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'''Audio:''' A couple of scratches, whooshes and shining sounds throughout with a little ditty near the end (15th Anniversary Variant only and no sounds at the end). The latter has a short laser sound. |
'''Audio:''' A couple of scratches, whooshes and shining sounds throughout with a little ditty near the end (15th Anniversary Variant only and no sounds at the end). The latter has a short laser sound. |
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'''Availability:''' This was used in tandem with the 3rd logo, and appeared on some releases such as the 2009 re-release of ''Grave of the Fireflies''. The 15th anniversary variant can be seen on ''UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 4: Banquet Time Dreams''. |
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== Final Note == |
== Final Note == |
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With declining fortunes in the mid-2000s due to low sales, ADV collapsed and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Sentai Holdings, owner of Section23 Films, [[Sentai Filmworks]], AEsir Holdings, Valkyrie Media Partners, and Seraphim Digital, took over the ADV brand name and still uses it on some of their releases. Most of ADV's former titles have been re-released by other companies. Sentai was subsequently acquired by AMC Networks in 2022. As of 2022, ADV exists as a domiciled shell corporation. |
With declining fortunes in the mid-2000s due to low sales, ADV collapsed and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Sentai Holdings, owner of Section23 Films, [[Sentai Filmworks]], AEsir Holdings, Valkyrie Media Partners, and Seraphim Digital, took over the ADV brand name and still uses it on some of their releases. Most of ADV's former titles have been re-released by other companies. Sentai was subsequently acquired by AMC Networks in 2022. As of 2022, ADV exists as a domiciled shell corporation. |
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A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Greenfield and David Williams. The company specialized in home video production and distribution, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. They also ran Anime Network, a television channel devoted to airing the company's titles.
ADV stands for "Animation Dubbing Vision".
Visuals: On a black background, we see stars and a rainbow-colored grid at the bottom. A CGI rendition of the A.D. Vision print logo of the time, which is the geometric letters "AD" and "Vision" in a script font and having large green dots also serving the dots for "A.D.", zooms out and shines three times, each time followed by a star shining.
Technique: Computer animation made on an Amiga 1000.
Audio: None.
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Visuals: On a gray background, three spheres rise up from a pool of liquid and start spinning as the background tilts and spins, revealing a gold/black background. The gray base turns into a rectangle and the spheres start to form the letters "A D V" and 3 smaller spheres take place next to each letter. A multi-colored "A.D. VISION" wipes across the screen and turns light gray as it settles under the shapes. The logo shines.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A synthesizer fanfare with a few drumbeats and a "whoosh" as "A.D. VISION" wipes across the screen.
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Visuals: On a black background, we see lasers forming white lines. The camera gradually pans over the white lines, which eventually end up forming the text "ADV" with a light gray border. When the text is completely formed, it turns blue, and a comet shoots by, making the word "FILMS" fade in.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Same as the 2nd A.D. Vision logo, but shorter and with additional laser sound effects.
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Visuals: A stylized sun flashes into a bright orange-red burst of light in the middle of the screen. This creates a blue background with various astrological symbols in an arrangement from left to right. The symbols start to flash to arrange it to look like this: "☉☿♀⊕♂♃♄♅♆♇", while on the last flash of the fourth symbol (Earth), the symbols glow and swirl around, forming the stylized letters "ADV". A white oval forms around the letters and a mass of tiny squares appear in the blurry transition below, forming the word "FILMS".
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Futuristic sound effects throughout; no music apart from a slight synth drone at the very end.
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Visuals: On a black background, a silver oval quickly passes through us, as the background rotates to reveal several stars in the distance. The ring then spins and revolves the background twice in a row, before passing through it and flying around the area. The camera then goes up close to the ADV Films logo, but with darker letters and clips playing inside those letters, scrolling along it as the background fades back again. The logo then falls into the background, where it and the ring play around, quickly zooming in with distorted copies 3 times. The logo and ring then go to their normal positions and zoom back in as the stars fade back in. The ring slowly moves to the upper left, shining as it does, before suddenly spinning to be lower, and quickly zooms to the side, wiping away the stars.
Variant: There's a 10th Anniversary variant that was used for the logo's first year. After the logo goes out, it spins back in and flies to a spot near the back as a blue nebula fades in. An even bigger gold oval, with "10TH ANNIVERSARY" engraved on it in a font similar to the corporate font, then flies into view. The logo and ring slowly turn until the camera goes under and over it, ending the logo. DVD releases have this variant start just after the logo's 3rd distort.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Like the previous logo, just some sound effects, consisting of "wobble"-type sounds, an ethereal choir, screeching static noises, followed by these sounds, depending on these variants:
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Visuals: On a black background, a sketchy drawing of the ADV letters rotates up with the lines wiggling. The lines disappear and a ring in the same lined fashion rotates around with the rotating letters as the middle of the background becomes purple. The letters and ring fill with color and they transform from 2D to 3D as they flip, zoom, and rotate around more until the letters fly off-screen. The ring flips another time and shines as it gets filled in with black. The letters of "FILMS" turn and settle on the ring, forming the logo. The logo shines and the purple disappears. The logo becomes lined again and fades away.
Variant: In the logo's first year of usage, the text "15TH ANNIVERSARY" was below it.
Technique: 2D and 3D animation.
Audio: A couple of scratches, whooshes and shining sounds throughout with a little ditty near the end (15th Anniversary Variant only and no sounds at the end). The latter has a short laser sound.
Availability: This was used in tandem with the 3rd logo, and appeared on some releases such as the 2009 re-release of Grave of the Fireflies. The 15th anniversary variant can be seen on UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 4: Banquet Time Dreams.
With declining fortunes in the mid-2000s due to low sales, ADV collapsed and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Sentai Holdings, owner of Section23 Films, Sentai Filmworks, AEsir Holdings, Valkyrie Media Partners, and Seraphim Digital, took over the ADV brand name and still uses it on some of their releases. Most of ADV's former titles have been re-released by other companies. Sentai was subsequently acquired by AMC Networks in 2022. As of 2022, ADV exists as a domiciled shell corporation.
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