ADV Acquires Ah! My Goddess Season 2
ADV ACQUIRES AH! MY GODDESS SEASON TWO
HOUSTON, December 27, 2006—ADV Films, the #1 producer-distributor of anime in the U.S., announced today it has acquired exclusive home video and broadcast rights in North America for the second season of Ah! My Goddess.
It is based on one of the best selling international manga in the U.S. It is one of the longest running and successful manga series of its time. Now, from production studio AIC (Godannar, Tenchi Muyo!), with character designs by Hidenori Matsubara (Gankutsuou: The Count of Monty Cristo, Bubblegum Crisis 2040) comes the long awaited second season of the popular anime series! Everyone agrees, this is the way the creator intended it to be!
Synopsis: College freshman Keiichi Morisato is chosen by the great heavenly computer Yggdrasil to receive one with. This is a most extraordinary gift…too bad Keiichi thinks it's a joke played by his roommates! Playing into the joke, Keiichi wished for Belldandy, the angelic goddess, to stay with him forever, and she gladly does. Belldandy and Keeichi have had many adventures together, but many more loom on the horizon. The second season of Ah! My Goddess is here! Heavens be praised!
About ADV Films:
In the 14 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 Gantz, Elfen Lied, Chrono Crusade, Peacemaker and D.N.Angel. 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 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. Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.
