New ADV Release Dates

ADV ANNOUNCES U.S. PREMIERE OF COLORFUL!

ENTIRE RACY IRREVERENT SERIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN ONE DVD VOLUME ON MARCH 18 2003

HOUSTON December 19 2003-ADV Films today announced the March 18 2003 release of Colorful! a hilarious and sexy animated romp available in the U.S. for the first time. Screening audiences for the title have laughed themselves silly at Colorful!?s brand of politically incorrect sacred-cow-tipping humor which takes particular aim at the randy idiocy of the human male.

Based on Torajiro Kishi?s manga of the same name and originally aired as part of the Japanese late-night television program ?Wonderful? Colorful! was directed by Ryutaro Nakamura (Sakura Wars Serial Experiments Lain) and produced by TBS.

The Story:
Two horny college slackers and a beautiful professor. A frustrated TV reporter. A sexy track star and her tempted coach. And a high school girlzilla that?s the size of the Empire State building. Colorful! contains over 50 vignettes of men women and the pursuit of? well you?ll just have to see. From hotties on subways and perverted cabbies to panty-obsessed video geeks sexy mall babes and the furry phenomenon Colorful! is a strange deranged racy and hilarious dose of animated Viagra! (And if live action is more your style check out the behind-the-scenes documentary that shows the twisted demented cast and crew that bring Colorful! to vivid life!)

Colorful! (SRP $29.98) is a DVD-only release including both English- and Japanese-language versions and English subtitles. Extras include the aforementioned Behind-the-Scenes documentary as well as clean opening animation clean closing animation original Japanese artwork a Colorful! trailer actor bios and ADV Previews.

ADV SETS RELEASE DATE FOR DVD PREMIERE OF SUKEBAN DEKA

SLYLY HUMOROUS ACTION-PACKED TWO-PART ANIME CLASSIC TO BE AVAILABLE ON DVD MARCH 11 2003

HOUSTON December 19 2002-ADV Films today announced a March 11 2003 release for Sukeban Deka the DVD premiere of the beloved anime title detailing the adventures of Saki Asamiya a rebellious teenage schoolgirl who finds herself with a tough choice-jail or a return to school as a secret agent. Naturally she chooses the latter.

Directed by Takeshi Hirota (Locke the Superman) with character designs by the acclaimed Nobeteru Yuki (Battle Angel) Sukeban Deka is a thrilling adventure with the perfect dose of deadpan humor and an enduring fan favorite.

The Story:
The last time Saki left school it was to change her school uniform for prison greys but when the Feds needed someone to infiltrate a ruthless criminal organization operating within an exclusive high school they knew they needed the baddest bad girl of them all! Now Saki?s back on the streets for the ultimate final exam armed with a top-secret weapon that only LOOKS like a yo-yo and a license to use whatever force necessary to achieve her goal. Saki?s lovely lethal and ready to lay it all on the line-because if she fails this test the next outfit she?ll be wearing is a body bag!

Sukeban Deka (SRP $19.98) is a DVD-only release containing both parts of the title. The DVD includes both English- and Japanese-language versions and English subtitles as well as ADV Previews.

ADV FILMS SETS RELEASE DATE FOR WILD ARMS: WESTERN ROMANCE

SECOND VOLUME OF FRONTIER FANTASY SERIES TO BE AVAILABLE MARCH 18 2003; BASED ON HIT PLAYSTATION GAME

HOUSTON December 19 2002-ADV Films today announced a release date of March 18 2003 for Wild Arms: Western Romance the second volume of the series directed by Toshiaki Kawasaki (Arc the Lad).

The Story:
The course of true love seldom runs smooth and in this case it?s positively enough to derail a train. Sheyenne and Kiel are still searching for Sheyenne?s body and they?re still running into Loretta and Mirabelle every time they turn around. Now their search is further complicated by a host of love-struck characters. A train trip becomes a journey through the absurd with cheating lovers a trio of little girls infatuated with Sheyenne a conductor obsessed with arriving on time criminals galore an expectant mother in labor and a circus troupe alone for the ride. Add a convent with an elderly Mother Superior waiting for her lost love a pair of feuding families that would shame the Montagues and Capulets and round it all out with a visit to Las Gomoras the sleaziest shadiest den of iniquity in the West. There?s love and something more in the air in the second volume of Wild Arms!

Wild Arms: Western Romance (SRP $29.98) is a DVD-only release including both English- and Japanese-language versions and English subtitles. It includes four complete episodes: ?Affair of the Fargaia Express? ?Someday My Robber Will Come? ?Mouth Wide Shut? and ?The Slave of the Game.? Extras include interviews with the Japanese voice actors model sheets the original Japanese preview outtakes and ADV previews.

ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES DVD RELEASE OF SAMURAI SHODOWN: THE MOTION PICTURE

BASED ON CLASSIC VIDEO GAME FEATURE-LENGTH TITLE TO BE AVAILABLE MARCH 4 2003

HOUSTON December 19 2002-ADV Films today announced a release date of March 4 2003 for Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture a sprawling feature-length saga of reincarnation and revenge based on the classic video game.

The Story:
One hundred years after their deaths six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier Haohmaru and their sworn nemesis Shirou Amakusa. Will the followers of the divine light triumph over the forces of darkness or is history destined to repeat itself? Before their hundred-year journey has ended six samurai will prove that the only thing stronger than their holy blades is the steel of their wills!

Samurai Shodown ($19.98 SRP) is a DVD-only release in English including ADV Previews.

Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2002 (Archive on Sunday, January 19, 2003)