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Drew:
Well, assuming all the titles don't go to the same place, this could mean good news for some of us. Maybe we'll be able to get some of the stuff back onto BakaBT.

Tatsujin:

--- Quote from: Zalis116 on September 01, 2009, 08:10:28 PM ---If you read the press release,
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you get:
--- Quote ---HOUSTON, September 1, 2009 — A.D. VISION, INC. ("ADV" or the "Company") announced today that June 1, 2009, the Company concluded a series of transactions that are expected to result in seamless delivery of home video products and television programming to customers.
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So basically, it's like a fansub group dropping a series and then continuing to sub it under a different name. More of a corporate restructuring than a complete shutdown.
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Ah, that's interesting.

htears:
So is this good news for bakabt?

Southrop:
This is under debate in our top sekrit bondage lair headquarters. It's just about to get intense. Excuse me while I flee back.

DarthSpecial:
Wow, I never expected this to happen.  But I heard a rumor that they had shafted Geneon USA, driving them out of business, and Japanese producers wouldn't do business with them after that.

Having ADV out of business is basically the only way that something like Bubblegum Crisis 2040 was going to get loose, because they actually paid for eps 25 & 26 to be made, so they permanently owned it rather than leased it from a Japanese company.  Good news for Macross fans, too.  Unfortunately, the titles they had rights to, have, in many cases, nearly disappeared from the Net, or are only to be found in really old formats, like .ogm .

It's too bad that ADV had the nasty habit of starting fights with everybody, because their dubbing was actually good, and they didn't censor stuff.  And by everybody, I mean Geneon, this site, fansubbers, other torrent boards, etc.

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