Like A Giant Alien Spaceship Crash-Landed On Earth, ADV Dismantled

The comics and related business news and analysis site ICv2.com has the most concise article about the dismantling of longtime anime producer ADV and the sale of assets and the transfer of function into various new companies, most of which have been operating in Houston since May. The story apparently broke wide on anime-focused news and information sites yesterday. Many ADV alumni are said to have landed new jobs at those companies, which if I have it right are AEsir Holdings, SXION 23, Valkyrie Media Partners and Seraphim Studios. There are enough people involved including former ADV officers for at least one knowledgeable-seeming commenter to endorse the view that it's more of a corporate restructuring than the establishment of a new set of businesses.

Founded in the early 1990s, headquartered in Houston, and perhaps best known in terms of a content marriage for bringing the Neon Genesis Evangelion property to English-language audiences, ADV was not only one of the pioneers when it came to the translation and distribution of anime, it ran a number of related businesses and enterprises. This includes a manga line that began in 2003 and for a time published such works as Azumanga Daioh (since retrenched at Yen Press) and Cromartie High School.
 
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