Release Date Announced for Megazone 23 Part 1

HOUSTON, April 13, 2004?ADV Films, the #1 producer-distributor of anime in the U.S., has set a street date of June 1, 2004 for the DVD release of Megazone 23 Part 1. A classic title from the eighties? ?Golden Age of Anime,? the three-part Megazone 23 is a refreshing blast of intellectual science-fiction and rousing action in the tradition of The Matrix and Blade Runner. Megazone was anime?s first successful OVA (?original video animation?) release and was used by Harmony Gold to create Robotech the Movie in the eighties.

The Story

Street racer Shogo Yahagi?s having a lousy week. The military?s after him, the government can?t help him and his new set of wheels is so hot that it may cost him his life! And that?s only the beginning of his problems; the world that Shogo and his friends have lived in for their entire lives isn?t even real, and now their only hope is an artificial intelligence that may or may not be telling them the truth about the fate of the human race!

Limited Collector?s Edition Available: Megazone 23 Part 1 will be available in the standard single DVD and in a collector?s edition with a custom series art box sized to hold the entire three part series, plus this special edition also includes an exclusive Megazone 23 mouse pad.

Megazone 23 Part 1 (SRP $24.98 DVD, SRP $34.98 Collector?s Edition) will feature the all new English-language 5.1 version as well as the Japanese-language 2.0 version with English subtitles. DVD extras include production sketches; commentary with director Matt Greenfield and production staff members David Williams and Janice Williams; and ADV previews.

About ADV Films:

In 1992, ADV Films began to forge the international market for Japanese animation (?anime?) by combining unique titles, outstanding production values and efficient large-scale distribution. Today, ADV Films is the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation to the North American market, with the firm?s holdings including such premier titles as NOIR ,Samurai X, Hello Kitty?s Paradise, RahXephon, Spriggan, Robotech, Full Metal Panic! and Neon Genesis Evangelion. In addition, ADV Films? product line has expanded to include other forms of genre programming, including live-action science fiction programs Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Mutant X and The Jim Henson Company?s Farscape, and classic science fiction such as the updated Gamera trilogy. ADV Films? parent company, A.D. Vision, Inc. also publishes Newtype USA, the premier anime and manga monthly in the English-speaking world, and operates Anime Network?, broadcasting anime and anime-related programming via digital cable, 24 hours a day. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, with additional offices in the EU and Japan, and distribution on four continents, ADV Films is fast becoming an international entertainment powerhouse. For more information, visit ADV Films on the web at http://www.advfilms.com.

Running Time: 85 Minutes

Age Rating: 15+

Pre-Book Date: 5/4/04

Street Date: 6/1/04

Format: DVD

SRP: $24.98 (DVD); $34.98 (Collector?s Edition)

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Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 (Archive on Friday, May 14, 2004)