Date: 2006 May 26 02:00
Posted by Joe
Those nice people from ADV Films UK have sent us some details about the London Expo, which runs on the 27th and 28th of May. ADV highlights include discounted DVDs at £15 each, along with the Anime Cosplay Competition that they are sponsoring. They'll also be having a free prize draw each day. So why not go along and say hello to the nice folks over at ADV Films UK?! ^_^
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Press release as follows:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV SAYS COME VISIT LONDON EXPO THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND!
ANIME VILLAGE BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!
London, U.K., 24th May 2006
ADV Films invites you to come and meet both ourselves and the rest of the UK anime world at the Anime Village, part of London Expo this May Bank Holiday weekend!
You can shop (at our special convention rate - £15 a DVD! - also choose from special sale titles), you can watch (download the programme at www.londonexpo.com), you can cos (there are Anime Cosplay Competitions on BOTH days of the event, with special prizes from the sponsors - that's us!) and you can also remember to rest your weary feet in the spectacular setting and varied catering of the ExCeL Centre, Docklands.
Screening this weekend will be all our new shows from 2006 so far: scifi-goth epic Gilgamesh; Grange Hill on acid Cromartie High School; ice-cool Girls-With-Guns action in MADLAX; and action-comedy capers in Full Metal Panic? FUMOFFU. All titles are available to buy at our booth.
Also at our booth, we'll be running our popular daily prize draw for all kinds of freebies, including prizes from our friends at www.mech-a.com, the only licensed UK distributor of official Neon Genesis Evangelion models and kits. Fill in a form, receive a raffle ticket, and then try not to lose it in the hustle and bustle of the day! We'll see you for those at 5pm Saturday and 4pm Sunday, but we're there both days throughout the opening hours: 9am to 7.30pm Saturday, 10am to 5pm Sunday. See you there!
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 films. 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 www.advfilms.co.uk.