FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ADV ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 18 TITLES

Includes Launch of The Wallflower

HOUSTON, October 21, 2007—ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to bring you four great titles, including volume three of Innocent Venus, the sixth and final volume of Le Chevalier D’Eon, and the fat new Sorcerer Hunters Perfect Collection – plus the first volume in the highly-anticipated new series The Wallflower.  All these great new titles will be available on store shelves December 18, just in time for last-minute holiday shopping!

THE WALLFLOWER

LESSON 1: MY FAIR BISHONEN

The Hit Manga Gets Mugged By the Director of Excel Saga

ADV Films is pleased to bring you The Wallflower Lesson 1: My Fair Bishonen, the first installment in a six part DVD series that pits four beautiful boys vs. the goth chick from Hell!  It’s the ultimate hostile makeover, and Lesson 1 goes on sale December 18.

The Wallflower is based on the long-running manga series by Tomoko Hayakawa, 13 volumes of which have already been published in North America by Del Rey Manga.  The hit manga was adapted by Shinichi Watanabe a.k.a. “Nabeshin,” the comedy auteur responsible for such off-the-wall hits as Excel Saga and Nerima Daikon Brothers.  This unconventional tale of a half pint Pygmalion and the four pretty boys charged with turning her into a lady plays right to Nabeshin’s strengths, and his adaptation is imbued with a manic energy fans will recognize on sight!

Synopsis: After years of sponging off a fabulously wealthy older woman, four ridiculously beautiful boys are confronted with the most horrifying challenge ever: use their bishi skills to turn their benefactor’s socially challenged niece into a beautiful young lady or start paying rent!  And this isn’t just any ugly duckling they’re facing; she’s a psycho, paranoid, neurotic horror movie obsessed goth chick with a fetish for anatomical dummies, bad skin and a total ignorance of all things feminine!  (And those are her BETTER points!)  But hey, rent’s expensive and job openings for pretty boys are scarce, so our poor heroes are going to have to suck it up and attempt the ultimate combined exorcism/spa/makeover from hell!  It’s a Queer Eye FTSG of doom as the infamous Nabeshin unleashes The Wallflower! 

The Wallflower Lesson 1: My Fair Bishonen (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release including the first five episodes, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  Extras include the on-air opening for episodes 1-13, plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              1 of 6

Running Time:     125 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (D)

CAT:                     DWF/001

UPC:                     702727179426

Pre-Book Date:   11/20/2007

Street Date:          12/18/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

LE CHEVALIER D’EON: BÊTE NOIRE

“Hands Down, One of the Best Anime of 2007” – Anime Planet.com

ADV Films is pleased to present the sixth and final volume in the masterfully told story that appeals to fans of history, politics and zombies!   Le Chevalier D’Eon: Bête Noire arrives in stores December 18.   

From Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Get Backers, Rurouni Kenshin TV) and Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Blood+) comes a tale of murder, mystery and mysticism.  Le Chevalier D’Eon is a masterful fictionalization of the real life Charles D’Eon de Beaumont, a diplomat, writer, spy, and Freemason known as one of the best swordsman in France, whose true gender was a source of speculation well into the late 18^th century. 

Synopsis: After subterfuge and sin, the blood-stained Royal Psalms are returned to France and d’Eon’s mission seems complete. Or is it? For traitors still reveal backstabbing loyalties, royals show their true, shocking identities, and horrible secrets are finally confessed. And, at last, we discover who really killed d’Eon’s sister Lia. And, more shockingly, why? But discovery means many will meet their violent demise in this terrifying saga of justice and judgment.  Discover the reasons the time-transcending Le Chevalier d’Eon has become the most critically-acclaimed and frighteningly fascinating animated horror thriller of this—or any—century.

Le Chevalier D’Eon: Bête Noire (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release including episodes 21-24, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 5.1 with English subtitles.  Extras include historical notes and an interview with the Japanese cast, plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              6 of 6

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V)

CAT:                     DCDE/006

UPC:                     702727176722

Pre-Book Date:   11/20/2007

Street Date:          12/18/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

INNOCENT VENUS:

THE END OF A NEW BEGINNING

ADV Films is pleased to present the third volume of the new 12 episode sci-fi series that anime fans are clamoring for!  Innocent Venus: The End of the New Beginning hits store shelves December 18.

Hailing from famed production studio Bandai Visual (Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop) and directed by Jun Kawagoe (New Getter Robo), Innocent Venus is anything but your run-of-the-mill mecha story.  This is an exciting, action-packed series with sophisticated settings, great character designs and a fluid animation style that incorporates 3D cell-shading.  The entire production is top-notch.

Synopsis: With Sana taken prisoner and Joe recovering from a near fatal case of stab in the back, it’s time for some a little retribution… and fortunately, there’s a pirate afoot who just might come in handy when it comes to organized mayhem!  Meanwhile Jin’s new allegiance to the Phantom is getting ugly, and when the tables turn it’s clear that there’s no one and nothing left to be trusted.  As Satsuma gears up for total war, the only thing certain is that it’s going to a blood bath!   With half of the Earth’s population already dead, will Sana and her allies be the saviors of the world or instruments of total annihilation? 

Innocent Venus: The End of the New Beginning (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only anamorphic release including episodes nine through twelve, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  Extras include clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              3 of 3

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V)

CAT:                     DIV/003

UPC:                     702727169427

Pre-Book Date:   11/20/2007

Street Date:          12/18/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

SORCERER HUNTERS PERFECT COLLECTION

725 Minutes of Anime Madness In a Single Thin-Pack!

ADV Films is pleased to bring you the entire Sorcerer Hunters saga in a single affordable collection!  This sexy sword and sorcery epic is a must-have for the serious anime collector and goes on sale December 18.

Sorcerer Hunters is a “fun, silly, and sentimental” classic of modern anime (Anime World.com).  The Sorcerer Hunters are five extraordinary humans charged by the powerful entity Big Momma with the task of traveling the land in secrecy and hunting down evil Sorcerers who use powerful and forbidden magic to enslave the helpless masses. Sounds good, until you meet them!  This band of misfits make up the most unlikely band of heroes you’re ever going to see.  Infused with comedy and loaded with action, Sorcerer Hunters is a sprawling epic recommended for anyone who likes a little slapstick with their sword and sorcery.

Sorcerer Hunters Perfect Collection (SRP $59.98 DVD) is a DVD-only thin-packed release including all 725 minutes of the TV and OVA series in both English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  Extras include character bios plus a number of special commentary tracks, in addition to clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Running Time:     725 mins.

Age Rating:          TV MA (V, S)

CAT:                     DSH/BX1

UPC:                     702727186325

Pre-Book Date:   11/20/2007

Street Date:          12/18/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $59.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

About ADV Films:

In the 15 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime”) outside of Japan and has the largest English-language anime library in the world.  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. Always on the forefront, ADV is introducing North America to bold new anime franchises such as the new Guyver, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Gantz, and Elfen Lied.  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.   In 2005 ADV Films was voted “Best Anime Company” in the SPJA awards, presented at Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime convention.  The readers of Anime News Network designated ADV Films “Overall Favorite Anime Company” in both 2004 and 2005.

Parent company A.D. Vision, Inc. encompasses a variety of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Its Anime Networkâ„¢ is “America‘s #1 Anime Channel,” reaching more than 40 million households.  Anime Network is the nation’s top video-on-demand (VOD) offering as well as a 24/7 linear cable channel and is the first television network dedicated to bringing anime and anime-related programming to consumers nationwide.  The company has two publishing arms: Newtype USA, North America’s top-selling anime and manga monthly magazine, and ADV Mangaâ„¢, dedicated to publishing graphic novels.  Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.