ADV Films Announces Release Dates for Angleic Layer: Inherit the Layer and Legend of the Mystical Ninja: Love is a Powerful Weapon
HOUSTON, April 13, 2004? ADV Films, the #1 producer-distributor of anime in the U.S., today announced May 4, 2004 street dates for the DVD releases Angelic Layer: Inherit the Layer and Legend of the Mystical Ninja: Love is a Powerful Weapon.
ANGELIC LAYER: INHERIT THE LAYER
ADV Films today announced a May 4, 2004 street date for the DVD release of the sixth volume of Angelic Layer: Inherit the Layer. Angelic Layer is a shonen anime created by the all-female studio CLAMP (Chobits, Rayearth, Tokyo Babylon). Angelic Layer is beautifully animated by the super-talented team at BONES, the animators of the highly acclaimed RahXephon and Wolf?s Rain.
The Story
With the finals well underway, Misaki and friends decide to take a well-deserved break at the beach, but Icchan and his group are there, too. A secret love is revealed, and new loves bloom as the whole gang takes a break from the stress of the tournament at the seaside.
The time has come for two players to qualify for the championship match, while the rest get left behind. Find out who will sit in the stands, and who will get the chance to Inherit the Layer!
Angelic Layer: Inherit the Layer (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release, including three complete episodes in both English 5.1- and Japanese 2.0-language versions, with English subtitles. Extras include: clean open and close animation; production artwork; commentary with Chris Patton (Ohjiro Mihara) and David Williams (producer); and ADV previews.
For more information, please visit http://www.angeliclayerdvd.com. This site is chock full of interesting Angelic Layer tidbits such character biographies, episode overviews, exclusive downloads, and the latest news and information on this new release.
Collector?s Edition Available: The first volume of the series, Angelic Layer: Divine Inspiration, is also available as a limited edition collector?s box, which includes the DVD and a custom series art box, sized to fit the entire series.
Running Time: 75 minutes; Age Rating: 13+
Pre-Book Date: 4/13/04
Street Date: 5/11/04
Format SRP
DVD $29.98
LEGEND OF THE MYSTICAL NINJA: LOVE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON
ADV Films today announced a May 4, 2004 street date for Legend of the Mystical Ninja: Love is a Powerful Weapon, the fourth volume of the zany anime tie-in to the immensely popular Nintendo video game from Japanese game-maker Konami.
The Story
Goemon and Mudanashi have blasted each other with all kinds of firepower, from giant bazookas to oversized vacuum cleaners. The arms race has escalated, the guns keep getting bigger, but the heroes and villains keep coming back for more. What possible weapon could bring these super-beings to their knees? How about a little?love! That?s right, romance is in the air in Ganbare Goemon, and Cupid?s slinging his arrows at machine-gun speed!
Legend of the Mystical Ninja: Love is a Powerful Weapon (SRP $19.98) includes four complete episodes. Includes an English 2.0-language version, and a Japanese 2.0-language version, with English subtitles. Includes English cast interviews, commentary with Scott McClennen, Tiffany Grant and Vic Mignogna; and ADV Previews.
Running Time: 100 minutes; Age Rating: 13+
Pre-Book Date: 4/6/04
Street Date: 5/4/04
Format SRP
DVD $19.98
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.
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