Section 23 Films
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.
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))
- Yotsubato (license dropped and now owned by Yen Press)
- You're Under Arrest (Mini Specials, the movie, and second TV season)
- Yumeria