ADV ACQUIRES
NEW SERIES
TOKYO MAJIN
Teens Defend
Tokyo in
Fast-Paced
Action
Series
HOUSTON June
26, 2007 –
ADV Films,
the number
one
producer-distributor
of anime
outside of
Japan, is
pleased to
announce it
has acquired
the
exclusive
home video
and
broadcast
rights in
North
America for
the new 26
episode
anime series
Tokyo Majin.
Tokyo Majin
is an
amazing new
series from
the
production
teams at AIC
Spirits (Tokko)
and BeSTACK
(The World
of Narue).
The series
is based on
the hit
Japanese
game series
for
PlayStation,
but fans of
Bleach will
feel right
at home with
this
supernatural
shounen
show, which
pits high
school
rivals
against
weird
monsters
determined
to take down
Tokyo. With
cool
characters,
fluid
animation,
and more
action than
you thought
could be
crammed into
a single
series,
Tokyo Majin
is an A-list
anime series
for teens
and adults.
Synopsis:
Deep beneath
the streets
of Tokyo,
the spirits
of the
long-dead
and
forgotten
grow
restless.
Holy shrines
of
once-great
men are
being
desecrated,
and a string
of murders
and missing
bodies
plague the
police.
Innocents
are dying
and the dead
are rising.
In the midst
of the
madness,
mysterious
transfer
student
Tatsuma Hiyu
arrives at
Magami High
School.
Thrust
together
with
resident
delinquent
Kyouichi
Horaiji,
class
president
Aoi Misato,
captain of
the archery
team Komaki
Sakurai and
wrestling
club captain
Yuya Daigo,
Hiyu and the
others must
fight a
swarm of
evil. The
dark forces
these youths
confront are
shrouded in
mystery, but
the threat
to Tokyo is
clear.
Tokyo Majin
is a 26
episode
series
presented
over six
DVDs, the
first
release of
which has
yet to be
scheduled.
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
Network™ 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
Manga™,
dedicated to
publishing
graphic
novels.
Headquartered
in Houston,
the company
has offices
in Europe
and Japan.
For more
information,
visit
www.advfilms.com.