 Ironically,
one of the more interesting items associated with a panel discussion given
over to ADV Films was on an item that isn't an ADV property - but involves
people associated with the Texas company. The Neon Genesis Evangelion movies
belong to Manga Entertainment, and Amanda Winn Lee (see with husband Jason
Lee) is slated to direct the dub, just as she handled much of the TV series.
It appears that most of the actors associated with the main characters
will be brought back for the new project, but there always may be changes.
And the production work most likely will get underway in early 2001, around
a year and a half after the Manga Entertainment announcement in 1979. In
the meantime, the Lees are working on new Burn Up dubs for ADV. |
 Call the feather
boa a way that producer and director David Williams chose to celebrate
ADV's biggest successes of 2000, the Gasaraki and Rurouni Kenshin (a.k.a.
Samurai X) home videos, both which have ranked high on the Billboard Magazine
sales charts. The company hopes that their next breakthrough title will
be a theatrical release of the Spriggan movie, which is running months
later than expected. Williams said ADV decided to delay the release until
early 2001 to clear the way for a major promotion and to avoid competition
with other fall and winter releases. |
 In the Robotech
race that sees ADV with the rights to the three-series English-language
version and AnimEigo with the rights to the original Macross, Williams
said ADV plans to fill a DVD disc with extras from the series - most likely
from Carl Macek's restoration work and archives. During the Robotech DVD
release, the company also plans to release a box that will eventually hold
all of the series' discs. With all of the ADV series set for release or
re-release in the months to come, from Sailor Moon and Sorcerous Stabber
Orphen (renamed "Orphan") to a new series of Those Who Hunt Elves and Spectral
Force (complete with video game and Studio Ironcat comic), the strangest
title of all will be the enigmatic, downright weird Super Milk Chan. |
