ADV Films UK Announces Release Date for First Rahxephon Release
Date: Thursday, September 04, 2003ADV ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE, SPECS FOR RAHXEPHONORCHESTRATION ONE: THRESHOLD, FIRST VOLUME OF THE SERIES
LONDON, 28th AUGUST 2003ADV Films today officially announced a 22nd September 2003 release for RahXephonOrchestration One: Threshold, first volume of the extraordinarily beautiful and complex anime series that captivated millions in Japan, and has had the U.K. anime audience waiting impatiently to witness the next generation of mecha anime. ADV will release RahXephonOrchestration One: Threshold as an uncut Region 2 DVD with content identical to its Region 1 counterpart.
RahXephon was created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi (Gasaraki, the Gundam franchise), and produced by Bones (Angelic Layer), Victor Entertainment (Noir) and Fuji TV (Astro Boy, Battle of the Planets). The RahXephon series debuted on Japanese TV last year and became an immediate sensation, with fierce action and multilayered complexity of the plot and characters both drawing in viewers by the tens of thousands.
The Story:
The city of Tokyo has been overthrown, taken over by the Mu, invaders who have devastated the rest of the planet. Outside Tokyo, the remnants of the human race have fought a desperate 15-year war, knowing only that the key to victory lies within the occupied city. But no one has been able to get into Tokyountil Ayato Kamina, a young resident fleeing a horrifying attack on the city, unwittingly breaks out. An extraordinary mystery unfolds as Ayato confronts a world he has never known, and begins to learn the horrifying secrets of RahXephon, a humanoid super weapon that apparently only he can control.
RahXephonOrchestration One: Threshold (RRP £19.99 DVD) includes both English- and Japanese-language versions, with English subtitles. Orchestration One: Threshold includes the first five episodes of the title, and extras include clean opening and closing animation; a special trailer; production sketches; a printed insert with production notes; and ADV previews.
About ADV Films:
ADV Films is the leading producer-distributor of Japanese animation ("anime") in the United Kingdom, with the firm's holdings including such premier titles as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Spriggan, Samurai X, RahXephon, Hellsing, Martian Successor Nadesico and Full Metal Panic! In addition, ADV Films distributes select fine programming in other genres, including live-action science-fiction titles such as the legendary updated Gamera trilogy. Aside from moving-picture content production and distribution, ADV Films' U.S. parent company, A.D. Vision, Inc., is the publisher of Newtype USA, the premier anime and manga monthly in the English-speaking world, and is the operator of North America's Anime Network cable channel. In addition to the London office, A.D. Vision, Inc. maintains world headquarters in Houston, Texas, USA with additional studios in Austin, Texas and offices in Tokyo. For more information, please visit ADV Films on the web at http://www.advfilms.co.uk.
RAHXEPHONORCHESTRATION ONE: THRESHOLD
Running Time: 125 minutesBBFC Classification: 12
Street Date: 22/09/03Cat#: DRX/001
Format: DVDRRP: £19.99
