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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Production I.G, A.D. Vision, Fensler Films, Mills James, Central Park Media, Fox Learning Systems, AMS Pictures, Beth Taylor, HorizonsCompanies, Banter Media, Cedar Grove Productions, Interface Media Group, Video production, Guild Home Video, Type2error, Dragonfly Productions, WheelsTV, GeoGenius, Blue Tuna, Seraphim Digital, Bite Yer Legs, First Independent Films, Coastal Studios, Rule Broadcast Systems, Name A Game, Unbound Creative, Inc., Screen Door, Flying Spot Entertainment, FootageBank HD, Jellyfish, Intermix Media, Trail Pictures, Starchild Productions, Kultur International Films, Metro Video Productions, Quintessence Films, Standing Point Films, One Race Films, Pickwick Video Group, Tim Werenko, European Drama Network, Tech TV, Kralyevich Productions, Inc. Excerpt: A.D. Vision (commonly referred to as ADV, originally Animation Dubbing Vision) was an American international multimedia entertainment company headquartered in Houston, Texas, prior to its collapse and distress sale to four other Houston-based companies in 2009. The company was active in home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. It was the largest anime distributor in North America before its demise. It was founded in 1992 by John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. Since then, the company had grown immensely in size and diversified with several subsidiary companies, handling an array of properties and original content. Perhaps their most popular property was Gainax's post-apocalyptic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, originally released by ADV in the U.S. in 1997 and re-released several times since. The company maintained offices in North America, Europe and Asia. It served the United States, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy...