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FUNimation Entertainment awarded rights to titles previously held by AD Vision

[quote="AOD"]Sojitz’s ARM Corporation Transfers Rights to More Than 30 Titles

FLOWER MOUND, TX, July 4, 2008 -- FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Navarre Corporation, and the ARM Corporation, announced today their agreement to transfer ARM’s interest in select series to FUNimation. FUNimation Entertainment will distribute and release these DVD titles in North America and other territories around the world.
Under the terms of the deal, FUNimation Entertainment obtains varied rights to these titles including home video, broadcast, digital and merchandise to such international successes as "Devil May Cry" and "Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV". The complete list of acquired titles follows below:
• 009-1
• Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy
• Air Gear
• Air movie
• Air TV
• Blade of the Phantom Master
• Comic Party Revolution
• Coyote Ragtime Show
• Devil May Cry
• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV
• Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
• Jinki:Extend
• Kanon
• Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
• Le Chevalier D'Eon
• Magikano
• Moeyo Ken TV
• Moonlight Mile
• Murder Princess
• Nerima Daikon Brothers
• Pani Poni Dash!
• Project Blue Earth SOS
• Pumpkin Scissors
• Red Garden
• Sgt. Keroro 1st & 2nd
• Tokyo Majin
• UFO Princess Valkyrie
• Utawarerumono
• Venus Versus Virus
• The Wallflower
• Welcome to the NHK
• Xenosaga
“We are very enthusiastic about these titles,â€

Does this mean that Funimation will reserve the rights to all the uncut sailor moon dvds by AD Vision?

Lilac#18 wrote:Does this mean that Funimation will reserve the rights to all the uncut sailor moon dvds by AD Vision?

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Roy Mustang (post: 1242276) wrote:No, because the titles that Funimation is getting are one that the money of Sojitz’s ARM Corporation put into for ADV to buy these titles.

Toei Animation took the rights away form ADV a few years ago and then put a lockdown on Sailor Moon being release in the states.

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Aw man,:(. thanks for the information anyway.

So will they be redubbed or left with ADV's dubs? Or does it not say?

This is unfortunate......AD Vision might be going bankrupt......I certainly hope not.

Wha?? Then I'm glad I got Azumanga Daioh and Angelic Layer before anything happens.

what sad is that ADV put up some of the money to make Guyver

Gabriel 9.0 wrote:This is unfortunate......AD Vision might be going bankrupt......I certainly hope not.

AsianBlossom wrote:Wha?? Then I'm glad I got Azumanga Daioh and Angelic Layer before anything happens.

Before anyone thinks the doom for ADV, then need to read this thread.

ADV Sneak Peek and Matt Greenfield replies to questions.

Its true that ADV is hurting, but they are far from throwing in the towel.

The Sojitz’s ARM Corporation deal did hurt ADV, but ADV is looking for another partner and have found one and are in active negotiations for a number of titles.

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Well then, I'm glad that I've got Pani Poni. Will FUNi do something akin to AD-Vid-Notes on titles that had them in the past?

I hope ADV doesn't go bust either where would Cynthia Martinez and Luci Christian go if they do?

Psycho Molos wrote:I hope ADV doesn't go bust either where would Cynthia Martinez and Luci Christian go if they do?

If anything, they would work for Funimation, but Luci Christian already works for both ADV and FUNimation, just like alot of the others that work for ADV, they have work with FUNimation as well.

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If it's not dead, it can always come back

Roy Mustang (post: 1243041) wrote:If anything, they would work for Funimation, but Luci Christian already works for both ADV and FUNimation, just like alot of the others that work for ADV, they have work with FUNimation as well.

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That's true. She plays Nami in the new One Piece dub (and might I say does an excellent job too).

I hope Funimation will release other ADV titles that have been cancelled for one reason or another.