Animation film company ADV Films has inked a distribution deal for the
entire catalog of films from The Right Stuf International, Inc. ADV's
library includes BKN cartoon MONSTER RANCHERS. "Because we have anime
standards such as NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and new classics like BUBBLEGUM
CRISIS: TOKYO 2040, forming an alliance with The Right Stuf is a dream come
true for us," states ADV Films President John Ledford. "The Right Stuf has
two of the true milestones of anime in their enormous catalog; KIMBA, THE
WHITE LION and ASTRO BOY. This means a lot to us, and to me, personally,
both as a fan of the genre and as a filmmaker. To have the privilege of
distributing the most famous black-and-white anime title [ASTRO BOY] of all
time in our repertoire is a tremendous coup for us," Ledford explains. "The
Right Stuf tracked down the original film elements from collectors all over
the world, then meticulously cleaned and restored each episode. You ask
connoisseurs of the genre, and the first black-and-white cartoon they come
up with is ASTRO BOY." The Right Stuf has already announced the re-release
of KIMBA, the first color Japanese series, which is set to hit stores at
the end of March 2000.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
Creator of Rick's Flicks Picks
