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Ghost Stories, also known as Ghosts at School, had a fascinating shift that defied convention before finding a voice with Adv Films. It is now regarded as a cult classic, but who exactly was Adv Films, Ghost Stories' English dub producer?
Who Was Adv Films? Ghost Stories’ Dub Producer
Adv Films, frequently abbreviated as A.D. Vision Films, was once a prominent American anime distribution company that held a significant position in bringing Japanese animation to Western audiences during the late 20 and early 21 centuries.
It was based in Houston, Texas, and was founded by John Ledford in 1992. Since then, it has evolved into a multidimensional company that creates dubs, acquires licenses, and distributes many anime titles across multiple genres, catering to the diverse tastes of Western audiences.
Through savvy licensing arrangements with Japanese studios, Adv Films...
Ghost Stories, also known as Ghosts at School, had a fascinating shift that defied convention before finding a voice with Adv Films. It is now regarded as a cult classic, but who exactly was Adv Films, Ghost Stories' English dub producer?
Who Was Adv Films? Ghost Stories’ Dub Producer
Adv Films, frequently abbreviated as A.D. Vision Films, was once a prominent American anime distribution company that held a significant position in bringing Japanese animation to Western audiences during the late 20 and early 21 centuries.
It was based in Houston, Texas, and was founded by John Ledford in 1992. Since then, it has evolved into a multidimensional company that creates dubs, acquires licenses, and distributes many anime titles across multiple genres, catering to the diverse tastes of Western audiences.
Through savvy licensing arrangements with Japanese studios, Adv Films...
- 5/1/2024
- EpicStream
To celebrate her voice acting debut's 30th anniversary, voice actor Hekiru Shiina, best known as Hikaru Shidou in Magic Knight Rayearth , will release her first self-cover album titled "Harmony Star" on May 8, 2024. Shiina made her voice acting debut in 1993. She became the first female anime voice actor who held a solo concert at Nippon Budokan in 1997 and achieved great success in the 1990s. She has released 44 singles and 16 original albums in her solo singer career. "Harmony Star" contains a total of 15 tracks, including 12 carefully selected representative songs of hers. The three bonus tracks are covers of anime theme songs, such as "Yuzurenai Negai" ( Magic Knight Rayearth opening theme) and "Blue Water" ( Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water opening theme). Her self-cover song titles: "Kusou Metro" " Me wo Samase, Otoko nara" "Sora wo Akiramenai" "Dameyo! Dameyo! Dameyo!" "One" "Kaze ga Fuku Oka" "Graduater" "Gambare" " -Akai Hana - You're gonna change to...
- 2/23/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Gkids announced on Wednesday that it will soon be bringing The End of Evangelion, the feature follow-up to Hideaki Anno’s influential anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, to North American theaters for the first time. The film will be screened in its original Japanese language with English subtitles, bowing in select theaters nationwide on March 17th and 20th.
Premiering in Japan in 1995, Neon Genesis Evangelion follows the story of Shinji Ikari, a reluctant teenager who is recruited by the shadowy organization Nerv to pilot a giant bio-mechanical robot called an Evangelion to defend Tokyo-3 from monstrous beings known as Angels. As Shinji grapples with his complex relationships with his distant father, Gendo, and his enigmatic fellow pilots, Rei and Asuka, he is forced to confront his own fears, insecurities, and the existential questions raised by the apocalyptic battles he faces.
The End of Evangelion was originally released in 1997, as...
Premiering in Japan in 1995, Neon Genesis Evangelion follows the story of Shinji Ikari, a reluctant teenager who is recruited by the shadowy organization Nerv to pilot a giant bio-mechanical robot called an Evangelion to defend Tokyo-3 from monstrous beings known as Angels. As Shinji grapples with his complex relationships with his distant father, Gendo, and his enigmatic fellow pilots, Rei and Asuka, he is forced to confront his own fears, insecurities, and the existential questions raised by the apocalyptic battles he faces.
The End of Evangelion was originally released in 1997, as...
- 2/21/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
In the world of Japanese pop auteurs, there are few rising stars as unpredictably eclectic, temperamental, and consistently fascinating as Hideaki Anno. Anno began his professional life in the early 1980s as a young animator working literally...
In the world of Japanese pop auteurs, there are few rising stars as unpredictably eclectic, temperamental, and consistently fascinating as Hideaki Anno. Anno began his professional life in the early 1980s as a young animator working literally...
- 9/7/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The King of the Monsters will stomp back into Japan’s theaters on July 29th with the release of Toho’s Godzilla: Resurgence, but before moviegoers hear his roar, a new trailer shows how much firepower the radioactive reptile can withstand.
Directed by Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno, Godzilla: Resurgence stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara.
Godzilla: Resurgence marks the first Japanese film to feature the rage-filled reptile since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Encouraged by the international success of Warner Bros. and Legendary’s 2014 Godzilla movie, Toho brings the iconic creature back to its home turf for Resurgence, which will be released in Japan on July 29th.
Co-directors Anno and Higuchi have worked together before, having collaborated on the 2012 animated short, Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Additionally, Higuchi is no stranger to the King of the Monsters. He worked behind-the-scenes...
Directed by Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno, Godzilla: Resurgence stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara.
Godzilla: Resurgence marks the first Japanese film to feature the rage-filled reptile since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Encouraged by the international success of Warner Bros. and Legendary’s 2014 Godzilla movie, Toho brings the iconic creature back to its home turf for Resurgence, which will be released in Japan on July 29th.
Co-directors Anno and Higuchi have worked together before, having collaborated on the 2012 animated short, Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Additionally, Higuchi is no stranger to the King of the Monsters. He worked behind-the-scenes...
- 7/20/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ahead of its July 29th debut, Toho’s Godzilla: Resurgence is teased in two new trailers that feature footage of the radioactive reptile wreaking havoc in Japan.
Directed by Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno, Godzilla: Resurgence stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara.
Godzilla: Resurgence marks the first Japanese film to feature the rage-filled reptile since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Encouraged by the international success of Warner Bros. and Legendary’s 2014 Godzilla movie, Toho brings the iconic creature back to its home turf for Resurgence.
This version of Godzilla looks like it will crunch its way into viewers’ nightmares. The King of the Monsters towers above the skyline in the trailer, its flesh glowing red beneath its scaly surface as its tail whips menacingly in its wake. It might take a lot more than an army of helicopters and tanks to take down this Godzilla. Fans can see the...
Directed by Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno, Godzilla: Resurgence stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara.
Godzilla: Resurgence marks the first Japanese film to feature the rage-filled reptile since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars. Encouraged by the international success of Warner Bros. and Legendary’s 2014 Godzilla movie, Toho brings the iconic creature back to its home turf for Resurgence.
This version of Godzilla looks like it will crunch its way into viewers’ nightmares. The King of the Monsters towers above the skyline in the trailer, its flesh glowing red beneath its scaly surface as its tail whips menacingly in its wake. It might take a lot more than an army of helicopters and tanks to take down this Godzilla. Fans can see the...
- 4/13/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Since the radioactive reptile made his debut in Ishiro Honda's 1954 film, Godzilla, Japan's Toho has distributed nearly 30 films featuring the gargantuan creature, but they haven't released one in the last decade. Spurred on by the international success of Warner Bros. and Legendary's 2014 Godzilla movie, Toho late last year announced a new Godzilla movie and now they've attached two directors to the film.
The Good, The Bad, and Godzilla reports that Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi will co-helm Toho's new Godzilla film, the first franchise entry from the company since 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars. In addition to co-directing, Anno will pen the screenplay, while Higuchi will supervise the film's VFX.
Plot details for the new Godzilla movie are unknown at this time, but the project is expected to begin filming this fall with an eye on a summer 2016 release in Japan.
Anno and Higuchi have worked together before, having collaborated on the 2012 animated short,...
The Good, The Bad, and Godzilla reports that Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi will co-helm Toho's new Godzilla film, the first franchise entry from the company since 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars. In addition to co-directing, Anno will pen the screenplay, while Higuchi will supervise the film's VFX.
Plot details for the new Godzilla movie are unknown at this time, but the project is expected to begin filming this fall with an eye on a summer 2016 release in Japan.
Anno and Higuchi have worked together before, having collaborated on the 2012 animated short,...
- 4/1/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Japanese filmmakers Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi are teaming to co-direct "Godzilla 2016," the new Japanese reboot of the iconic "Godzilla" franchise at Toho.
Anno will also be responsible for the screenplay while Higuchi will oversee the picture’s VFX. The two directors previously collaborated on "God Warrior Appears in Tokyo."
Anno worked on the animation of Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa in the Valley of Wind," helmed the anime "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water" and created the legendary "Neon Genesis Evangelion" franchise. Higuchi made his feature directing debut on 2005's "Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean".
In a statement, Toho says: "Ever since Hollywood announced that 'Godzilla' was to be resurrected, the expectation for another Japanese Godzilla grew. And if we were to newly produce, we looked into Japanese creators who were the most knowledgeable and who had the most passion for Godzilla".
Toho licensed remake...
Anno will also be responsible for the screenplay while Higuchi will oversee the picture’s VFX. The two directors previously collaborated on "God Warrior Appears in Tokyo."
Anno worked on the animation of Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa in the Valley of Wind," helmed the anime "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water" and created the legendary "Neon Genesis Evangelion" franchise. Higuchi made his feature directing debut on 2005's "Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean".
In a statement, Toho says: "Ever since Hollywood announced that 'Godzilla' was to be resurrected, the expectation for another Japanese Godzilla grew. And if we were to newly produce, we looked into Japanese creators who were the most knowledgeable and who had the most passion for Godzilla".
Toho licensed remake...
- 4/1/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The only filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki would ever acknowledge as his apprentice to be celebrated at Tiff.
The Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23-31) is to host the first-ever major showcase of prominent Japanese filmmaker Hideaki Anno.
The World of Hideaki Anno will include screenings of around 50 of of his works, including TV and theatrical animation, short films he created when he was at school, commercial films, and promotional videos.
Ritual, which won the Tiff Best Artistic Contribution Award in 2000, and Love & Pop, which featured in the special screening section at Tiff in 2007, will be part of the collection. Further details will be announced at the launch of the Tiff line-up in late August.
Japanese animation will receive major focus at this year’s Tiff, with the Anno showcase at the centre.
At an early stage of his career, Anno impressed legendary Studio Ghibli filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, who subsequently hired him as an animator on his film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind...
The Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23-31) is to host the first-ever major showcase of prominent Japanese filmmaker Hideaki Anno.
The World of Hideaki Anno will include screenings of around 50 of of his works, including TV and theatrical animation, short films he created when he was at school, commercial films, and promotional videos.
Ritual, which won the Tiff Best Artistic Contribution Award in 2000, and Love & Pop, which featured in the special screening section at Tiff in 2007, will be part of the collection. Further details will be announced at the launch of the Tiff line-up in late August.
Japanese animation will receive major focus at this year’s Tiff, with the Anno showcase at the centre.
At an early stage of his career, Anno impressed legendary Studio Ghibli filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, who subsequently hired him as an animator on his film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind...
- 7/31/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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