Lady Death: The Motion Picture Tops Anime Best Seller List on Amazon.com

HOUSTON, October 6, 2004 ? In its first days of release, Lady Death: The Motion Picture, the original animated production from ADV Films, has shot to the top of the Best Seller list of Amazon.com for anime. In production for over three years, the tale of a young womans? betrayal by, and ultimately conquest of, the arch-demon Lucifer, marks the first adaptation of an American comic book character by North America?s largest producer and distributor of Japanese animation.

?ADV has always believed in Lady Death as the ultimate bad girl, so we are very excited to see that fans agree,? say John Ledford, President and co-founder of ADV Films. ?This show is as dark, violent and beautiful as its title character, making it ideal for screening at Halloween parties where the kids aren?t invited.?

?Producing a project as epic as Lady Death was a big change for ADV,? adds ADV co-founder, Matt Greenfield, ?But we?ve always been in agreement with creator Brian Pulido that this story and character were much bigger than what the motionless medium of comic-book art could ever portray. Lady Death has a unique and different look from anything ADV has released before, and I think the whole production team deserves applause for bringing this project to fruition.?

Lady Death: The Motion Picture was officially released nationwide on Tuesday, October 5th.

About ADV Films:
In the 12 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (?anime?) for the North American market and has also developed a leadership position in the UK. With best-selling titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Robotech, Full Metal Panic!, Hello Kitty and Azumanga Daioh, ADV Films' extensive catalog is fueling the popularity of anime around the globe. ADV Films' library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company's Farscape, the nationally syndicated Gene Roddenberry?s Andromeda and the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X.

Parent company, A.D. Vision, Inc., encompasses a multitude of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Its Anime Network? is America's first and only television network dedicated to bringing anime and anime-related programming to consumers nationwide via digital cable 24 hours a day. The company has two publishing arms: Newtype USA, the premier anime and manga monthly magazine, and ADV Manga, dedicated to publishing graphic novels. Most recently, the company formed ADV Toys, creating exclusive toys and collectible merchandise based upon the company's extensive original content holdings. Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.

LADY DEATH: THE MOTION PICTURE

Volume: 1 of 1
Running Time: 80 minutes
Age Rating: 17+
CAT: DLD/001
UPC: 702727054723
Pre-Book Date: 9/7/04
Street Date: 10/5/04
Format: DVD
SRP: $29.98

Posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 (Archive on Saturday, November 06, 2004)