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ADV January 2001 Releases PR


ADV FILMS JANUARY 2001

Available on DVD and VHS in January 2001:

Gasaraki 3: Betrayal
Pre-Book Date: 12/12/00
Street Date: 1/23/01
Approx. 75 minutes; Digitally Mastered

DVD
CAT# DVDGK/003
UPC# 702727005428
SRP $29.98

English-Dubbed VHS
CAT# VHSGK/003D
UPC# 702727054532
SRP $19.98

Synopsis - The battle moves to Japan as the T.A. team members find themselves prisoners in their own country. As opposing forces in the government tear each other to shreds, the Gowas make plans to exploit their new discoveries. But the Symbol strike teams are already in motion. Yushiro's past and future collide as a shocking revelation strips him of both his soul and identity in the third shocking volume of Gasaraki.

ReBoot: Volume 2
Pre-Book Date: 12/12/00
Street Date: 1/23/01
Approx. 90 minutes; Digitally Mastered

DVD
CAT# DVDRB/002
UPC# 702727013423
SRP $24.98

VHS (English)
CAT# VHSRB/002D
UPC# 702727069536
SRP $14.98

Synopsis - Traveling the Games, we follow our cynical hero Matrix, once a young and energetic sprite named Enzo, and his companions AndrAIa and Frisket as they wander the Net in search of his mentor Bob and the Game Cube that will bring them home. Each time the Cube rises they find themselves in a new system where they assist other cities in defeating their fears and the User. It is the lessons Matrix learns by helping these others that ultimately convinces him to aggressively pursue his future, continue his search for Bob and finally finds him entering through a portal into the Web...

Lost Universe: Volume 4
Pre-Book Date: 12/12/00
Street Date: 1/23/01
Approx. 100 minutes; Digitally Mastered

DVD
CAT# DVDLU/004
UPC# 702727004827
SRP $29.98

English-Dubbed VHS
CAT# VHSLU/004D
UPC# 702727055539
SRP $19.98

English-Subtitled VHS
CAT# VHSLU/004S
UPC# 702727059636
SRP $29.95

Synopsis - The newly awakened Dark Seeder is set on destroying Kain Blueriver in order to avenge an old grudge against the hero's grandmother. Later, Kain reunites with an old friend- Atlas, a fellow Troubleshooter who has seen better days. For the sake of their friendship, Kain accompanies Atlas on a mission to rescue a dilapidated power plant from sinking into a sea of acid. Roy Glen returns and has developed a ship that runs off the psychic power of humans, and the bonds of friendship start to fray between Millie and Kain. Millie soon realizes that it's a cold, dark world out there.


Available on VHS in January 2001:

Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 Volume 11 - Avatar
Pre-Book Date: 12/12/00
Street Date: 1/23/01
Approx. 60 minutes; Digitally Mastered

English-Dubbed VHS
CAT# VHSBG/011D
UPC# 702727037337
SRP $19.98

English-Subtitled VHS
CAT# VHSBG/011S
UPC# 702727041235
SRP $29.95

Synopsis - Like a multi-headed serpent, the branches of the Dragon Line become the arms with which Galatea seeks to crush the last vestiges of human resistance in Tokyo. Only the Knight Sabers remain, mankind's last line of defense against the nightmarish spawn of man and machine...but can even the Sabers defeat a beast with a million eyes and the mind of an insane child?

AD Police: Volume 1
Pre-Book Date: 12/26/00
Street Date: 1/23/01
Approx. 75 minutes; Digitally Mastered VHS Hi-Fi

English-Dubbed VHS
CAT# VAP/001
UPC# 702727061738
SRP $19.98

Synopsis - A sudden rise in VOodoo Organic Metal Extension Resources [VOOMER] incidents has put the A.D. Police in the hot seat. Making matters worse, Kenji Sasaki - one of the A.D. Police's most valuable and unconventional officers has had his share of bad luck. It seems his partners are either turning up dead or seriously injured. Given a new partner, Hans Kleif, and one last chance to redeem himself by playing by the rules, Kenji needs to get to the bottom of this techno-mystery and keep the VOOMERS from turning Genom City into a high-tech wasteland.

Weird-Ohs: Volume 3
Pre-Book Date: 12/12/00
Street Date: 1/23/01

English-Dubbed VHS
CAT# VHSWO/003D
UPC# 702727070730
SRP $12.98

Synopsis - First, Digger has to help his uncle win the country fuel fair and make sure his sister's prized car doesn't hit the millionth mile mark! But things look brighter when he manages to get Wade A. Minute's entire fortune! Meanwhile, Portia believes her beloved Davey's motorcycle is out to get her! And speaking of getting, Digger and Eddie decide to get to the bottom of the legend of the Phantom Racer. Unfortunately, Digger's also got to find two of their stranded friends, become principle for the day, and make it to the biggest rock concert Weirdsville has ever seen!


The preceding was an excerpt from a press release sent out by ADV.

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