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Written by maehara
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 05:46 |
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 This had been an article about the everything-must-go sale on the ADV UK website, but then a certain press release came to my attention. Here's the relevant excerpt:
Recognizing the need to be more streamlined and customer-responsive, [ADV Films] is transitioning its UK operations from a US-run office outsourcing to retail partners, to a partnership with a yet-to-be-named local home entertainment group possessing both the track record and the forward planning to handle such a valuable library of international licenses.
Or by my reading, they're packing up and going home, and leaving their UK distribution to a similar relationship to FUNimation and Revelation. For the full press release, read below the cut. If this is the case, it's a damn shame - I've had a fair amount of contact with the folks at ADV UK over the years, and they're a good bunch of people. I wish the best of luck to them all.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV FILMS HALT SALE & DISTRIBUTION OF SELECT TITLES
SEPECIFIED TITLES ON HIATUS FROM 16th JANUARY 2008
LONDON, UK, 16th JANUARY 2008
ADV Films as an international media group is facing up to the new digital future with clear-eyed vision. Recognizing the need to be more streamlined and customer-responsive, the group is transitioning its UK operations from a US-run office outsourcing to retail partners, to a partnership with a yet-to-be-named local home entertainment group possessing both the track record and the forward planning to handle such a valuable library of international licenses. For the moment, however, certain DVD titles will have to be placed on hiatus pending the outcome of current negotiations. These include all the titles listed below:
The Titles On Hiatus:
Pumpkin Scissors
The Wallflower
Ah! My Goddess Series 2: Flights of Fancy
009-1
Red Garden
Innocent Venus
Kurau Phantom Memory
Utawarerumono
Paniponi Dash
Guyver: The Bio-boosted Armor
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Coyote Ragtime Show
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