating: 12+
Street Date: 3/2/04
Format SRP
DVD $29.98
ORPHEN SEASON TWO: REVENGE VOLUME THREE The third volume of Orphen Season Two: Revenge is a sequel that stays loyal to the first season?s winning combination of stylish animation exciting action and quick wit. Orphen is a spells-and-sorcery favorite based on Yoshinobu Akita?s popular series of Japanese fantasy novels which spawned both this anime series and the hit Playstation® 2 video game.
Things are really starting to heat up! After failing to destroy Orphen with monsters Flame Soul decides to take the psychological approach. Now Orphen and his friends have to fight a creature that can create alternate realities and blur the line between fact and fiction. It?s a good thing that Hartia and Eris have come back to protect Orphen. But will they end up doing more harm than good?
Orphen Season Two: Revenge Volume Three (SRP $29.98) is a DVD-only release including four complete episodes. In both English 2.0- and Japanese 2.0-language versions and English subtitles. DVD extras include: clean opening and closing animation; outtakes; and ADV previews.
Running Time: 100 minutes; Age Rating: 15+
Street Date: 3/2/04
Format SRP
DVD $29.98
SUPER GALS! IT?S OKAY TO HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART It?s Okay to Have a Change of Heart is the fifth volume of the popular shojo anime series Super GALS! The title combines the light comedy characteristic of Japanese high school girls?shopping high-school gossip and teen romance?with smart compelling storylines that provide audiences with a glimpse of Japanese pop culture.
All across Shibuya hearts are changing?but change never comes easy. Before anybody comes around Ran The World?s Greatest Gal is gonna have to kick some butt! Ran and Mami are going from mortal enemies to friendly competitors?but Mami?s busy trying to hide her gal side from her rich boyfriend. Aya is discovering just how much courage it takes to win a boy like Rei though she can barely say hello to him much less express how she feels. Even Naka-Teach is turning over a new leaf as he vows to have a victory in the school sports fest. But that won?t happen without a lot of motivation (and a little bit of lying!)
Changing hearts in Shibuya is going to be hard but nothing?s impossible for the World?s Greatest GAL!
Super GALS! It?s Okay to Have a Change of Heart (SRP $29.98 DVD) includes four complete episodes in both English 5.1- and Japanese 2.0-language versions with English subtitles. Extras include: printed poster insert with a Rei Otohata character profile and cultural notes; ?The Super GALS Explain It All? segment explaining the series? cultural references; clean opening and closing animation; and ADV Previews.
Collector?s Edition Available! A collector?s edition of the series which includes the first volume of Super GALS! and a custom series art box sized to hold the entire series is also available (SRP $34.98).
Running Time: 100 minutes; Age Rating: 15+
Street Date: 3/2/04
Format SRP
DVD $29.98
Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 (Archive on Thursday, March 18, 2004)