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On September 1, 2009, ADV Films dissolved itself and distributed its properties to several companies.

• AEsir Holdings has acquired "a subordinated interest in selected programming from ADV's film library together with other intellectual property."
• Valkyrie Media Partners, LLC has acquired Anime Network Inc; the web site and Online Player.
• SXION 23, LLC , or "Section 23 Films," has assumed "account servicing and distribution operations in connection with the library acquired by AEsir Holdings."
• Seraphim Digital Studios, LLC acquired Amusement Park Media.

Section 23 is named after the Texas law that allowed ADV to reorganize.

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Series licensed by the companies, past or present, include:

• 11eyes
• Ah! My Goddess (the second season of the TV series; part of the mass licensing transfer)
• AIR (TV series and movie; both were part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Allison and Lillia
• All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
• Angel Beats!
• Angelic Layer (anime; license expired)
• Azumanga Daioh (Anime & manga, though the latter is now licensed by Yen Press)
• Battle Angel
• Best Student Council
• Blue Drop
• Blue Seed
• Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
• Burn Up, Burn Up W, Burn Up Excess
• Canaan
• Chrono Crusade (Now being distributed by FUNimation)
• Clannad (both the first series and After Story)
• Coyote Ragtime Show (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Cromartie High School (Anime, manga)
• Cutey Honey (The Shin/New OVA)
• Demon King Daimao
• Devil Hunter Yohko (their first release)
• Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Dirty Pair (Project EDEN film, OVA features Affair of Nolandia and Flight 005 Conspiracy, and OVA series)
  • Dirty Pair Flash
• D.N.Angel
• Edens Bowy
• Elfen Lied
• Excel Saga (now being distributed by FUNimation)
• F³: Frantic, Frustrated, and Female (via Soft Cel Pictures)
• Final Fantasy Unlimited
• Fist of the North Star (New Fist of the North Star and Legend of the Dark Kings: A Fist of the North Star Story)
• 5 Centimeters Per Second (license later transferred to Bandai Entertainment and Crunchyroll)
• Full Metal Panic! (original anime and FUMOFFU; The Second Raid was licensed by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by FUNimation, although ADV's dub studio was hired to record the dub with the original dub cast. ADV/Section 23's license to the first two series has since expired and FUNimation now has all three of them.)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
• Gantz (Now relicensed to FUNimation)
• Gasaraki
• Genesis Climber Mospeada
• GetBackers
• Ghost Hound
• Godannar
• Golden Boy (Licence expired; re-released by Media Blasters.)
• Golgo 13 (TV series, only the first 26 episodes released so far)
• Gravion
• Guin Saga (anime; manga is licensed by Vertical)
• Gunslinger Girl (manga; now being distributed by Seven Seas Entertainment)
• Gunsmith Cats
• Happy Lesson (only the first TV series, and frustratingly enough, the first three episodes of the 5-episode OVA)
• He Is My Master (anime; manga is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment)
• Hidamari Sketch (anime; manga is licensed by Yen Press)
• Highschool of the Dead
• Infinite Stratos
• Innocent Venus (license was apparently lost in 2008 and never transferred to anyone else)
• Kanon (all but the last disc, which was released by FUNimation)
  • Specifically, the 2006 Kanon remake by Kyoto Animation, not the original adaptation done in 2002 by Toei Animation.
• Kaleido Star (now being distributed by FUNimation)
• Kämpfer
• Keroro Gunsou (part of the mass licensing transfer, dropped after some Development Hell and now belongs to FUNimation.)
• Kino's Journey
• Koihime Musou
• Le Chevalier d'Eon (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Madlax
• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
• Mahoromatic (re-release, originally released by Geneon)
• Maria Holic (anime)
• Martian Successor Nadesico
• Master Of Mosquiton (OVA, only on VHS; re-released on DVD by Media Blasters with the ADV dub)
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (later dropped before releasing a single volume, because a 52-episode Magical Girl Widget Series needed some kind of TV deal to survive, which they could not get)
• Michel
• Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (the anime and some of the manga)
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
• NEEDLESS
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (original TV series only)
• Nerima Daikon Brothers (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Noir (now being distributed by FUNimation)
• Pani Poni Dash! (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Persona 4: The Animation
• Polyphonica
• Prétear
• Princess Nine
• Princess Tutu
• Pumpkin Scissors (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Puni Puni Poemi
• RahXephon
• Robotech (licensed by Harmony Gold / Tatsunoko Productions)
• Rozen Maiden (originally licensed by Geneon)
• Rune Soldier Louie (Anime; incomplete release of the manga.)
• Sailor Moon (one of at least four licensors before Toei Animation stopped giving it out)
• Saiyuki (Only Gensoumaden and the movie. RELOAD and RELOAD Gunlock went to Geneon.)
• Sakura Wars (only the TV series and the first two OVAs)
• Samurai Girls
• Samurai Gun (ADV co-produced the anime)
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Sub-licensed from Sandy Frank Entertainment to produce the uncut release)
• Senko no Night Raid (as Night Raid 1931)
• Shattered Angels (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Slayers (The movies and OVAs; the TV series are licensed by FUNimation)
• Sol Bianca (The original OVA; Pioneer released the revival series.)
• Sorcerer Hunters
• Steel Angel Kurumi (everything except the last OVA)
• Sukeban Deka (OAV)
• Super Dimension Fortress Macross (the original 1982 series, after AnimEigo's sub-only release)
• Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
• Super GALS! (The first season, the second season was licensed by Nozomi Entertainment)
• Tears to Tiara
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (until they lost the license to Bandai before ever releasing an episode)
• Tokyo Majin Gakuen (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (3rd & 4th seasons were part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Utawarerumono (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Venus Versus Virus (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• The Wallflower (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Wedding Peach
• Welcome to The NHK (part of the mass licensing transfer)
• Xenosaga (The TV anime; part of the mass licensing transfer))
• Yotsuba&! (license dropped and now owned by Yen Press)
• You're Under Arrest (Mini Specials, the movie, and second TV season)
• Yumeria